Library

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at the library or come by the library. Take a look at the FAQ. Maybe they will give you your answer.

Information about writing assignments.

Library opening hours:

The library is open when IBA is open.
The librarian is available. Look at Canvas.

Phone: +45 72 11 82 95
E-mail: bibeak@iba.dk 

Find us in room 4.07.

Come by the library. It is located at the 4th floor. 

Databases

You can access the databases from campus and home. How to is explained at FAQ.

IBA Library Catalogue 

IBAse

Search for books, magazines, main theses etc. from the IBA library. If you log in on the front page with your IBA username and 4 digit password, you can make reservations and renew your books.

Access to IBAse.

Articles

EBSCO – Business Source Complete

Articles from more than 3800 business-related journals – most of them in full text. Provides detailed company information for the world’s largest companies.

Campus + remote access.

Access to EBSCO.

Infomedia – articles from Danish newspapers and magazines

Danish news media, including national, regional, and local newspapers, magazines, trade journals, news agencies, and web sources. Only in Danish.

Campus + remote access

Access to Infomedia.

Scientific articles

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) from Lund University. Foreign Open Access is more difficult to access, but a really good source is DOAJ, which contains more than 14,000 journals containing approx. 4.4 million articles from 130 countries.

Industries, companies and countries

Passport GMID - Euromonitor

Market, lifestyle and retailing reports by country, trend reports and statistics on markets, countries and consumers. Focus on the B2C market.

Campus + remote access.

Access to Passport GMID.

Watch the video from University of Southern Denmark about using Passport:

Introduction to Passport

Marketline

We no longer have acces to Marketline. See alternative source of information at Canvas.

Statista

A statistics portal that provides statistics and reports on a wide range of topics such as media and advertising, internet, groceries and convenience goods, retail and trade, sports and recreation, technology and telecommunications, transport and tourism.
According to Statista’s own information, there are statistics about more than 80,000 items from over 22,500 different sources. Statista’s geographical coverage is worldwide. Besides there are access to reports and analysis, consumer and market surveys and forecasts.

Campus + remote access.

Access to Statista.

Introduction to Statista.

OECD iLibrary

Reports, yearbooks and statistical databases on issues such as economics, education, health, energy, employment, transport, agriculture, taxation etc.

Campus + remote access.

Access to OECD iLibrary.

Orbis – companies from all countries, including Denmark

Company database comprising key information on millions of companies worldwide, including Danish companies. It is possible to make industry and company analysis - using the ’peer analysis’ or other tools.
You can ”Try new Orbis” - a new and more intuitive version of Orbis - by clicking at the link in the blue bar at the top of the page.

Watch these videos from University of Southern Denmark about using Orbis:

Campus + remote access.

Access to Orbis.

Proff – the Business Finder

Gives a quick overview of Danish enterprises' economic key figures and key personnel. You can limit your search to regions, municipalities and zip numbers, and you can search using both the official NACE industry descriptions and Proff's own industry description - in Danish.

Proff has also a Norwegian and Swedish version, and refers to a list of free B2B portals from most other European countries.

Free access.

Access to Proff

Virk Data / CVR – the central business register of Denmark

Data concerning businesses, persons, public companies and institutions, regardless of economic and organizational structure. CVR covers both the public and private sectors. Here you find annual reports (free) and other “official” information. In Danish. Help available in English.

 

Statistics

Statistics Denmark

The official statistical bureau of Denmark. The English version is not as complete as the Danish version. In StatBank Denmark, you can create your own statistics.

Free access.

Access to Statistics Denmark.

Watch the video from University of Southern Denmark about using StatBank:

Introduction to Statbank

How to estimate market size

International statistics

Collection of links to international statistics. Links to international organisations and national statistical offices from all over the world. Also links to different subjects. The page is in Danish, but the links are in English.

Free access.

Access to International statistics.

Statista

A statistics portal that provides statistics and reports on a wide range of topics such as media and advertising, internet, groceries and convenience goods, retail and trade, sports and recreation, technology and telecommunications, transport and tourism.
According to Statista’s own information, there are statistics about more than 80,000 items from over 22,500 different sources. Statista’s geographical coverage is worldwide. Besides there are access to reports and analysis, consumer and market surveys and forecasts.

Campus + remote access.

Access to Statista.

Introduction to Statista.

OECD iLibrary

Reports, yearbooks and statistical databases on issues such as economics, education, health, energy, employment, transport, agriculture, taxation etc.

Campus + remote access.

Access to OECD iLibrary.

OECD Factbook

A wide range of key statistics for OECD’s member countries and major additional countries is available in this annual title.

Free access.

Access to OECD Factbook.

You can find a broad variety of books for your studies here. 

Law

EUR-Lex

EUR-Lex provides free access, in the 24 official EU languages, to:

  • the authentic Official Journal of the European Union
  • EU law (EU treaties, directives, regulations, decisions, consolidated legislation, etc.)
  • preparatory documents (legislative proposals, reports, green and white papers, etc.)
  • EU case-law (judgments, orders, etc.)
  • international agreements
  • EFTA documents
  • summaries of EU legislation, which put legal acts into a policy context, explained in plain language
  • other public documents.

Free access.

Access to EUR-Lex.

Karnov

Danish laws, etc. available in full text with comments and references.

Campus.

Access to Karnov.

Ugeskrift for retsvæsen

Database containing a wide varity of Danish judgements and articles. 

Campus.

Access to ugeskrift for retsvæsen.

Retsinformation

The Danish state legal information system, which provides access to all applicable laws, executive orders, circulars, etc.

Free access.

Access to retsinformation.

Financial institutions

Links to financial authorities and institutions

IMF eLibrary - International Monetary Fond

Danmarks Nationalbank - the central bank of Denmark

Other Danish libraries

Bibliotek.dk – Danish national library catalogue

A common library catalogue containing more than 13 million titles from research and public libraries in Denmark.
Search for books, journals, articles etc. If you order online, choose your public library or “Erhvervsakademi Kolding” as your pick-up library.

Note that you cannot access other libraries' collections of e-books or online articles, even though you're able to view the titles in bibliotek.dk. You need to be a registered user of the library in question.

Free access.

Access to Bibliotek.dk.

Kolding Libraries

Library catalogue from the Kolding Libraries. Find information about the library in English.

The library provides access to a number of databases.

You have to be a citizen of Kolding Municipality and a registered library user in order to use the databases. The same applies, if you want to use them from home.

It is free of charge to borrow items at all Danish public libraries.
Links to Danish University Libraries - Business

University of Southern Denmark – Odense, Kolding etc.

The ASB Library - Aarhus

The CBS Library - Copenhagen

Partner School Libraries

Coventry University

LibGuide at Coventry University

The LibGuide explains which library resources are available to you who are studying for a Coventry University degree. There will also be hints and tips on how to navigate your way around these library resources and how best to use them for your studies.

Leeds Beckett University

Library webpage

A-Z Databases

Logins are provided for students at IBA Erhvervsakademi Kolding, who are following a programme from Leeds Beckett University, giving access to most of the online resources, articles and e-books.