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Recommended Business Information Technology and Cybersecurity Databases

Databases are collections of resources, primarily journal articles, but they can also contain conference papers, videos, ebooks, reports, images and more. Many databases specialise in a specific subject area, so you'll know when you're searching the database you will find material relevant to your studies.

Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Business Source Complete is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the ultimate collection of bibliographic and full text content. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included. In addition to the searchable cited references, Business Source Complete contains detailed author profiles for the most-cited authors in the database.

ProQuest
A comprehensive multidisciplinary collection. Search can be limited to business information technology, computer science and cybersecurity.
Business Collection (Informit)
Covers all broad business fields. Refine results to business information technology, cybersecurity and computer science.
Taylor & Francis Online
Peer-reviewed articles on marketing and business.
Emerald Insight
Business research in management, leadership, strategy, marketing, and human resource management.

ACM: Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library
Covers full text journals and conference proceedings from the Association since the 1950s. It also includes works published by affiliated organisations.
Computer Science Database (ProQuest)
Over 250 titles, with 230 full-text. Computer industry news, product reviews, hardware/software information, technology management, and e-commerce.
IEEE Xplore (IEE/IEEE)
Includes full text journal articles, conference proceedings and IEEE standards in the areas of communication engineering, computer science, computer systems engineering, creative media, information technology, manufacturing engineering and telecommunications. Provides full text articles from 1988.

For more resources in your subject area, use the A-Z Databases tool, choose either ‘Business’ or ‘Computer Science’, and review the details of the databases before making a selection.

Industry and company information

DatAnalysis Premium
Provides comprehensive current and historical information on Australian Stock Exchange listed and delisted companies.
Factiva
Factiva offers content from over 9,000 sources of information. Select the 'Companies / Markets' tab at the top of the screen. Access limited to 5 concurrent users.
IBIS World
Australian Company & Industry Reports.
MarketLine
Business insights reports, company profiles and financial details, SWOT analyses, industry profiles, Porter's Five Forces scorecards, country profiles and statistics.
Passport
Passport (formerly GMID) is a global market research database providing statistics, analysis, reports, surveys and breaking news on industries, countries and consumers worldwide.
Doing business in Asia
Produced by Asia Link Business.

Case studies

Case studies describe real world practical examples from which others can gain insight for their own application.  They can provide both positive examples and well as raise issues and challenges for others to be aware of.

To locate case studies in LibrarySearch, enter the search terms "case studies" or "case stud*" and the keywords describing your topic.

Henry Stewart Talks Business & Management Collection
Access to lectures and case studies by leading experts from commerce, industry, the professions and academia.
Datamonitor Case study series
10-page company case studies examining the reasoning behind the business success of specific companies.
Kanopy Business case studies (Streamed Media)
Log into Kanopy, and then use the browse option to select business case studies.
Sage Research Methods Online - Cases
The Content type can be filtered to display only cases.
WARC Case Finder: World Advertising Research Centre
Select 'Case Finder' to search for case studies in WARC covering the areas of business and Information Technology.

Statistics and standards

Australian statistics

Australian Bureau of Statistics
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is an excellent source of Australian statistical information. Search Census data for statistics on local government areas. Browse the Statistics tab for information on topic areas. Use the search bar on the top right of the ABS website to find specific reports.
Data.gov.au

International statistics

Standards

Search and find Australian and international standards on a variety of subject areas. Learn how to request standards not available at RMIT.

Standards
Find and search for information on standards.

Videos, film and TV

Academic Earth
Aggregator of open online courses and educational videos.
Harvard Business Review channel: YouTube
A channel of over 50 videos produced and curated by the Harvard Business Review.
TED
TED (originally Technology, Entertainment, and Design) is a non-profit that promotes spreading ideas through short talks.
ClickView
You will need to enter your RMIT email address to be directed to the RMIT log in page. Streaming videos in multiple collections, including Business and Services.
EduTV (Informit)
An online TV streaming resource. Programs include documentaries, drama and series. Coverage includes business, economics and current affairs.
Kanopy Streaming Service
Documentaries via streaming video. Login required.
TV News (Informit)
Australian news and related current affairs stories broadcast by free to air networks. Content updated daily with detailed synopsis for each item.

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