Databases available via SIA subscription
Content in this databases is accessible via Summon, but you may search them separately if you wish.
ABI/INFORM Collection
Provides access to a wide range of business publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the Economist.
Grove Art Online
Contains many short introductory articles about art market topics, such as Iain Robertson's Art Market Bubbles and Crashes.
Free databases and search engines
- for finding material not included in Summon or Business Search Premier:
data.gov.uk
Data published by UK government departments and agencies, public bodies and local authorities .
EconStor
Scholarly articles about economics, with a reasonable selection of material about art markets.
Eurostat
Statistics from the European Union. See also the data.europa.eu.
Google Dataset Search
One of three products from Google, along with the Public Data and Data Commons. All three are discussed in this post by search blogger Dan Russell.
The National Archives: guide to datasets
Guide to finding UK government datasets via the National Archives website.
National Bureau of Economic Research
Articles and papers, including work on the art market. To access some resources, you may need to create a free log-in.
Opencorporates
"The largest open database of companies in the world".
Women Art Dealers Digital Archives (WADA)
'A new project to examine and elevate women art dealers’ contributions to today’s art world and the larger art-history canon.' Established 2022.
Many other business databases are available within the British Library and Westminster Business Library. See the other libraries in London guide for information about joining.