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Busi­ness Source Ul­ti­mate

Data­base from EB­SCO­host with more than 6,000 full-text journ­als, in­clud­ing Har­vard Busi­ness Re­view. It also con­tains in­dustry and com­pany pro­files, sec­tor and mar­ket re­ports, case stud­ies and SWOT ana­lyses.

Link to Business Source Ultimate

Facts

Coverage
More than 6000 full-text journals and magazines.
More than 7000 without full text.
Period
De­pends on the pub­lic­a­tion
Access
On campus + remote access
Provider
EB­SCO­host
Subjects
Trade Organisation Leadership Industry Innovation Entrepreneurship Market Marketing Economics Auditing Accounting Taxes Finance IT Technology HR Macroeconomics Microeconomics Mathematics Statistics Strategy Mergers and acquisitions Supply chain Logistics Consumer behaviour Competition Sustainability Companies

Busi­ness stu­dents should know this data­base

What is BSU?

Business Source Ultimate is a comprehensive business database. It provides access to a wide range of resources within economics, management, marketing, finance, supply chain, HR and related fields.

The database includes academic peer-reviewed journals as well as practice-oriented material, which makes it particularly suitable for business studies.

You can find:

  • academic articles from peer-reviewed journals
  • articles from trade publications
  • SWOT analyses, cases, videos
  • industry and market reports at country and regional level from IHS Markit, MarketLine, Countrywatch and several other report providers

When is BSU useful?

Librarians at CBS often recommend that students and researchers search for articles in Business Source Ultimate. It is tailored to business studies, and you will almost always be able to find something relevant if you study or conduct research at CBS.

Search tips

Choose “Advanced Search” and make use of the options to refine your search with:

  • “Filters”, publication types, date ranges
  • Choose between “Search Options”, where different techniques narrow or broaden your searches
  • Add “Subjects” from EBSCO’s subject terms
  • Limit your search to a specific publication such as SWOT, market research report or case study

Spe­cial fea­tures

Sub­jects
"Sub­jects Au­thor­ity" is a list of sub­ject terms that EB­SCO­host as­signs to the art­icles. Use these terms to nar­row or broaden your search res­ults – or as in­spir­a­tion for find­ing oth­er rel­ev­ant keywords.
Lists of journ­als
Un­der "Pub­lic­a­tions Au­thor­ity", you can lim­it your search to spe­cif­ic journ­als, browse their tables of con­tents and see which pub­lic­a­tion years are in­cluded in the data­base.
Ex­port ref­er­ences
Send ref­er­ences dir­ectly from EB­SCO to Mendeley. This makes it easy to re­vis­it the art­icles you want to use in your as­sign­ments or pa­pers.
Peer re­viewed art­icles
Art­icles that have been peer re­viewed are marked with a spe­cial “Peer re­viewed” la­bel.

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You can search one data­base at a time or sev­er­al sim­ul­tan­eously.
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Guides and videos

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Learn how to:

  • Navigate and search across all EBSCO systems
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