Business information databases
  • COBRA (Complete Business Reference Adviser) – accessible inside and outside libraries. COBRA is a comprehensive and continually updated online encyclopaedia and reference resource.
  • Espacenet – accessible inside and outside libraries. Free access to over 120 million patent documents.
  • Frost and Sullivan – only accessible in libraries. Industry and market research on a wide range of sectors
  • GRANTfinder – only accessible in libraries. A huge regularly-updated database of funding opportunities.
  • Local Data Online – only accessible in libraries. A huge database covering the retail and leisure sectors.
  • Statista – only accessible in libraries. Consumer and market intelligence.
  • Ibis World– Available on Eccles Library computers. Industry market research reports, statistics, analysis, data, trends and forecasts.