Find the best library databases for your research. These pages are for current London Business School students, staff and faculty.
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Text and data mining
Researchers wanting to data mine, for non-commercial use, using one of our text-based subscriptions should note that the UK copyright exception permitting TDM may not be exercised in such a way as to threaten the platform's network security and stability, and your downloading must be carried out within the supplier's protective technical framework.
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The most frequently-used databases
Vast database covering all areas of the Financial Markets, Economics, Industries, News and Corporate information.
Bloomberg can only be accessed from the Finance Suite PCs in Sammy Ofer Centre .
International current and archived news database, containing over 10,000 sources from 159 countries, dating back over 20 years. Sources include the FT, Wall Street Journal (including wsj.com content), New York Times and Forbes. NB: Staff do not have access to Factiva by default. If you need access and will not be using it commercially, please email library@london.edu
NB: On 1 September 2024 Factiva launched a new view which offers a simplified search screen. This can be reached by clicking Switch Factiva on the toolbar. At this stage, we advise our customers to keep using the original Search Builder view, particularly if you are tying to find a specific article or search a specific source.
Registration required. Personalised access to daily updates and 10 year archive of Financial Times content, including the app.
Research tool for global public and private company data; also covers private capital; industries; executives; company filings and reports. Excel add-in available. See here for troubleshooting guidance and Excel add in login instructions.
It includes specialised data and analysis on the Banking and Insurance sectors, as well as the data from this original Capital IQ platform.
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
Replaces Mergent Online, which was retired on 31 July 2025. Contains company, industry, index, ESG and economic data views and reports. NB: it does not contain analyst research content.
Comprehensive workforce database. Covers: Job postings, Sentiment, Workforce Dynamics and Individual data.
WRDS registration required.
Workspace replaced the Eikon platform from 1 July 2025. Workspace offers company financial and ESG data, news, deals, financial market and economic data. You can also access Datastream through an Excel add-in for downloading long time series.
Please note: whilst we gauge demand, licenses will be issued for 2 weeks at a time. For further information please see the Workspace guide.
Workspace replaced the Eikon platform from 1 July 2025. Workspace offers company financial and ESG data, news, deals, financial market and economic data. You can also access Datastream through an Excel add-in for downloading long time series.
To use Workspace you must request a license. Please note: whilst we gauge demand, licenses will be issued for a maximum of 7 days at a time. For more information see our Workspace guide.