LibGuides: Chartered Management Institute (CMI): Research Resources

Useful Subject Resources

ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Asian & European Business Collection This link opens in a new window
ASSIA Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Box of Broadcasts This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new window
Emerald Insight This link opens in a new window
International Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Lexis+ This link opens in a new window
ProQuest This link opens in a new window
ProQuest dissertations & theses: UK and Ireland This link opens in a new window
Sage Premier This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
SCOPUS This link opens in a new window
Statista This link opens in a new window

All Business, Management & Economics Databases (A-Z)

Using a database is the best way to find journal articles. The following databases are recommended to search for journal articles.

Business Databases

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new window
Emerald Insight This link opens in a new window

Multidisciplinary Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
ASSIA Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts This link opens in a new window
ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Sage Premier This link opens in a new window
ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
SCOPUS This link opens in a new window

Databases with an international focus

Asian & European Business Collection This link opens in a new window
CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new window

Employment Law

IDS employment law brief

News

Lexis+ This link opens in a new window

Business News

BBC Business News

The Economist

Financial Times This link opens in a new window
The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. It is part of Nikkei Inc., which provides a broad range of information, news and services for the global business community.

Databases

ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
International Newsstream This link opens in a new window

Media

Box of Broadcasts This link opens in a new window

A selection of useful websites covering a wide range of subject areas to support your assignments.

News

Management

Chartered Management Institute - access news, research reports and thought leadership from the Knowledge and Insights section. As a postgraduate student studying the CMI qualification you will also have access to extensive library via your membership login.
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) - Professional organisation for human resource and people development.
International Institute for Management Development (IMD) - latest IMD publications from the Faculty and Research section.
McKinsey - reports, briefings and articles from the McKinsey Quarterly can be accessed from the Industries and Featured Insights sections of this management consultancy website.

UK.GOV - Gateway to the UK Government's services and information
UK Legislation - to keep up to date on the latest UK legislation

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Equality and Human Rights Commission - promotes equality and upholds equality laws in England, Scotland, and Wales.
ACAS - authoritative source on UK employer and employee workplace rights.
Stonewall - the largest charity and advocacy organisation for LGBT+ rights in Europe.
Recruitment and retention of transgender staff - UK Government advice to comply within the law.
Business in the community - network group promoting a fairer and sustainable society to live and work.

Professional Development

Management Library - self assessments for personal and professional development and articles on leadership development planning. Self-assessments for personal and professional development and articles on leadership development planning.
Mind tools - time management tools and activity logs.
MBTI Personality Type - for MBTI explanations and questionnaire.

Here are some good sources you can use to find statistics

Statista This link opens in a new window

Eurostat
Contains official statistics from EU countries including those relating to economy and finance, population, industry and trade and regions.
Historical Data UK
Historical data on costs, inflation, unemployment, markets, banking, credit, and more.
OECD Data
Development, economy, environment, government, society etc. data for OECD countries.
Office for National Statistics
The official site for UK statistics. It covers the economy, business and trade, employment and population.
UK Data Service
Brings together a wide variety of statistical data from trusted sources.
United Nations Data Sets
Country specific, population and economic data.
UK Government Database
Find data published by central government, local authorities and public bodies to help you build products and services.

Here are some of the sources you could use to find case studies.

Many journal articles are written as a case study. To find them, enter 'case study' in the search box as one of your key words. You can find journal articles on ABI Inform Complete, Business Source Complete and Emerald.

ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new window
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Emerald Insight This link opens in a new window

In addition within Emerald we have access to the Emerging Markets Case Study Archive 2011-2020.

Go to the main Emerald site and search for a topic in the box. Use the filters on the right to choose 'Only content I have access to' (under Access) and 'Case study' (under Content Type).

Chartered Management Institute (CMI): Research Resources