Business Librarian
Library 101
Databases - International Information
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MarketLineMarketline 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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PassportThis 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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StatistaStatistics, charts, graphs and tables on marketing, demographics, consumers, communication, technology, politics, health, leisure and public opinion polls.
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International Directory of Company HistoriesBrings together histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location.
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EconLitCovers 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/InformSearch 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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ScienceDirectIncludes the Health & Life Sciences and the Social & Behavioural Sciences College Edition journals collections.
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WarcThe 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 CompleteSearch 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 NewsstreamOffers 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 CentreProvides 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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VividataVividata 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