Subject guide for Management

On this page you will find a general overview of electronic resources relevant to students of Management. You are always welcome to contact us if you need help.

Newspaper and media

Factiva
Dow Jones Factiva is a unique database, combining extensive global news with first-class business information. Good for both global news searches as well as market and business information
Infomedia
Access to all Danish national and local daily newspapers as well as a selection of local weekly newspapers. In addition, access to individual Danish journals/trade magazines and web sources
Børsen
Archive access via Infomedia

Article databases

Business Source Complete
A key economics and business database. Covers all areas relating to business, including management, economics, finance, banking, insurance, auditing, law, marketing, production management, public administration, etc. Contains a large amount of academic journals and articles in full-text.
ABI Inform Global
Large article database. Covers a wide range of business related fields, such as management, marketing, branding, consumer behavior, business communication, social media, corporate culture. Academic articles and articles from trade journals.
ScienceDirect
Academic database with broad coverage of subjects. Good at suggesting relevant literature when you have found a useful article.
Scopus
Extensive database of citations and articles, covering a broad range of subjects.
Web of Science (WOS)
Similarly large database of citations and articles, covering a broad range of subjects.
Google Scholar
Google's own collection of links to scholarly information. Be aware that you are searching through material of very mixed quality, of which much is not scientific. A citation search is possible - also on books.

Dictionaries

Ordbogen.com
Collection of dictionaries which contains Ordbogen.com and Gyldendals Ordbøger. The collection of dictionaries covers a large number of subject areas and languages. The list of all relevant dictionaries is obtained when you search a word. Extensive coverage of areas such as trade, technology, IT, medicine and law.
IATE
In IATE you can find EU-specific terminology and jargon as well as terms from a broad list of areas, such as law, agriculture, information technology and many others. IATE has 8.4 million terms, including about 540,000 abbreviations and 130,000 phrases and covers all 23 official languages of the European Union.
Accountancy dictionaries
Regnskabsordbøgerne (part of Ordbogen.com) are a collection of special dictionaries within the areas of external accounting, auditing and financial management. Access to a glossary of more than 6,000 words and 25,000 word combinations in each dictionary.

Statistics

Statistics Denmark
Access to News from Statistics Denmark (in Danish) and other statistical information.
Statistisk Tiårsoversigt (ten-year summaries - in Danish) which, among other things, contains useful feature articles.
Also provides access to information on statistics published by Statistics Denmark and a comprehensive list of other international organisations and statistical bureaus.
Eurostat
Access to Eurostat’s publications and databank. Among other things, access to trade statistics, manufacturing statistics, Eurostat Yearbook and Panorama of European Business.
OECD iLibrary
The database provides access to a large quantity of OECD's publications and statistics on economic and social issues. It covers, among others, macroeconomics, foreign trade, education, employment, development and research. OECD iLibrary has a good advanced search where you can make very precise searches in their comprehensive material. Please also refer to OECD's website.
IMF eLibrary
Access to IMF’s publications and databank. Provides, among other things, access to IFS and DOTS with unique quarterly and monthly statistics on trade and economics.
International Labor Comparisons
Data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Used for comparing labour market conditions across a number of countries.
(BIS) Bank for International Settlements
International statistics collected by BIS in collaboration with central banks and other national financial institutions. Good for analysis of financial stability, international cash flows and global liquidity.
PWT (Penn World Table)
Large database with macroeconomic data sets covering a wide range of countries.
United Nations National Accounts - Analysis of Main Aggregates (AMA)
National accounts figures from 1970 onwards for more than 200 countries and areas of the world.
UNSD Statistical Databases
United Nations databases with access to international statistics on economic and social issues. You can find, for example, Comtrade and Monthly Bulletin of Statistics.
World Bank Data Catalog
The catalogue contains a list of the data that is available through the World Bank's website, including; World Development Indicators, Global Financial Development and World Development Reports.

Management

Business Source Complete
Access to many other types of information, such as company profiles, industry reports from Datamonitor, country reports from EIU, WEFA, Country Watch and ICON group, case studies, SWOT analyses, etc.
ABI Inform Global
Large article database. Covers a wide range of business related fields, such as management, marketing, branding, consumer behavior, business communication, social media, corporate culture. Academic articles and articles from trade journals.
Børsen Ledelse (Børsen management textbooks)
Textbooks in e-book form (in Danish), covering the following areas: IT, management in general, public management, HR management, sales and marketing, economics.
Emerald
Access to many of the journals from Emerald Publishing, encompassing several topics within the field of management.

Product information

Kompass
Information on 4 million international companies, with particular focus on detailed product information.
Derwent Innovations Index
Value-added patent information from Thomson Scientific. The database covers more than 40 countries, back to 1963.

Financial information

Eikon
Database with daily financial and economic data.
Book a PC with Eikon installed, placed in "Company Corner" at AU Library, Fuglesangs Allé.
Compustat
Access via WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service).
COMPUSTAT Global covers more than 90% of global trade with listed companies from more than 80 countries. EMDB covers more than 2,000 shares from more than 50 countries.
Access only for students and staff at AU. Users must register in the system to receive a username and password.

Auditing and accounting standards

IFAC (International Federation of Accountants)
The database contains international auditing standards.
Inform
Inform (previously Comperio) is PwC's accounting and auditing research library, which, among other things, provides access to international, British and American accounting standards in full-text.
Karnov Group
The portal provides access to Danish legislation with comments, as well as judgements and journal articles in full-text. In addition, the portal provides a single point of access to key resources within the areas of auditing and accounting.
LAW: Karnov, UfR (Danish weekly law reports), MAD (environmental law decisions and judgments)
TAX, VAT & DUTIES: SR-tax (journal of new laws and regulations), Skattepolitisk Oversigt (tax policy overview), Ugeskrift for Skat (weekly tax journal)
AUDITING: Accounting handbook, bankruptcy law, Danish auditing standards, FSR - Danish Auditor's professional notes, accountancy magazine (1980-2006), auditor's court decisions.
ACCOUNTING: Accounting handbook, Danish Financial Statements Act with comments, international accounting standards (IAS, IFRS, SIC, IFRIC).
PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board)
Proposals and comments to American accounting standards.

Market information

Business Source Complete
Access to many other types of information, such as company profiles, industry reports from Datamonitor, country reports from EIU, WEFA, Country Watch and ICON group, case studies, SWOT analyses, etc.
Passport
Passport (previously GMID - Global Market Information Database) from Euromonitor provides information on demographics, economics, consumer trends and market conditions in more than 200 countries - most importantly includes consumer statistics on nearly 1,000 products. Also includes lifestyle reports, market reports and company reports.
Marketline
Market and industry information. Contains data, reports, analyzes and case studies. It is possible to search by industry, company names and geography.