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This guide will give you an introduction to finding information on business. You can use it to:
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The books in the library are organised first by number and then alphabetically by author's surname. Each book number corresponds to a subject area. Use the Library Catalogue to search for books from your reading lists and course material. If you need help using the Library Catalogue, take a look at our Finding Books guide.
Remember to consult your reading lists and course material for more detail on your recommended texts. To help you get started the numbers below may be helpful for finding books. You can take a look at the Library Map to see where the subject areas are located in the library
Business Subject Areas:
302.35 | Organisational Behaviour |
330 | Economics |
338.04 | Entrepreneurship |
338.5 | Business Economics |
346.41707 | Irish Business Law |
519.5 | Statistics for Business and Economics |
650.072 | Business Research Methods |
657 | Business Accounting/Financial Accounting |
658 | Management |
658.049 | International Business |
658.15 / 658.1511 | Corporate Finance / Financial Management / Management Accounting |
658.3 | Human Resource Management |
658.4012 | Strategic Management |
658.4038 | Business Information Systems / Management Information Systems |
658.404 | Project Management |
658.5 | Operations Management |
658.8 | Marketing / Services Marketing |
You can also access some relevant material by using the eBooks available through the library. You can access our main ebook databases here.
Recommended Business eBooks:
You can find more eBooks by searching the library catalogue or check out our eBooks page and our eBooks guide for further details.
In order to access journal articles and other online material for your subject area, you can consult the recommended databases that are relevant to your particular subject area individually and are displayed below. For a full list of databases NCI Library subscribes to, go to A-Z Databases on the library webpage.
Recommended Business Databases:
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Better Regulation |
A-Z Databases (on campus only) |
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Business Source Ultimate |
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Emerald Insight |
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Financial Times Subject Areas: Finance, Economics, Management, Business & Entrepreneurship |
Registration required for off-campus use |
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IMF eLibrary Features information on Macroeconomics, Globalization, Development, Trade & Aid, Technical Assistance, Demographics, Emerging Markets, Policy Advice, Poverty Reduction and more. |
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International Newsstream Features newspapers, newswires, transcripts, and digital-only news sites in full-text format including over 800 of the world's top news sources and featuring access to the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner etc. |
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ProQuest Business Premium Collection Includes access to the Economist and the Wall Street Journal Subject Areas: Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing |
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Regional Business News Subject Areas: More than 80 regional business publications covering metropolitan and rural areas within the United States |
User Guide | ||
SAGE Journals |
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SAGE Research Methods
Over 800 books, reference works, journal articles and videos from SAGE’s research methods list. |
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Scopus
Abstract & citation database of peer-reviewed literature review |
User Guide | ||
Statista
Statistics platform, over 1.5 million data sets |
For off campus access go here |
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Warc |
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Westlaw IE Subject Areas: Irish Case Law, Irish Law Journals, Irish Law eBooks |
You can access the journals below through the A-Z eJournals page or through Discovery.
Recommended Business Journals:
Academy of Management Journal (Database: Business Source Ultimate) |
Academy of Management Perspectives (Database: Business Source Ultimate) |
Administrative Science Quarterly (Database: Business Source Ultimate / SAGE Journals) |
British Journal of Management (Database: Business Source Ultimate) |
California Management Review (Database: Business Source Ultimate / SAGE Journals) |
Harvard Business Review (Database: Business Source Ultimate) *See access information below |
International Entrepreneurship & Management Journal (Database: ProQuest Business Premium Collection) |
Irish Journal of Management (Database: Business Source Ultimate / ProQuest Business Premium Collection) |
Journal of Business Ethics (Database: Business Source Ultimate / ProQuest Business Premium Collection) |
Management Decision (Database: ProQuest / Emerald Insight) |
MIT Sloan Management Review (Database: ProQuest Business Premium Collection) |
SAM Advanced Management Journal (Database: Business Source Ultimate) |
Strategy & Leadership (Database: ProQuest / Emerald Insight) |
Harvard Business Review:
Harvard Business Publishing restricts access to Harvard Business Review's 500 most popular articles to "read-only" in Business Source Ultimate. The full text of the HBR 500 articles can be accessed but cannot be saved, printed, or linked to from a persistent url. Harvard Business Publishing does not allow the use of the HBR 500 articles in electronic reserves, electronic coursepacks, persistent linking from syllabi or by any other means of incorporating the content into course resources.
The 500* Articles may be read online but not downloaded or saved
The 500* Articles may not be put/linked to Moodle
In addition to using the college resources, your reading lists also recommend consulting a number of external sites. Below is a selection of some recommended websites.
Recommended Business External Websites:
Over the duration of your NCI course, you may be required to find information on a company for your assignments. The following databases provide access to company reports and company profiles for a variety of multinational companies. You can access any database the library subscribes to through the library's A-Z Databases page.
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Subject Areas: Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance, Human Resources, Law, Management, Marketing, Psychology Access Company Profiles:
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ProQuest Business Collection | |||||||||||||||||||
Subject Areas: Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing. Includes access to the Economist and the Wall Street Journal. Access Company Reports:
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Statista | |||||||||||||||||||
Subject Areas: Business, Commerce, Company Profiles, Finance, Marketing, Statistics, Reports Access Company Information:
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WARC | |||||||||||||||||||
Subject Areas: Communications, Marketing, Media Access Company Information:
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