Each database covers a different subject field so choose the databases that suit your essay topic best. You may need to try several.
Major databases in each field are listed below.

Major databases for business and marketing are listed below
For example, for an essay topic on wine marketing and distribution channels, you could start with the databases: Business Source Complete or Academic OneFile .

Choose the most appropriate databases through

• the menu option on the Library Home Page: Use Databases to find journal and newspaper articles, then choose the subject of interest to you: for example

Wine Marketing, Business  (these web page will open in a new window. To return to this tutorial, close the window).
• the Library catalogue, if you know the database name

Databases for agricultural business and marketing:
 

Academic OneFile	interdisiplinary areas
Academic Search Premier	interdisciplinary areas
Agricola	agriculture
Annual report collection	annual reports of 500 Aust. Companies
Ausstats	Australian Bureau of Statistics database
Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre	current events, business
Australian Public Affairs Full Text (APA-FT)	Australian social, cultural & economic affairs
Business Australia Online	Australian finance, accounting & management
Business Source Complete	business and management
CAB Abstracts	agricultural economics
Econlit	economics
Emerald Fulltext	marketing, business management
Factiva	business, commerce, marketing, news
ScienceDirect	business, management
VITIS-VEA	economics of viticulture and oenology
Winefacts	statistical information on the Australian and international wine sector

Some Web search engines or publishers' search engines also lead to journal articles but so far they don't cover as many journals and can't be searched in the same way as databases. On the other hand they have the advantage of searching for terms in the full text of articles: