It's a good idea to start thinking about your career path early in your degree, and once you get close to graduating, you'll want to step up your research on potential careers and employers. We have lots of resources in the Library that can help, and this post will introduce you to some of them. …
We are delighted to have obtained a free trial of IBISWorld, a database with market information for a wide range of industries. Access will be available for one year from January 2021, and we would love to hear what you think of it via this short feedback form. What kind of information can you find …
Students often come to us asking for help when the URLs they have copied from articles they have found in Business Source Complete don't work. We have already written a blogpost showing how to ensure you get a stable url for an Business Source Complete article but, just in case you missed how to do …
Several assignments in the Business School require students to investigate the local business environment here in Oxford, for example to write a business plan for a start up or examine a particular market for goods or services. It can be difficult to get detailed consumer data at the local level. The best course of action …
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Our Library buildings are now reopened and business librarians are working from home to support you. Information about borrowing, returning and fines is available on our COVID-19 services page. All loans have now been set to unlimited auto-renewal, fines will be waived, and all loans have been extended to 25 September 2020 in the first …
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This one's a bit off topic for the Library, but we would like to take this opportunity to celebrate all the hard work that final year Hospitality and Tourism students are putting in to their themed events at Brookes Restaurant, which run throughout this spring semester. Each group of students are expected to apply everything …
There's a wide variety of online information sources for Hospitality & Tourism students, providing key insights on many aspects of the industry. As well as the Library databases (like Hospitality and Tourism Complete) there are lots of high quality free sources available online. But how do you know which ones to trust? We have put …
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With a very international dataset, Passport is great for finding industry reports across many different countries. For a range of major economies, it also holds consumer lifestyles data, telling us about the actions and preferences of consumers in (currently) 41 different countries. There are multiple routes to access this information. Some of it is available …
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There are some great sources of support at Brookes to help you to master skills that will help you greatly in your work and your search for a career. We highly recommend that you check out some of the following: The Library's study skills pages are a great start. This group of carefully curated reading …
You may have noticed that the Marketline database has undergone an extensive re-design. We really like the new look and features, including a new sub-section focusing on social media influencers in the business world. To find this new data, first log in to Marketline via the Library website. You'll see the new homepage, with lots …
