International Business and Trade
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Top Databases
- Business source premier
- As well as articles you will also find country reports in this database
- Science direct
- Emerald fulltext
- Click on Journal of the Week for free weekly access to two of Emerald's journals.
- Market Access Database
- database of trade barriers and tariffs
- Global market information database [GMID]
- Country profiles and market data
Top Journals
Dictionaries & Encylopaedias
- A dictionary for international trade in five languages
- Available in the Library 2nd Floor Subject Reference 409.3/HOO
- Dictionary of trade policy terms
- Available in the Library. 1st Floor Subject Reference 382.03/GOO
- Dictionary of international trade
- SICE Dictionary of Trade Terms
- used in the Free Trade Area of the Americas
Websites
- Federation of International Trade Associations Global Trade Portal
- Over 8,000 categorized links
- OECDs International Investment pages
- with Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Statistics on Foreign Investment
- GATT Digital Library:1947-1994
- Access to documents and information of and about the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
- Lex Mercatoria
- Site with links dedicated to international trade and commercial law
- Portals to the world from the US Library of Congress – arranged by country
- UNCTAD : Digital Library United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- Large number of documents with a searchable catalogue
- Doing Business from the World Bank
- Reports on business regulations and their enforcement in 181 economies
- International tax and business guides from Deloitte
- Fairtrade Foundation
- Looks for links to other fair trade bodies and reports including fair trade sales in the UK
- globalEDGE
- Is a portal with a multitude of useful links. Unfortunately the Database of International Business Statistics is available to USA users only
Statistics / Sources of Data
Theses / Dissertations
- Networked digital library of theses and dissertations
- British Library EThOS
- A database of digitised UK doctoral theses offering free online access to theses of participating Higher Education institutions
- Index to theses
- This will help you identify UK and Irish theses
Newspapers
- Nexis UK
- You can get an international perspective on business and trade stories from the newspapers in NexisUK as it has content from all over the world including some in major west European languages
Govermnent Sources
- UKTradeInvest.gov.uk
- Information for exporters and for companies wishing to invest in the UK. Sectoral, country and regulatory information.
- export.gov
- This US government trade portal has very useful market research on countries and markets from a US perspective – look for the Market Research section
- our Europe, your business opportunity from the European Commission
- Lots of information on setting up and doing business in EU countries
Meet the Subject Team

Sue Stevenson
Faculty Librarian
sue.stevenson@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3238
Lizzie Wildgoose
Assistant Faculty Librarian
lizzie.wildgoose@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3452
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- International Trade: 382
- International marketing: 658.848
- International economics: 337
- International and cross-cultural management: 658.049
- International marketing: 658.848
