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Rural Enterprise and Agri-Business

Guide to ATU Library for students of Bachelor of Business in Rural Enterprise and Agribusiness

What are Databases?

Library databases are online collections of quality journals, magazines, newspapers and other academic sources.

Most of our databases are searchable on our library discovery service, this means you can search several databases at once.

However, some databases will have to be searched separately. 

Click on the Databases button on the library website to:

  • see a full listing of our databases
  • see which ones are indexed on our library discovery service
  • search each database individually

Search Donegal databases

Search Galway and Mayo databases

Search Sligo databases

Top Agri-Business Databases

ScienceDirect

Content: Full-text journal articles

Subjects: Science, Technology, Computer Science

Web of Science

Content: Journal articles (abstracts)

Subjects: Science

Business Source Complete

This business resource exceeds all other databases available in terms of its premium content of peer-reviewed, business related journals. Included as part of the comprehensive coverage offered by Business Source Complete are indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals, dating back as far as 1886. In addition, searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,300 journals.

LexisNexis

LexisNexis is a comprehensive law database providing access to primary source legislation and case law and secondary resources including journals, books and legal practical guidance material. Searching Nexis will give access to company profiles, business research/market analysis and news items.
 

Emerald

A multidisciplinary database, subject coverage includes Accounting & Finance, Economics, HR & Organizational Behaviour, Management Science & Operations, Marketing and Strategy.

 

Search tips

Search Tips

  • Plan your search. Brainstorm keywords and synonyms. For example, genes, genetic, hereditary, congenital, inherited.
  • Most databases have an Advanced Search option. Use it to focus your search.
  • Use "quote marks" to search for phrases. For example, "genetic disorders"

Science Direct Topic Finder

The Topic Finder at the bottom of the Science Direct database page is an excellent tool to find the most relevant excerpts, definitions and related content for economics, econometrics and finance related subjects. It provides definitions and detailed descriptions for words related to a wide range of disciplines. 

Access the Topics page by scrolling to the bottom of the page on ScienceDirect and clicking on "Browse by Topic".


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