Financial Analysis Made Easy (FAME) is a database containing the financial information of about 11 million companies in the UK. All listed companies are covered, as well as many small companies, medium companies, and companies that are no longer active. You can download financial reports for individual companies, and you can run complex searches and comparisons between companies within certain industries. FAME is maintained by Bureau van Dijk.

OSIRIS is a databate containing the financial information of about 80,000 listed, and major unlisted/delisted, companies worldwide. You can download financial reports for individual companies, and you can run complex searches and comparisons between companies within certain industries. OSIRIS is maintained by Bureau van Dijk. Video tutorial.

MarketLine contains many industry and company profiles and reports, containing among other things: business histories, SWOT analyses, details of key competitors, case studies, and financial deals. User Guide and Video tutorial.

Lexis Library is a legal database that contains resources relating to banking and finance.  Browse information by selecting the relevant practice area (top left hand menu). Video tutorial.

Henry Stewart Business and Management Collection includes over 1100 specially commissioned multimedia lectures, case stories and industry insights by experts from academia and industry.  Quick Start Guide available here.

British Standards Online is a database containing approximately 80,000 standards documents. It includes International (ISO) Standards, British (BSI) Standards and European (IEC) Standards. Bibliographic data only for American (ASTM) Standards. Click to view the User Guide.

General Resources contains a list of major university wide databases and search engines, such as the Library catalogue, Discover, Credo Reference, Newsbank and Scopus. Visit the General Resources page for more information.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is an international professional accountancy body, which offers accountancy qualifications.

The central bank of the UK, the Bank of England is a diverse organisation maintaining monetary and financial stability.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank for Europe’s single currency, the euro. Statistics and publications are available online.

The World Bank provides a variety of financial products and technical assistance, as well as publishing data and reports.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 189 countries, working towards global monetary cooperation, financial stability, international trade, high employment, sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is an independent research institute, launched with the principal aim of better informing public debate on economics in order to promote the development of effective fiscal policy.

The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation is a not-for-profit international organisation responsible for developing high-quality, global accounting standards.

Deloitte's IAS Plus features news and resources about International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), and international accounting and auditing developments.

Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics for Europe.

Principal Global Indicators (PGI) is a dataset providing internationally comparable data for the Group of 20 economies (G-20) and those who are have important financial sectors outside of the G-20.

TheGlobalEconomy.com provides up-to-date numbers for GDP, inflation, credit, interest rates, unemployment, and many other indicators. The data series are updated continuously based on the release dates of individual countries.

Quandl is a source for financial, economic, and alternative datasets, serving investment professionals.

AccountingWEB is an independent online community for accounting and finance professionals in the UK.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) regulates auditors, accountants and actuaries and sets the UK’s Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes.

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) aims to make financial markets work well so that consumers get a fair deal.

The International Monetary Fund provides free access to over 21,000 ebooks via their IMF eLibrary.