LibGuides@Southampton: Students based at Singapore Institute of Management (SIM): Databases

Before you start

To access library resources you will need to connect to the University’s VPN service called Global Protect. Further information on how to connect to the University’s VPN using Global Protect can be found here.

You can connect to VPN from SIM, at home or from anywhere with an Internet connection.

Marketing Information

WARC (for SIM)
Marketing information including case studies, articles, best practice guides, market intelligence and advertising data.

Market Research

Passport (Euromonitor International)
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Provides statistics and in depth reports on companies, industries and countries worldwide. Includes consumer trends, demographic data, socioeconomic data, macroeconomic data and global reports.
Mintel Academic
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UK market research reports covering business finance, business technology, business healthcare, leisure, clothing and footwear retail, retail banking and e-commerce.

News

Financial Times
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The Financial Times website. Provides FT articles, in-depth 'Special Reports', facsimile of the newspaper from 2005 onwards, and company and financial information. Staff and students must create an FT account via the link above.

CREATING AN ACCOUNT: click on the FT.com link above and login with your University username and password. Enter your University email address , choose a password and complete the form.
ACCESS: There are 2 options. 1. Click on the link above and log in with your University username and password. 2. Go to ft.com and log in with your email address and FT password.
FACSIMILE NEWSPAPER: available by clicking on Tools> ePaper. All editions are available, with the earliest coverage from 2005.

How to log in to Nexis ® UK
To use Nexis ® UK you will need to log in using your University of Southampton username and password. Please follow these instructions.

Company Information

Fame
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Detailed information about UK and Irish companies for the last 10 years, including publicly listed and private companies. WORKS BEST IN GOOGLE CHROME OR FIRE FOX.

You must log in with your SUSSED username and password both on campus and off campus. Fame can be used to research individual companies or find a group of companies that fit a specific profile and analyse them. Fame includes: Company financials, in detailed format, with up to 10 years of history; Financial strength indicators; Directors and contacts; Original filings/images as filed at Companies House and the Companies Registration Office in Ireland; Stock data for listed companies; Detailed corporate structures and the corporate family; Shareholders and subsidiaries; Industry research; Adverse filings; Business and company-related news; M&A deals and rumours

Zephyr
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Provides information on mergers & acquisitions (M&A) deals and rumours globally for over 10 years, and is updated hourly. Includes Initial Public Offering (IPO), private equity and venture capital deals and rumours. Also includes summary financials for companies. WORKS BEST IN GOOGLE CHROME OR FIRE FOX.

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The information is collected by Bureau van Dijk researchers from a large number of sources world-wide. References to sources are provided in all cases. For more recent deals links to source documents are included, where available (e.g. press releases, SEC and other filings). Bureau van Dijk purchased Zephyr in 2003 and the most comprehensive data is available from the end of November 2003 onwards.

Financial Times
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The Financial Times website. Provides FT articles, in-depth 'Special Reports', facsimile of the newspaper from 2005 onwards, and company and financial information. Staff and students must create an FT account via the link above.

CREATING AN ACCOUNT: click on the FT.com link above and login with your University username and password. Enter your University email address , choose a password and complete the form.
ACCESS: There are 2 options. 1. Click on the link above and log in with your University username and password. 2. Go to ft.com and log in with your email address and FT password.
FACSIMILE NEWSPAPER: available by clicking on Tools> ePaper. All editions are available, with the earliest coverage from 2005.

How to log in to Nexis ® UK
To use Nexis ® UK you will need to log in using your University of Southampton username and password. Please follow these instructions.

Help Guides

For further help, click on the green ? icon next to the database name.

More Help

For help, please ask at the Tay Eng Soon Library, SIM.

Tel: (65) 6248 9601

Email: libenq@sim.edu.sg