Most towns have a public library with a small reference collection which will contain useful company information as well as current newspapers and some trade journals. Manchester, Leeds, Bristol, Birmingham, Nottingham and London will have extensive library facilities and good commercial sections. A good public library will have indexes such as the Times Index, Financial Times Index, Research Index or Clover Index, all of which give references to companies and industries. UK Public Libraries Page gives a list of UK Public Libraries on the Web. Many professional organisations have their own libraries and many of these operate schemes whereby non-members can pay to make use of the facilities for a period of time.
Some organisations have special student rates.
Many have web pages which detail the services they offer and provide links to other useful web pages. UWE Home . Library Home . Site Map .