Business, law, politics

These databases (selection) support you in your studies and research:

• external page Business Source Premier – The world’s most comprehensive full-text database in the field of business – Further information
• external page Capital IQ Pro – global financial database, providing news data and analysis – Further information
• external page EconLit – Database published by the American Economic Association covering a wide range of economic literature – Further information
• external page Emerald – One of the world’s leading publishers in the field of management research, with a wide range of journals, series and books – Further information
• external page getAbstract – getAbstract provides business books and article summaries and video talks. The summaries cover the fundamental ideas of the book in just five pages and TED talks in double-page format and can be downloaded to any device. Book summaries are available in English and German.
• external page IMF eLIBRARY – Offers direct access to the IMF’s periodicals, books, working papers and studies, data and statistical tools – Further information
• external page LSEG Workspace – is a financial data and analytics platform developed by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) – Further information
• external page Nexis Uni – Covers a wide range of publications in the field of business, media and legal information – Further information
• external page OECD iLibrary – Portal for the online publications of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), providing books, reports, journals and statistical databases – Further information
• external page Orbis – A global company database from Bureau van Dijk – Further information
  
• external page Orbis Intellectual Property – Pulls data from the Orbis database and uses Lighthouse IP as an information source for patent data. – Further information
• external page Scopus – Interdisciplinary, the most comprehensive bibliographic database with respect to the number of journals covered, particular focus on non-anglophone literature, enables citation analyses and includes unique author IDs – Further information
• external page Swissdox@LiRI – Tool that allows to retrieve large quantities of Swiss media data for research purposes
• external page Web of Science – Interdisciplinary database including the Derwent Innovations Index (patents), Web of Science Core Collection (journal articles), Science Citation Index and Journal Citation Reports – Further information
• external page Wiso – Most comprehensive range of German-language literature on business management and social sciences
• More databases  

• external page Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (1993) – it offers definitions and explanations of economics terms and ideas, plus biographies of renowned economists.
• external page The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History (2005) – includes articles on Markets, Industries, Labor, Accounting, and Advertising.
• external page The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (2020) – written by leading figures in the field of Economics (including many Nobel prize winners), is the definitive one of the most important scholarly reference works.
• external page An Introduction to International Economics (2020) – has been written to make International Economics accessible to both students and professionals and it goes beyond the usual trade-finance dichotomy to address international trade, international production, and international finance.
• external page SAGE Encyclopedia of Leadership Studies (2023) – presents both key concepts and research in the fields of History, Political Science, Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Philosophy, Literature, and Behavioral Economics.
• external page The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit (2013) – provides a comprehensive set of tools (including SWOT analysis, Gantt Charts, Cause and Effect Analysis, and Maister's rule) to tackle many of the day-to-day issues to drive efficiency and business success. Each tool is explained and put into context and examples are given of how it can be used within Logistics.
• external page Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics (2023) – contains more than 2000 entries in Business Ethics, Professional Ethics, and Applied Ethics.
• external page Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management (2023) – is an authoritative and comprehensive reference resource comprising almost 400 entries on core HR areas and concepts.
• external page Encyclopedia of International Accounting (2024) – presents a comprehensive overview of International Accounting. Top scholars in the field highlight key issues such as Accounting Standards, Sustainability Reporting, Ethical Standards, Corporate Governance, Theories of Regulation, and International Institutions.
• external page Elgar Encyclopedia of Consumer Behavior (2024) – is an essential navigational guide to the continually changeable consumer environments.
• external page Encyclopedia of International Strategic Management (2024) – presents succinct definitions, explanations, and compact reviews of a comprehensive range of topics in the field of Strategic Management.
• external page Encyclopedia of Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (2024) – addresses significant developments in Diversity Management. Entries adopt both theoretical and critical approaches to construct a complete picture of this crucial approach to business practice.
• external page Encyclopedia of Finance (2022) – covers the broad spectrum of terms and topics relating Finance. This third edition is comprised of over 1,300 individual definitions, chapters, appendices and is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource in the field, integrating the most current terminology, research, theory, and practical applications.
• external page Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics (2024) – contains core concepts, articles, and approaches to recent research trends, reflecting the diversity and dynamism in the study of Politics.
• external page The SAGE Handbook of Comparative Politics (2009) – presents an authoritative overview of the theoretical, methodological, and substantive elements of Comparative Political Science.
• external page The Routledge Handbook of Terrorism and Counterterrorism (2018) – provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of current knowledge and debates on Terrorism and Counterterrorism.
• external page The Routledge Handbook of Political Epistemology (2021) – is an outstanding reference source debating topics such as: fake news and propaganda, politics and truth, political disagreement and polarization, ignorance and irrationality in politics, democracy and epistemology.
• external page Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies (2023) – provides a broad overview of major theories and approaches to the study of Peace and Conflict across different Social Sciences disciplines.
• external page Invention and Patenting (2018) – provides a clear picture of how to be an inventor, how to understand patents, and the patent process. It provides an insight into the writing of invention disclosures to patents from the submission process to final drafts.
• external page Dictionary of Law - Oxford Reference (2022) – is an authoritative and extensive source of jargon-free legal information. Described by leading university lecturers as 'the best law dictionary' and 'excellent for non-law students as well as law undergraduates', it is an invaluable source of legal reference for anyone needing succinct clarification of legal terms.
   

• external page Annual macro-economic database – The annual macro-economic database of the European Commission’s Directorate General for external page Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN)
• external page NationMaster.com – Gathers data in the public domain for statistical comparisons between countries
• external page NBER Working Papers (The National Bureau of Economic Research) – Publication archives in the field of economics
• external page UNdata – Various statistics and data from the United Nations
• external page World Bank Open Data – Free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe
• external page WTO international trade statistics – Databases and publications providing extensive access to trade and tariff data