Business Librarian
Library 101
Databases - International Information
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MarketLine This link opens in a new windowMarketline Advantage provides access to a comprehensive collection of company, industry and country information, extending across 200+ countries and every major industry.
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Passport This link opens in a new windowThis international database provides access to 1,300 market reports that analyze 21 consumer and service industries across 80 countries. Also includes more than 6,500 company profiles.
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Statista This link opens in a new windowStatistics, charts, graphs and tables on marketing, demographics, consumers, communication, technology, politics, health, leisure and public opinion polls.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowAccess news, business and legal information from thousands of sources.
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International Directory of Company Histories This link opens in a new windowBrings together histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location.
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EconLit This link opens in a new windowCovers all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, and urban economics.
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ABI/Inform This link opens in a new windowSearch more than one thousand international business journals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more.
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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowIncludes the Health & Life Sciences and the Social & Behavioural Sciences College Edition journals collections.
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Warc This link opens in a new windowThe World Advertising Research Centre includes case studies from major markets including North America, the UK, mainland Europe and Australia, India and China.
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Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowSearch thousands of business journals. This database includes market research reports, detailed Datamonitor company and industry profiles, as well as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight and CountryWatch.
Databases - Canadian Information
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Canadian Newsstream This link opens in a new windowOffers access to the full text of nearly 300 newspapers published in Canada, including the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail.
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Canadian Reference Centre This link opens in a new windowProvides full text access to 150 Canadian journals, magazines, newspapers, newswires, reference books. Company information and over 400 international periodicals also included.
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Vividata This link opens in a new windowVividata surveys over 40,000 Canadians on their consumption of over 3,500 products and services. The survey results include demographic and psychographic information such as age, gender, and household status, as well as media, brand, and shopping preferences.
Locate current articles and information on Canadian news and business by using the following databases:
Statistics
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Canadian International Merchandise Trade Database - CIMT - by StatsCan"...offers detailed trade data using the Harmonized System (HS) classification of goods (based on the 6-digit commodity level). Select a trading partner and specific variables (e.g., country, province, state, year, month, or frequency) or search by commodity or Harmonized System code."
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Humber Libraries Statistics PageProvides a guide to using Statistics Canada sources. Note the link to international sources in the Subject Statistics box.
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Directory of Interational Statistical OfficesCompiled by the United Nations