Business Librarian
Databases - International Information
- Marketline This link opens in a new windowNow known as GlobalData Explorer, this database contains Canadian and international company reports, industry reports, country reports, and influencer reports.
- Passport This link opens in a new windowContains Canadian and international company and industry reports on consumer goods and services. (Note for Mac users: there are known issues if you access the portal with Firefox. Please use a different browser.)
- Statista This link opens in a new windowContains statistics, charts, tables, and public opinion polls on marketing, demographics, consumers, communication, technology, politics, health, and leisure.
- Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowContains international and domestic newspapers, magazines, and trade journals, company financial information, industry and market news, legal resources, medical news, abstracts, and country profiles.
- 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.
- EconLit This link opens in a new windowContains peer-reviewed and other academic journal articles, as well as eBooks, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers on economics.
- ABI/Inform This link opens in a new windowContains peer-reviewed and other academic journal articles, eBooks, newspapers, and magazines on business and economics; First Research industry reports, Economist Intelligence Unit commodity reports and country reports and Oxford Economics country industry forecasts.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowContains peer-reviewed and other academic journal articles, encyclopedia articles, practice guidelines, and more on the physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities.
- Warc This link opens in a new windowContains material from the World Advertising Research Centre (WARC) including case studies of award-winning advertising campaigns, strategy, and best practices guides, advertising trends, surveys, and reports.
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowContains peer-reviewed and other academic journal articles on business and economics, as well as company, industry, and country reports.
Databases - Canadian Information
- Canadian Newsstream This link opens in a new windowContains articles from national and local Canadian newspapers. Includes The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the National Post, and the Vancouver Sun, among others.
- 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.
- Vividata This link opens in a new windowContains Canadian consumer spending, media habits, and psychographics based on the Survey of the Canadian Consumer.
Locate current articles and information on Canadian news and business by using the following databases:
Statistics
- 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."
- Humber Libraries Statistics PageProvides a guide to using Statistics Canada sources. Note the link to international sources in the Subject Statistics box.
- Directory of Interational Statistical OfficesCompiled by the United Nations