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DATABASES A database is a collection of information that information that is organized so that it can easily be accessed, managed, and updated. In one view, databases can be classified according to types of content: bibliographic, full-text, numeric, and images.

In computing, databases are sometimes classified according to their organizational approach. The most prevalent approach is the relational database database,, a tabular database in which data is defined so that it can be reorganized and accessed in a number of different ways. A distributed database is one that can be dispersed or replicated among different points in a network. An object-oriented programming programming database  database is one that is congruent with the data defined in object classes and subclasses.

Computer databases typically contain aggregations of data records or files, such as sales transactions, product catalogs and inventories, and customer profiles. Typically, a database manager provides users the capabilities of controlling read/write access, specifying report generation, and analyzing usage.

 

EBSCO Established in 1944, EBSCO is the world’s leading information agent providing consultative services and cutting-edge technology for managing and accessing quality content, including print and e-journals, e-packages, research databases, e-books and more. Now more than ever libraries and research organizations are looking for new ways to manage their collections more efficiently. EBSCO Information Services has developed “e” discovery solutions, including EBSCO A-to-Z® and LinkSource® , as well as management solutions such as EBSCONET ®, EBSCONET ERM Essentials ™  and EBSCO MARC Updates. Updates. These services offer unparalleled integration to help librarians save time and money while empowering their users. EBSCO Information Services is the leading service provider of e-journal, e-book and e-journal package and print subscriptions, e-resource management tools, full-text and secondary databases, and related services for all types of libraries and research organizations. In its seventh decade of business, EBSCO upholds relationships with more than 81,000 publishers globally. These publisher relationships uniquely position us to streamline many aspects of the e-resource life cycle. EBSCO maintains a Dun & Bradstreet financial strength rating of 5A1, the highest awarded, which underscores the importance we place on providing outstanding, ethical service. Together with EBSCO Information Services, EBSCO Publishing has served s erved information needs for more than 60 years. By placing customers at the core of our  business, we have tapped their ingenuity to assist us in developing developing the high quality  products and services for which EBSCO is known. known. The providers of EBSCOhost, EBSCOhost, the most-used premium research service in libraries and other institutions worldwide, EBSCO offers a suite of more than 300 full-text and secondary research databases covering all subject areas, levels of research, and user communities - from schools,  public libraries and universities, to hospitals, corporations and government government agencies.EBSCO also offers eBook and eAudioBook services (via NetLibrary (via NetLibrary)) as well as EBSCO Discovery Service, Service, federated search services and services and a variety of  partnership opportunities for publishers. publishers.

 

EMERALD Emerald is a long established publisher with over 200 titles in the fields of management, information science and engineering. It is a powerful business research tool that provides critical information when it is most needed. Users have instant access to over 35,000 full text articles from Emerald’s international management  portfolio, complete with full text archives back to 1994. Subject coverage spans a spectrum of management disciplines including: strategy; leadership; library and information management; marketing and human resource management; plus a substantial number of engineering, applied science and technology titles.  Emerald contains journals on engineering, general management, human resources, information management, library and information services, marketing, operations and  production management, property, quality, quality, training and education. A list is available in the database. The majority of journals are on management and business. All  journals are academic, scholarly or peer reviewed, there are no trade journals or magazines, and you will not find company or market information.  An E-mail alert service is available for sending new issues of the journal titles you select, or articles that match previous searches you have made. This database contains academic or theoretical articles on management and business so use it for projects or for research on e.g. motivation, knowledge management, six sigma, quality control, consumer psychology, finance etc.. Sometimes there may be a case study on a company or market, but comprehensive information on commercial issues, news or financial information is not found.

 

FAME The FAME Time Series Database (Forecasting, Analysis and Modeling Environment)  provides a robust solution for storing and managing high-volume time series data, defined as information collected at recurring intervals over a specific calendar period. Designed with a deep understanding of the unique and sophisticated properties of a time series, the FAME database is considered by many to be the de facto standard for the storage and management of such data. Currently used around the world by leading institutions in the financial, energy, and public sectors, FAME is an established, reliable solution offering a complete set of tools and APIs to quickly and easily integrate with downstream systems and custom application. Fame provides a front-to-back market data and historical database solution for storing and managing real-time and high-volume time-series data as well as tools for application hosting cross symbology services and analytic modeling. Financial institutions, central banks and other public sector organizations, third-party content aggregators, software vendors and individual investors rely on Fame for the data and tools they need to analyze investment results and opportunities and distribute content. Provides tools for storing, managing and analyzing market data Offers access to Fame’s historical time-series data and a range of financial, economic, risk and research content delivered throughout the day. Supplies cross- symbology tools Hosts applications and services on a Web-based platform Provides application programming interfaces (APIs) to integrate Fame’s content into risk management platforms, trading systems, and proprietary applications and Websites.

 

MINTEL Mintel International Group Ltd is a privately owned, London-based London-based market research firm firm.. The The co corp rpor orat atio ion n also also main mainta tain inss of offi fice cess in Chicago, Chicago,  New York , Belfast, Belfast, Shanghai,, Tokyo and Shanghai Tokyo and Sydney. Sydney. Mintel databases, databases, analysis, analysis, and forecasts are forecasts are accessible only to subscribing clients and clients and to students in participating university libraries. Mintel Global Mintel Global New Products Products Database Database (GNPD) (GNPD) is an online online database  database  of new  new  fast moving consumer goods, goods, also known as consumer packaged goods. Over one million records reco rds from more tha than n 50 countrie countriess provid providee  product   product  ingredie ingredients nts,, nutrition facts, facts,  packaging, distribution and distribution and pricing information. Provides over 900 market research reports focusing on consumer products, lifestyles, retaili reta iling ng and intern internatio ational nal travel travel indust industry. ry. Report Reportss includ includee market market size, size, growth growth,, distribution, competitors and consumer usage. This da This data taba base se also also un unde derst rstan ands ds th thee impo import rtan ance ce of mark market et size size da data ta wi with thin in yo your  ur  organization. Whether you’re seeking expansion opportunities, diversifying to new markets or capturing new clients, understanding the characteristics of a market is critical to you’re decisions making process. In all GMN provides provides fast, easy to compare, extractable extractable market data. Records consist of market size, market share and segmentation data, along with supporting trend forecasts. Using a blend of primary and secondary research, enhanced by exclusive insights from Mintel, users of GMN will be assured they are using the best-in-class transparent research data.

 

 NEXIS Lexis Nexis, is a division of Reed Elsevier , was founded in 1977 by H. Donald Wilson as Wilson  as a database service and an electronic research unit. Reed Elsevier acquired LexisNexis in 1994. LexisNexis' headquarters is headquarters is located in Dayton, Ohio although Ohio although other sources claim New claim New York City as City as the headquarters location.

The Lexis database contains current United States statutes States statutes and laws and a large volume of published case opinions dating from the 1770s to the present, as well as publicly available unpublished case unpublished case opinions from 1980 on. In 2000, Lexis began building a library of briefs and motions.  Lexis also has libraries of statutes, case judgments and opinions for jurisdictions such as France, France, Australia, Australia, Canada, Canada, Hong Kong, Kong, South Africa and Africa and the United Kingdom as Kingdom  as well as databases of law review and legal journal articles for countries for which materials are available. It also makes available content from more than 20,000 global news sources, company & industry intelligence providers,  biographical and reference sources, intellectual property records, public records, legislative and regulatory filings and legal materials. Lastly it offers a global, multilingual content collection with an archive dating to the 1970s for some sources.

 

WARC

WARC provides access to the full text of significant case studies, statistics, leading edge papers, conference papers and journal articles in the areas of advertising, marketing, branding, media and marketing research. Available through Resources Online – E-resources – Business and Management – WARC, this database is a really useful resource comprising around 50,000 items including: 

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Articles from the industry’s most authoritative associations and publications such as Ad map, Market Leader, the MRS and ESOMAR Conferences Best practice guides that cover best practice principles across the whole field of marketing communications and handy checklists for completing key tasks successfully Data including benchmarks; media data; markets; economic indicators; demographics; tools – including the media budget calculator.

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Company profiles of the top advertisers, brands and agencies

 

COMPANY HOUSE Companies House is the United Kingdom Registrar of Companies and Companies and is an Executive Agency of Agency  of the United Kingdom Government Department Government  Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). All forms of companies (as permitted by the United Kingdom Companies Act) are incorporated and registered with Companies House and file specific details as required by the current Companies Act 2006 2006.. All registered limited companies, including subsidiary, small and inactive companies, must file annual financial statements, statements, in contrast to registered unlimited companies  companies  (meeting certain conditions), in addition to annual company returns, which are all  public records. The main functions of Companies House are to: -

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The Registrar of Companies

The Registrar of Companies for England and Wales, and Chief Executive of Companies House is Gareth Jones. His office is based at Companies House in Cardiff. The Registrar of Companies for Scotland is Dorothy Blair and her office is based in Edinburgh. The Registrar of Companies for Northern Ireland is Helen Shilliday and her office is  based in Belfast. There is also an Information Centre in London. The United Kingdom has enjoyed a system of company registration since 1844. Today, the Companies Act 2006 deals with company registration matters in law. All limited companies in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are registered at Companies House, an Executive Agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). There are more than 2 million limited companies registered in Great Britain, and more than 300,000 new companies are incorporated each year.

 

 

ESPACENET

Espacenet is an International patents databases. It useful for inventors to check for novelty, also for people looking for patent specifications when the number is known. More than 50 million patent documents from around the world, most of which are  patent applications, not granted patents. Patent applications are usually the first  publication of a new idea, appearing before journal articles are published or new  products reach the market patent families, telling you if very similar patents have been claimed in other countries legal status information, helping you find out if the patent is in force or not and in what countries bibliographic data of non-patent literature This interactive training module offers everything you need to use esp@cenet efficiently: search strategies, power tips, background information and more... You can access the esp@cenet assistant via the link on the left-hand side of the screen. Details:• Covers patents back to the 1970’s for most countries and considerably earlier for some. • Subject searching can be performed by keyword or classification. • Full patent documents are often available to read as pdf files but usually only the titles and abstracts are searchable.

 

MARKETLINE

MarketLine’s industry coverage is comprehensive, containing information on every major vertical market. Providing the perfect way to investigate new markets, assess the growth potential of new products and research and compare historical trends, our easy-to-use industry tools will help you to gain an in-depth knowledge of whatever industry or sub-sector you are interested There are four core products within MarketLine’s Industries portfolio... 

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Industry Profiles Extending to 2,600+titles across 25+geographies and 200+ industries, MarketLine's Industry Profiles are a quick and reliable way to get data on key industrial and consumer sectors across the world's leading economies. The 2025 page reports draw on extensive primary and secondary research, all aggregated, analyzed, cross-checked and presented in a consistent and accessible style. Consumer Markets Database MarketLine ’s Consumer Markets Database offers market size, segmentation, consumption, share and distribution channel data for over 150 consumer  products in 55 countries.

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Future Events Database MarketLine’s Future Events Database is a comprehensive searchable database of future event information. It is designed to provide users with up to 24 months of advance coverage of key industry, company and financial market events, including financial announcements, industry conferences, regulatory developments, company milestones, major product launches and major IPOs.

Resource Database Designed as a research support tool, MarketLine’s Business Resource Database offers operation and contact details for 20,000+ trade/business Associations, business information websites, trade journals, specialist Libraries, government sources and market information provides.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS UK GOVERNMENT

www.ipo-gov.uk

IPO UK are the official government body responsible for Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the United Kingdom. These rights include: -

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It is an Executive Agency of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS). As part of the BIS, they are responsible for the role of IP rights in supporting innovation. The Corporate Plan sets out what we plan to do in the coming year. The Annual Review and Annual Report lets you know what we have done in the past year. As an Executive Agency of the BIS we are directed and controlled by corporate governance rules to ensure that they, supply public services of the highest quality, share good ideas, control costs and above all deliver what we are supposed to. To ensure that they act within these rules Ministers appoint independent members to sit on a Steering Board. This Steering Board has no executive functions; its role is to advise Ministers, through their Director General, on the strategies that we must adopt. The Steering Board has established an Audit Committee to assist and advise it on risk, control, governance and associated issues. The Committee acts in a non-executive capacity. The Intellectual Property Office became an operating name of The Patent Office on 2 April 2007.The Patent Office was set up in 1852 to act as the United Kingdom’s sole office for the granting of patents, although the origins of the patent system stretch  back at least a further 400 years. The Designs Registry was set up in 1839 to protect industrial designs and its responsibilities transferred to The Patent Office in 1875.The registration of trademarks became a Patent Office function in 1876.Intellectual 1876. Intellectual Property Office  Office   based in Newport, South Wales The Intellectual Property Office has had a colorful colorful history.

 

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Copyright  Dating back to the scholars of ancient Greece, copyright has protected creativity for centuries. Designs Originally introduced to protect textile designs the scope of design protection has extended over the years. Patents From the irst granted patent in 1449, the United Kingdom has a vast history of invention. Trade marks The marking of goods to show origination dates back to ancient times, read about the history of trade marks.