Downloading PDFs from Business Source Premier EBSCOHost on a MAC

If you are having problems downloading PDFs from Business Source Premier / EBSCOhost and you are using Safari 5.1 on a MAC, then you may need to install a plug-in.

Please see the following instructions from EBSCOHost to help resolve this problem:

Why am I receiving a "Plug-in not found" error when opening a PDF on a Mac using Safari?
http://support.ebscohost.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=5765

Lydia Matheson
Business Information Specialist

EBSCOhost Business Source Premier - authentication problem

There are currently technical problems when trying to access Business Source Premier off-campus. The Library is liaising with EBSCO to try and fix the problem. Access on-campus is unaffected

Market research / market share information

If you are looking for market research / market share information then try the following e-resources:

1. For consumer products, probably the easiest way is to go to GMID and do a text search for the company producing the product, or the product or brand itself and load all the results.

• You can then go to Statistics section, then Company Shares or Brand Shares. This provides the market share information for global company brands.
• Company reports on GMID include a competitive positioning section which includes market share information

2. Based on annual accounts you could use Fame (UK) or Orbis (Global). This is particularly useful if you know the companies you want to compare.

• You could search for company names one by one (using expert search)
• Add them to the search screen
  
• Use Peer Analyses (click on pie chart) to bring up the market share according to turnover

3. Some market research reports include market share:

• Datamonitor resports on Business Source Premier – industry or company profiles
• Keynote reports (we have purchased a selection)
  
• Business Insights reports

Ebsco Business Source Premier titles

There is currently a problem with information being stored in our SFX (Find it @ Aston) listings regarding the Ebsco database, Business Source Premier. You may find that the Find it @ Aston service says there is fulltext, but when you link through to Ebsco, fulltext isn't actually available. The Library is in contact with the suppliers and we hope to get this resolved as soon as possible.