LibGuides: Country Information: Australia: Country Overview & Culture

News

Access World News
Search here for news from a broad list of sources, including the Richmond Times Dispatch and Daily Progress. Does not contain the business specific features of such news databases as Factiva and Lexis Nexis Academic.

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Factiva
Aggregated news from national and local newspapers, magazines, trade publications, and transcripts. Factiva includes access to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Barron's. Content is available in 22 languages. Factiva also houses succinct company profiles, Factiva's indexing tools and more.
Economist.com
The Economist offers a full range of analysis, including special reports, data journalism, podcasts, films and audio versions.

Country Overview

World Factbook
Turn to the World Factbook for information on 267 countries. Provides background and data related to history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and international relations for each country.

Use the dropdown menu to select Australia
Offers basic information on the country's government, economy, and society
Published by the CIA

Culture

GoinGlobal
Go here for current job and internship listings and country career guides.

Cultural Data Online is from the Australian government and provides access to research relating to arts and culture in Australia, including publications and data on employment, funding, participation and attendance at cultural venues and events

Business and the Economy

OECD i-Library
Explore this site for statistical databases, reports, and 19 periodicals published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The Economic Surveys, issued biennially for many countries, provide tables and discussion on overall economic health and social conditions.
Country Commercial Guides
Learn more about market conditions, opportunities, regulations, and business customs for over 125 countries. These reports are prepared by trade and industry experts at US embassies worldwide.
Business Source Complete
Search this database for articles in 1,200 business journals, magazines, and trade journals. Also provides industry reports, country profiles, and company SWOT analyses. Business Source Complete is often the best place to start your research.

Provides full text or pdf articles from the Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Perspectives, Administrative Science Quarterly, California Management Review, and the Journal of Business Ethics.
EMIS (Connect to Darden VPN)
Search this database for information about emerging market countries, companies, industries, and economic conditions.

PESTLE Reports

Business Source Complete
Search for Marketline Country Reports this will include a PESTLE analysis section, you can also search by Marketline Country reports and then country name.

Provides full text or pdf articles from the Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Perspectives, Administrative Science Quarterly, California Management Review, and the Journal of Business Ethics.
EMIS (Connect to Darden VPN)
Search for PESTLE and country name in the main search box within EMIS, these are also Marketline country reports. Please note that EMIS does not carry a comprehensive list of MarketLine Country Reports you may need to consult Business Source Complete.

Travel Guides

Lonely Planet Australia by Sarah Reid; Kat Barber; Jayne D'Arcy; Peter Dragicevich; Anthony Ham; Paul Harding; Trent Holden; Jessica Korteman; Jessica Lockhart; Virginia Maxwell; Craig McLachlan; Mwende Mutuli Musau; Charles Rawlings-Way; Steve Waters; Josh West
ISBN: 9781838693909

Publication Date: 2024-09-17

Statistics & Data

Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australia’s national statistical agency and an official source of independent, reliable information. We tell the real story of Australia, its economy and its people by bringing life and meaning to numbers.

IMF eLibrary Data (International Monetary Fund)
Turn to this database for economic time series data from more than 200 countries and areas. Includes four datasets: International Financial Statistics, Direction of Trade, Balance of Payments, and Government Finance Statistics. The International Financial Statistics dataset includes main global and country economic indicators, exchange rates, and fund accounts data. Annual series, when available, begin with 1948 data; quarterly and monthly series, when available, begin with 1957 data.
World DataBank (World Bank)
Explore this database if you need statistics related to social and economic development. Contains World Bank time series data for 227 countries and 18 country groups. Features 60 databases. The most frequently used are: World Development Indicators; Education Statistics; Gender Statistics; Health Nutrition and Population Statistics; Poverty and Equity Database. The Doing Business database provides measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 189 economies. Look for various links to the tutorial and/or the FAQs page.
UN Data (United Nations)
Students and researchers needing economic and socio-demographic data should consider looking at this database. It provides more than 450 statistical time series for countries from around the world.
Gallup Analytics
Gallup Analytics is an online platform that provides subscribers with access to nearly a century of U.S. data and a decade of global tracking data known as the Gallup World Poll.