Research guide to business resources

Be efficient in your research and use the various databases, reference works and additional literature in the field of management and economics.

Databases

Reference works

Bachelor's and master's theses

Databases

Name	Content	Guide
ABI/Inform	Subjects: Business, management, business administration, marketing Coverage: International, English Content: Journal articles, market studies, company information, business cases, dissertations, conference papers Special feature: Comprehensive for business studies	ProQuest Guide
Business Source Premier	Subjects: Business, management, business administration, accounting, marketing Coverage: International, multilingual Content: Journal articles, market studies, company information, business cases, conference papers Special feature: Comprehensive for business studies	Guides
EconLit	Subjects: Economics Coverage: International, English Content: Journal articles, dissertations	-
WISO	Subjects: Business, economics, social sciences, social work, social pedagogy, politics and international relations Coverage: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, German Content: Journal articles, other publications, some only abstracts Special feature: Focus on practice-relevant topics	Guide
WEKA Online Products	Subjects: Business, management Coverage: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, German Content: Specialist articles, guidelines, templates, working aids	-
Gartner	Subjects: Computer science, technology, business Coverage: International, English Content: Market analyses, reports, forecasts The database is not licensed for continuing education students.	-
Orbis without login with login	Subjects: Company information Coverage: International, multilingual Content: Analyses, industry reports, statistics, financial reports, company profiles To save your own search and filter settings, create an individual account with the following login details: Username: ZFH-register, Password: bvdregister	Guide
Passport	Subjects: Business, market and industry analysis Coverage: International: licensed reports for Europe (Western & Eastern) and Asia; multilingual Content: Country data, consumer data, data on market volume and market size, forecasts, statistics Special feature: Market research database from Euromonitor International First enter ZHAW as the organisation and then log in with SWITCH edu-ID.	-
Mintel	Subjects: Beauty and personal care, drink, food Coverage: International, English and German Content: Product database, industry reports Special feature: Integrated AI tool Accessible to ZHAW members only.	Video tutorial: Mintel platform Video tutorial: Mintel report
OECD	Subjects: Business, politics, social sciences Coverage: OECD countries, multilingual Content: Reports, statistics, studies Special feature: Official data collection from the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and other institutions such as the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)	-

Open access portals

Search for scientific publications that are freely available worldwide, also known as open access publications.

Reference works

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Not sure where to start yet? Reference works are a good first step: they provide definitions, give an overview of a topic and help you find the right search terms for your research.

You can find all reference works in ZHAW swisscovery. To help you get started quickly in your specialist area, we have put together a selection of titles below.

General reference works can be found here:

Multidisciplinary reference works Monolingual dictionaries Multilingual dictionaries

Bachelor's and master's theses

Selected theses from the School of Management and Law are available in the ZHAW digitalcollection.

Databases

Open access portals

Reference works

Bachelor's and master's theses

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