Economics Library Resources

Key databases relevant for Economics are listed below.

• Business Source Ultimate contains company profiles, case studies, market research reports and peer-reviewed journals. 
• Bloomberg.com provides news, information, and tools for business leaders and financial market players, across a number of sectors. To get full access press the 'Sign In' button at top right hand side of the screen and enter your @bathspa.ac.uk email address, and click “Continue”. You will be automatically redirected to the Bath Spa University single sign-on page. (You don't need to create a new account).  sign-up for the weekly newsletters delivering bitesize Economic world news to your inbox
• Business Insights (Gale) allows you to explore the world's companies through expert analysis such as SWOT analyses, financial statements, case studies and articles from academic journals, trade magazines, news outlets and more.
• Statista is a comprehensive statistics platform with access to over 1.5 million data sets and with revenue forecasts up to 2025/2026 on over 400 industries. It also features many thousands of downloadable reports, studies and dossiers relating to a wide range of subject areas.
• Euromonitor Passport provides data and insight on industries, economies and consumers worldwide, which can help you to analyse market context and identify future trends. Make sure you register with your Bath Spa email address.

Watch the Euromonitor Passport help videos to get started using the database

• Gale OneFile: News (previously called InfoTrac NewsStand) provides access to full-text newspapers and allows you to search articles instantly by title, headline, date, newspaper section, or other fields. Gale OneFile: News tutorial
• Box of Broadcasts -BoB TV and radio streaming service for education. This service allows you to view, record, create clips and share broadcast programmes from over 60 TV and radio channels. BoB video tutorials
• LinkedIn Learning (previously called Lynda.com) allows you to learn software, creative, design and business skills. New courses and videos are added every week. LinkedIn Learning tutorial - we recommend the Getting Started with Microsoft Excel course for your software learning, and exploring the courses that come up when searching 'Economics' such as Economics for Everyone: Understanding a Recession
• Cite Them Right: all the guidance you need to reference resources in your academic work

A full list of all our databases can be found on the Databases page.

If you're looking for a particular e-journal title, use our Journals A-Z. Note that a single e-journal title may be held in several different e-journal collections (databases). Here is a selection of relevant e-journals for Economics:

• The Economist
• Financial Times
• Bloomberg
• Harvard Business Review
• European Economic Review
• Journal of Economic Growth
• Journal of Economic Perspectives
• Journal of Financial Economics
• Journal of Political Economy
• Quarterly Journal of Economics
• Review of Economics and Statistics
• The Review of Economic Studies

Here are some other useful links:

• The Economics Network Collection of specific data sources for your economics research
• CORE textbooks Open access ebooks such as Economy 2.0 and Economy, Society, and Public Policy
• World Economic Forum Featured podcasts as well as a good source of news that you can also follow on social media
• Freakonomics Podcasts on a range of economic topics as well as a worth-reading book
• Discover Economics Series of podcasts on the career paths of former Economics students
• Ground News A news platform that makes it easy to compare news sources from a range of different perspectives
• SCONUL Access SCONUL is a scheme which allows many university library users to borrow or use books and journals at other libraries which belong to the scheme; it covers most of the university libraries in the UK and Ireland
• Bath Spa Library YouTube for video tutorials on how to use Library resources