Databases by subject

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Accounting

CICA Handbook The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Handbook

ProQuest Includes full text or abstracts from more than 400 journals covering accounting subjects.

Analyst reports

Investext. Analyst reports for companies and industries. from more than 600 investment banks, brokerage houses and consulting firms worldwide. Locate recent reports quickly by 1) entering the company name in the 'Quick Company Search' box in the uppper left corner, 2) Select 'Investext Research Reports'.

Canadian company and industry information

FP Advisor Information about Canadian businesses, covering public and some private companies. Includes archival financial information, dividend and new issues data, and mergers and acquisitions activity.

Investext Investment analyst reports from over 980 firms, and covering some public Canadian companies.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Company profiles for Canadian public companies, including financials, competitors and industry news.

Sustainalytics. Sustainalytics provides "high quality, relevant and timely environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and analysis". Information for more than 1,700 companies, including Canadian. Includes Company Reports, Rating Reports, and Controversy Reports.

Career and job search resources

Business Source Premier Country specific career guides.

Vault Career Insider Career guides and job descriptions, resume and interview preparation tip, etc. Free registration is required.

Company information and profiles

Business Source Premier Journal articles, industry and company reports including SWOT analysis. Includes most top academic journals in business, and full text for more than 2,300 journals, dating back to 1965 . Also includes DataMonitor reports.

Factiva Company information includes reports on more than 42,000 companies from Reuters Investor, & 30,000 company reports from Reuters Fundamentals. Begin your search by selecting 'Companies/Markets' from the top menu.

Investext Provides forecasts and analysis based upon research reports from over 980 firms, and covering more than 30,000 companies worldwide.

Mergent Online Financials for more than 25,000 companies with historical numbers back 15 years in some cases. Download EDGAR filings in Excel format and create reports to analyze and compare companies.

ProQuest With more than 11,000 titles, ProQuest is an interdisciplinary journal and newspaper database that is international in scope. Also contains Hoover's reports.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Company profile reports for more than 12,000 public US and Canadian companies, and 800 international.

Sustainalytics Social and environmental profiles. (replaces Jantzi - Canadian Social Investment Database) Access to environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and analysis, covering more than 1,700 companies from major indexes around the world.

Country profiles and data

Business Source Premier Country profiles, reports, studies, career guides, background notes, forecasts and more.

EIU reports From the Economist Intelligence Unit, country reports are updated monthly and country profiles are updated annually. Coverage of almost 200 countries.

EMIS- Emerging Market Information Service EMIS delivers news, company and financial data direct from more than 80 emerging markets in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Passport GMID This Euromonitor International database allows you to build a custom report for a specific country, covering industries or topics of your choice.

OECD iLibrary Publications of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development including books, periodicals and statistics.

Industry information & analyst reports

Business Source Premier Journal articles, industry and company reports including SWOT analysis. Includes most top academic journals in business.

Industry Canada In-depth, industry-specific analysis, statistics, contacts, news, events, financing and regulatory information for Canadian business.

Investext Provides forecasts and analysis based upon research reports from over 980 firms, and covering more than 30,000 companies worldwide.

Passport GMID International coverage of more than 20 industries, with focus on consumer products and services. Reports updated annually.

Mergent Online Financials for more than 25,000 companies with historical numbers back 15 years in some cases. Download Edgar filings in Excel format and create reports to analyze and compare companies.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Industry surveys covering more than 50 industries and 100 sub-industries. Reports are updated every six months. Primarily US information but some Canadian coverage included.

Industry studies

Factiva Provides Industry studies from Mergent. To access in Factiva, select "Search Builder" link from top left of page > type "Mergent" in the 'Sources' box in the lower part of the search page > select Mergent Industry Reports > add keyword(s) to decribe industry, in large search box, e.g. 'retail' or 'oil and gas' or 'metals'> click on green 'Run Search' box.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Industry surveys covering more than 50 industries and 100 sub-industries. Reports are updated every six months. Primarily US information but some Canadian coverage included.

Market research information

Business Source Premier Non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, and SWOT analyses.

CHASS Data Centre Collection of databases maintained by Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the U of T, including CANSIM I and II, Canadian Census and Trade Analyzer.

Datamonitor 360 Market analysis for industries including healthcare, financial services and technology with a focus on European data.

Passport GMID Euromonitor International offers quality international market intelligence on industries, countries and consumers.

MarketResearch.com Academic Market research reports from Icon Group International, MarketLooks, Kalorama Information Packaged Facts and Specialists in Business Information.

Print Measurement Bureau. PMB Product Data, "includes information on Canadians' usage of over 3,500 products and services. Information includes their demographics, their attitudes, their media consumption, their retail outlets, frequency of usage and (when sponsored) the brands they use.

Newspaper and journal articles

Factiva Content from more than 10,000 publications from around the globe.

JSTOR Back files of scholarly journals including 75 titles in the Business Collection.

ProQuest With more than 11,000 titles, ProQuest is an interdisciplinary journal and newspaper database that is international in scope. Also contains Hoover's reports.

SWOT Analyses

Business Source Premier SWOT analyses for specific companies from Datamonitor.