Emerald

On this website it is possible to access magazines, bibliographic databases and case studies on business management, managements, engineering publications and library organization. There are over 175 magazines that allow the access to full text and, in addition, it is possible to see other materials of interest. It has more than 40 years of experience.

Emerald:http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/index.htm

OCLC

This is a worldwide library that provides services and research to improve access to the information available in the world. This catalogue has millions of records harvesting from an open access collection using the Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). There are more than 25 million records and more than 1100 contributors. 

OCLC:
http://www.oclc.org/europe/en_us/home.html?redirect=true

Taylor & Francis Online

This is a webpage that provides specialized information for the scientific and academic communities in the world. The site contains: 

• Journals of Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press.
• Magazines Informa Healthcare.• Encyclopedias as Deker encyclopedia collection from Taylor & Francis and Informa Healthcare• Database of Abstracts of Taylor & Francis.• eBooks Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Informa Healthcare.



Taylor and Francis Online:
http://www.tandfonline.com

Yahhoo! Directory

This webpage is a human-created collection of millions of we sites, that have been put into categories and subcategories to facilitate finding the correct one. For example, in Yahoo! Directory you can find a listing of all general sites that are related to Finances and if more specific information is needed, it is possible to use the subcategories. It is mainly used when one is not certain how to describe exactly what is being looked for or hen general info about a subject is needed.

Yahoo! Directory:
http://dir.yahoo.com

PIIE - Peterson Institute for International Economics

The Peterson Institute of International Economics or PIIE is a private, nonprofit organization that is devoted to the study of the policies of international economics. It was established in 1981 and since then it has been providing people with up to date and objective analysis of international economic problems- providing possible solutions as well. It has been voted the "best think tank in the world" in 2008 by the first global survey by the magazine Prospect. 


More about PIIE:
http://www.piie.com/institute/aboutiie.cfm

Economics

This is a journal that: "adopts an open source approach to publication, viewing research as a cooperative enterprise between authors, editors, referees, and readers."*
There is a big number of different topics that are updated regularly, these topics include, for example: climate changes, innovation & technology, international trade and many more.


Economics E-journal:
http://www.economics-ejournal.org

*http://www.economics-ejournal.org

AFA - American Finance Journal

The American Finance Journal is an academic organization whose main purpose is to study and promote the knowledge of financial economics. The organization was established in Philadelphia in 1939 and by today has over 8000 members. 


Purpose of the AFA*:

• to provide for the mutual association of persons with an interest in finance

• to improve public understanding of financial problems, and

• to provide for the exchange of financial ideas through the distribution of a periodical and other media;

• to encourage the study of finance in colleges and universities;

• to conduct such other activities as may be appropriate for a non-profit, professional society in the field of finance.

AFA:
*http://www.afajof.org/details/page/3710241/About-the-Association.html




*http://www.afajof.org/view/index.html

JSTOR

JSTOR is a digital library that entails in itself over 1500 academic journals, books and more. It is a quite powerful teaching and research platform that creates the opportunity to conserve data for many generations to come. Among many subjects available in the library are, for example, arts, business & economics and social sciences. JSTOR was created by a non-profit organization called ITHAKA. 

JSTOR:

http://www.jstor.org

The Economist Online Syndication

The date on this web-page is available both in print and online and it contains the same articles, columns, market insights, country reports etc., as the real newspaper with a minute-by-minute insight, in addition, it has special audio and video content. This video content includes a variety of interviews and videos.

The Economist Online:
http://www.economist.com

SABI

SABI is exactly the same database as OSIRIS, however it only has information about Spanish and Portuguese companies. There are more than 1 million companies to search from and the data goes back to the year 1991. THis database is updated daily, which makes it a very useful tool for researching financial or economical information about a variety of organizations.

SABI:
http://sabi.bvdep.com.strauss.uc3m.es:8080/version-201352/cgi/template.dll

OSIRIS

OSIRIS is a database that contains the financial data of international companies. This program allows you to search companies using different criteria like financial info and credit, marketing and trade information and it is also good for research as it a quite powerful research tool for students and faculty members alike.

OSIRIS:
https://osiris.bvdinfo.com.strauss.uc3m.es:2443/version-2013429/home.serv?product=osirisneo&loginfromcontext=ipaddress

Bloomberg L.P.

Bloomberg L.P is a mass media corporation that was established in Delaware (headquarters are currently in Manhattan) in 1981 by Michael R. Bloomberg. The company by itself makes up one thirds of the global financial data market. It is a platform that provides many financial software tools. Among them are an analytics and equity trading platform, data services and news about financial organization from all around the world. All of this is done through the Bloomberg Terminal and the "machine" has 30 146 functions. 

Bloomberg collects data for 3.7 million securities across all markets worldwide. The markets covered include government and corporate bonds, mortgage, money-market, indices, currency, commodities and equities.

Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com

NBER - National Bureau of Economic Research

The National Bureau of Economic Research is a nonprofit organization created in The USA in 1920 which is "Committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community."* It is believed to be the biggest economic research organization in USA. 

"The NBER's research activities are mostly identified by 19 research programs on different subjects and 14 working groups. The research programs are: Aging, Asset Pricing, Children, Corporate Finance, Development of the American Economy, Economics of Education, Economics of Fluctuation Growth, Energy and the Environment, Health Care, Health Economics, Industrial Organization, International Finance and Macroeconomics, International Trade and Investment, Labor Studies, Law and Economics, Monetary Economics, Political Economy, Productivity, and Public Economics. From this research come the NBER's Working Papers." **


NBER Working Papers:
http://www.nber.org/papers.html

* "History of the NBER". The National Bureau of Economic Research.
** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Economic_Research

INE - The National Institute of statistics

This is the official institution where the information about statistics, demography, economy and Spanish society overall is gathered. INE was created in 1856 and its headquarters is situated in Madrid.
In the official website it is possible to keep an eye on the updates made in the different fields of study. The INE conducts a national census every 10 years and the last one took place in 2011.

INE:
http://www.ine.es

ProQuest Journals

It is possible to gain access to more than 125 billion digital papers thanks to ProQuest Journals. It has the largest digital newspaper archive in the world covering subjects like business, science, technology, medicine and many more.

"ProQuest Central received the CODiE Award for Best Online General Reference Service—for content and delivery of content. ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated full-text database in the market today totaling more than 12,665 titles—with over 9,745 titles in full text. It serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels in all markets." -wwwproquest.com


More information at: 

http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/proquestcentral.shtml

Cambridge Journals Online

This is an information resource that has been created alongside the CUP(Cambridge University Press) that creates more than 300 academic journals and has the possibility to be accessed online and in print globally.

More information available at:
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/stream?pageId=2488&sessionId=22F887DAC02003DCAD3A08EAD86B8B75.journals

SAFARI books online

This is an online digital library that has its headquarters in Sebastopol, CA and was established in 2001.  It is a subscription based library, that contains videos, books, manuscripts etc. It has two different subscription plans: one of them is called Safari Bookshelf and the other Safari Library, which are available for individuals, libraries, companies, governments and more.

The official website:
http://www.safaribooksonline.com

BNE Catalogue

This is a catalogue of the biggest library in Spain, which is located in Madrid and was established in 1712. The catalogue includes information about all the resources that can be found in the library itself: books, manuscripts, press, audiovisuals etc.


BNE Catalogue:
http://catalogo.bne.es/uhtbin/webcat

ESTER

ESTER is an e-catalogue that unites libraries in Estonia. 13 libraries have joined this catalogue and the resources are divided by two main catalogues: ESTER Tallinn and ESTER Tartu.

ESTER Tallinn:
http://tallinn.ester.ee

ESTER Tartu:
http://tartu.ester.ee

SAGE Journal

SAGE is an online journal database, powered by HighWire, that is ranked the #5 largest journal publishers in the world. It has access to more than 700 journals from various fields and is created for librarians, individual users, authors and societies.

To access the resource:
http://online.sagepub.com

Google Scholar

This is a free database that gives access to all scholarly literature available. This includes journals, theses, books etc. Google Scholar was created in 2004 and is said to be the biggest scholarly database in Europe and The Americas. It has a very catchy slogan: "Stand on the shoulders of giants," which is a tribute to all the academically able people who have contributed to their fields of interest over the centuries, giving new generations opportunities to be better.

More information about Google Scholar:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/scholar/about.html

RefWorks

RefWorks is an online references management program that was created in 2001 and currently owned by ProQuest, LLC.
It is useful for creating databases of resources and saving them to be entered later from any computer with a working internet connection. Resources can be found by accessing, through the program, thousands of libraries in the world and it is also possible to import from other sources like Google Scholar and ABI/Inform, for example.
RefWorks is mainly used by university students and staff, however, individual licenses are also given.

More information about refworks:
http://www.info.sciverse.com/scopus/scopus-training/how/refworks

New York Times Archive

This is a webpage where you can enter all the articles that The New York Times has published since 1851. The resource is mainly free of charge, however, there are some articles that you have to pay for in order to see.

Access to page:
http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/

Journal Citation Report

aka JCR is a resource that gives information and impact factors about academic journals, from the science and social science fields. It is powered by Thomson Reuters and is connected to ISI Web of Knowledge. 
The main information you can access from this website is the following:

• the basic bibliographic information of publisher, title abbreviation, language, ISSN

• the subject categories (there are 171 such categories in the sciences and 54 in the social sciences)*

More information can be obtained from the Thomson Reuters webpage:

http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/science_products/a-z/journal_citation_reports/

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_Citation_Reports

UC3M Catalogue

The UC3M Catalogue is perhaps the most useful tool in the toolbox of a student from our University. First of all, you can ask for reservations and renew the loans of your books on this page. However, that is not the most important feature: you can also access the entire library electronically and look up whichever book you need for your work.


Link to source: http://biblioteca.uc3m.es/uhtbin/cgisirsi/puteJBYXrU/CCSSJJ/30250088/60/1590/X