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Repositories
arXiv
This link opens in a new windowFrom Cornell University, this free, open access archive has 579,000+ ePrints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics.
DBLP
This link opens in a new windowThe DBLP computer science bibliography provides open bibliographic information on major computer science journals and proceedings.
Research on markets and companies
Mintel Reports
This link opens in a new windowMintel is the UK's leading source of consumer related marketing intelligence information.
Passport
This link opens in a new windowGlobal market research service and international consumer lifestyles. A source of in-depth statistics for 205 countries, including historical data and future forecasting. International business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. Includes market research reports, country profiles, company market share and brand share rankings published by Euromonitor. Coverage: 1977 - current (+ forecasts).See our passport blog posts for support and guidance.
OECD Reports
This link opens in a new windowRead and download the books, reports and data of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development covering 80 countries and 17 industry-themed collections.
UK Data Service
This link opens in a new windowThe UK's largest collection of social research data, providing access to a wide range of secondary data including large-scale government surveys, cross-national surveys, census data, international macrodata, business microdata and qualitative studies.It has been formed by the merger of four established data services, including ESDS to which we previously subscribed.
Capital IQ - brokers/analysts' reports access ends 6th December 2025
This link opens in a new windowFinancial and market data covering publicly traded companies. Includes access to Compustat data (fundamental financial and market information on both active and inactive companies, indices and industries for North America companies back to 1962) and investment research reports (also known as broker or analyst reports) which can help in the understanding of the investment decisions made by companies and industries.To register for on/off-site access: Select the link to Capital IQ, open the homepage, click on "New User?" and use your Cranfield email address to register for an account.See our Capital IQ blog posts for support and guidance.
FAME
This link opens in a new windowA financial information database of UK and Irish companies updated daily with up to 10 years of data. Search by any of 300 criteria including geographic location, SIC code or activity description, number of employees, etc. Display or print data in a variety of customisable formats or export to other applications such as excel spreadsheets. A Peer Analysis and Statistical Analysis option allows you to analyse the data further.See our FAME blog posts for support and guidance.
Factiva
This link opens in a new windowDow Jones service covering over 10,000 global press sources including over 2,000 newspapers and 4,000 trade publications. Also an excellent source of company information and financials. Full text: variable, up to 30 years archive - current.Please note: as part of our licence terms no text and data mining is permitted within Factiva and downloading is restricted to what you can physically read at one time.See our factiva blog posts for support and guidance.
