Abstract
Indications are given of the current availability of key sources of statistical data and other information on the UK business information market, the largest market in Europe, its general coverage and the problems posed by its rapidly changing nature. Focuses on the market for published information, mainly books, reports, directories, newspapers, periodicals and legal documents, in either hard copy format or via electronic formats such as the Web other online sources and CD-ROMs. Lists and briefly describes, with Web sites, selected surveys, including those from the DTI; EPSLtd; Frost& Sullivan Ltd; Key Note Ltd; Headland Business Information; Information Market Observatory (IMO); Marketing Strategies for Industry (MSI); and Learned Information Europe Ltd. Lists and describes some of the sources of regular surveys of specific publishing and information sectors: Directory and Database Publishers Association; Periodical Publishers Association; Publishers Association; and market research publishers. Sources of price data (Library and Information Statistics Unit (LISU)), and market research (British Market Research Association (BMRA)) are included.
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