Arden Library

Library Databases

Academic Search Complete

Multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text journals.

Provides access to the Key Texts for your programme all in one place. You can use BibliU online and offline using a web browser or a mobile app for Android or IOS and as this is your own personal Library you will also have the ability to highlight and take notes.

Business Source Ultimate

EBSCO’s premier database for Business students. It provides access to journal articles, news articles, case studies, industry profiles, country reports, SWOT analysis and more.

Cambridge University Press Journals collection

Cambridge University Press Journals collection consists of more than 420 peer-reviewed academic journals covering subjects across the humanities, social sciences and science, technology and medicine.

eBook Central

A multi-disciplinary collection of e-books aligned to Arden’s programmes.

EBSCO eBook Collection

A multi-disciplinary collection of e-books aligned to Arden’s programmes.

EBSCO Open Dissertations

A database with records for more than 1.2 million electronic theses and dissertations from around the world.

EBSCO Regional Business News

Provides access to full-text regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. You can search newspapers, magazines and other resources from trusted news sources.

GALE Business: Insights

Gale Business: Insights provides users with detailed financial, historical, and current event information on over 400,000 companies, industries, and countries. Users can easily find Plunkett Reports, SWOT analyses, case studies, comparison charts, scholarly journals, and more.

Gale Power Search

GALE Power Search is a cross-search platform that enables users to do one search across multiple GALE databases.

Gale Research Complete

Gale Research Complete contains a wealth of resources including Gale eBooks (books and encyclopaedias), Gale Academic OneFile (journals), Gale General OneFile (magazines), Gale OneFile News (current newspapers), Gale Literature (English literature resources) and Archives Unbound (primary historical sources).

IBIS World

Provides access to thousands of industry research reports, providing students with the same industry intelligence and tools used by companies around the world.

International Journal of Project Management

The International Journal of Project Management is the leading journal for the field of project management and organization studies.

Management Direct

The Learning Portal of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Students studying Arden’s CMI accredited programmes receive access to Management Direct as part of their CMI membership.

Newswires

Provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis.

SAGE Journals

Provides access to journal titles across a range of subjects and sub-disciplines.

ScienceDirect Freedom Collection

ScienceDirect provides access to the scientific, technical and medical journals of Elsevier and participating publishers. It contains more than 18 million articles and book chapters from over 2,650 peer-reviewed journals and 42,000 e-books, including books, book series and major reference works, and digital archives that reach as far back as 1823.

Statista

Statista is a data and statistics platform that consolidates more than 1 million statistics over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources.

Research Tools

NVivo

NVivo is a qualitative data analysis program, supporting data organisation, analysis and visualisation. You may find this useful when working with qualitative or mixed methods research where coding multiple data sources is required.

To install NVivo, please follow these instructions:

AU Guide to NVivo Installation

SPSS

Statistical package for social sciences and it is used by researchers to perform statistical analysis.

To install SPSS, please follow these instructions:

AU Guide to SPSS Installation [Windows]

AU Guide to SPSS Installation [Mac]

If you need support or experience any issues with SPSS, please contact Emily Blakemore.

Referencing Guide

As a Project Management, Joints, or Foundation Pathway Student you will be following AU Harvard. You can download the complete referencing guide here:

AU Complete Guide to Harvard Referencing

AU Short Guide to Harvard Referencing

LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning is a video-based online learning platform with more than 16,500 professionally created courses, designed to help you gain new skills and advance your career. To access LinkedIn Learning, sign in using your Arden Office 365 credentials. The first time you log in, you will need to answer some set-up questions to get you started and ensure the content is relevant to your learning needs.

You can access LinkedIn Learning by clicking here.

Professional Bodies and Associations

Professional bodies and associations are organisations you will engage with throughout your career. Becoming familiar with them during your studies is a great way to keep up to date with developments in your field and build your professional network.

APM - The Chartered Body for the Project Profession

The Association for Project Management (APM) is the only chartered body for the project management profession. The APM has over 30,000 individual members and more than 500 organisations participating in their Corporate Partnership Programme.

ALEXOS - Global Best Practice Solutions

AXELOS is a joint venture founded in 2014 by the UK Government and Capita. The aim of ALEXOS is to develop, manage, and operate qualifications in project management best practice in methodologies formerly owned by the Office of Government Commerce.

PMI - Project Management Institute

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is one of the world's leading associations for those who consider project management their profession. Membership of the association provides you with access to valuable knowledge, networks, and resources in the field.

IPMA - International Project Management Association

The IPMA is a federation of about 70 Member Associations which develop project management competences in their geographic areas of influence, interacting with thousands of practitioners and developing relationships with corporations, government agencies, universities, and colleges.

IPA - Infrastructure and Projects Authority

The IPA is the UK Government’s centre of excellence for infrastructure and major projects. They support the successful realisation of all types of vital projects, including railways, schools, hospitals, housing, as well as defence, IT, and major transformation programmes.

Podcasts

The APM podcast - The APM Podcast covers discussions and insights on the latest project management topics.

Perspectives in Business and Healthcare Management Newsletter

Download your copy of Perspectives in Business and Healthcare Management here:

Perspectives in Business & Healthcare Management 01 - December 2019

Perspectives in Business & Healthcare Management 02 - March 2020

Perspectives in Business & Healthcare Management 03 - September 2020

Perspectives in Business & Healthcare Management 04 Pt 1 - January 2021

Perspectives in Business & Healthcare Management 04 Pt 2 - January 2021

Perspectives in Business & Healthcare Management 05 - April 2021

Resources for Project Management Students

Association for Project Management

Student membership is open to any Arden University students for free. At this developmental stage of your career, Student membership will support your learning and expand your knowledge.

Microsoft Academic

Microsoft Academic a free public web search engine for academic publications and literature, developed by Microsoft Research. Using semantic search, it understands the meaning of words - it doesn’t just match keywords to content. For example, when you type “Microsoft,” it knows you mean the institution, and shows you publications authored by researchers affiliated with Microsoft. Similarly, Microsoft Academic knows journal titles, conference names, and many research topics.

Project Management