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Academic search complete

Multi-disciplinary database with complete text and summaries of thousands of academic journals, of which most are peer-reviewed. Includes journals, periodicals, reports, books and more.

Open database Academic search complete

Amplify

Previously named "Trendwatching". Amplify gives access to current innovations, trends and reports from various industries, regions and media.

Open database Amplify

Business Source Premier

Economic database with publications in the field of marketing, management, business economics, banks and more.

Open database Business Source Premier

Company.info

Corporate information (Chamber of Commerce) of all Dutch organisations and foreign companies with a Dutch branch.

Open database Company.info

Directory of Open Access Books

DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books.

Open database Directory of Open Access Books

Directory of Open Access Journals

The Directory of Open Access Journals is a community-curated online guide offering access to indexed, open access publications of high quality.

Open database Directory of Open Access Journals

EASY

EASY is an electronic archival system for researchers. Many researchers and organisations store their datasets in EASY, and a large part of this data is Open Access and available for re-use.

Open database EASY

EBSCOhost eBook Collections

Via the EBSCOhost platform you have access to 4 e-book collections. Together these contain over 200,000 titles. You can read the e-books online and also download them to your computer or mobile device most of the time.

Open database EBSCOhost eBook Collections

Emerald Insight

Academic, e-books and peer-reviewed journals from various disciplines, including marketing, food industry and health care.

Open database Emerald Insight

EMIS Professional

News, research and data of more than 125 emerging markets

Open database EMIS Professional

ESB

Trade magazine for economists. ESB offers news articles on economic developments and commentary on research and statistics. You also have access to the archive with thematic issues.

Open database ESB

Euromonitor Passport

Market research databank (used by academic organisations and Fortune 500 companies) to gain insight into the global business market in these times of fast change and increasing globalisation.

Open database Euromonitor Passport

Financial Times

The Financial Times is one of the most authoritative news organisations in the world. FT offers news, comments, data and analysis for the internationally orientated professional.

Open database Financial Times

Gartner Higher Education Reference

Gartner is an information technology research- and advice firm. They provide insight into technological development. On the Gartner website you will find (summaries of) their reports and advice.

Open database Gartner Higher Education Reference

Google Scholar

Via Google Scholar you can search for academic articles. In Scholar you will find links to free Open Access articles as well as paid content.

Open database Google Scholar

Greenfile

GreenFILE is a freely accessible database with info about all aspects of the influence of man on the environment.

Open database Greenfile

Het Financieele Dagblad

Dutch financial newspaper with news and articles on politics, the economy and business. Create a personal account for access to the online newspaper and the apps.

Open database Het Financieele Dagblad

JSTOR

JSTOR (Journal Storage) is a digital archive of full-text journals covering various scientific disciplines

Open database JSTOR

Learning O'Reilly

Learning O'Reilly is an English language learning platform aimed at providing ICT skills. It offers thousands of e-books and many video's, case studies and learning paths that allow you to monitor your progress.

Open database Learning O'Reilly

Legal Intelligence

Database for the legal expertise. Search legal and public sources.

Open database Legal Intelligence

Marketline Advantage

Access market and branch (of industry) reports per region or country, often including prognosis. Also, reports with corporate information including many strength and weakness analyses. World-wide orientation.

Open database Marketline Advantage

MD Info

Market information, trade information and business news from a large number of branches (of industry), sectors and industries.

Open database MD Info

Mediasite HR

Informative clips, web lectures and other videos

Open database Mediasite HR

Nexis Uni

Previously known as LexisNexis Academic. Search all Dutch national and local newspapers from 1990 until today. Also contains trade and opinion magazines like Cobouw, Elsevier and Vrij Nederland.

Open database Nexis Uni

One Business

With One Business you search multiple business databases through one central interface. It contains articles as well as e-books, video's, (market) reports and various news sources.

Open database One Business

OpenAIRE

Research information, research data and research software items

Open database OpenAIRE

Pearson e-books (via Bookshelf)

VitalSource Bookshelf is a virtual library where you can borrow e-books from publisher Pearson for a short period of time. You must create a personal account once to do so.

Open database Pearson e-books (via Bookshelf)

Pressreader

Over 350 newspapers and magazines from more than 60 countries, in 40 languages. The newspapers and magazines are current, full-text and there is an archive of about three months.

Open database Pressreader

Regional Business News

Full-text news database, consisting of various business publications, newspapers, end news services. Focus is on business news reports about urban areas and rural areas in the USA and Canada.

Open database Regional Business News

SAGE Journals

The "SAGE Premier" collection offers access to about a million scientific, peer-reviewed, publications on a wide range of subjects. Many are about Health Sciences, Sociology and Business Management.

Open database SAGE Journals

ScienceDirect

Elsevier Database with articles and summaries from over 3700 academic publications.

Open database ScienceDirect

START

START is the catalogue and search engine of the library. Here you can find materials (both print and online) from various sources through one interface. Also you can make reservations, extend you loan period and request material from other libraries.

Open database START

Statista

Statista is one of the world’s largest statistics and market data platforms with access to more than 1.5 million statistics, forecasts, dossiers, reports and infographics on 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources.

Open database Statista

Statline

Database of Statistics Netherlands is accessible for free.

Open database Statline

Stylus

Research reports offering insight into consumer behaviour, products, and involvement. Stylus gives you access to the most important world-wide trends.

Open database Stylus

The Case Center

Website dedicated to advancing "the case method" in business education. Gives access to more than 30.000 case studies from prestigious business schools. ⚠️ Only for teaching personnel of Rotterdam University. Registration is required.

Van Dale

Dictionaries and guides for writing and grammar. Translation dictionaries for Dutch to German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish (and vice versa). Also contains the Oxford English dictionary and thesaurus.

Open database Van Dale
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