Librarian
Najeeb Ahmed
Contact:
najeeb.ahmed@humber.ca
Research the industry
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SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new windowMaps demographic, psychographic (Environics Prizm) and company information over geographic areas. Define a target market, pick a business location and/or learn about nearby competitors.
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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.)
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IBISWorld This link opens in a new windowContains reports on Canadian industries. The industry reports include industry performance, outlook, product, markets, competitive landscape, major companies, and operating conditions.
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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.
Research current trends
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WGSN Fashion & Beauty This link opens in a new windowAccess catwalk news, and trend reports on all aspects of fashion. Create an account to access the design tools and download reports.
Creating a WGSN Account
As of January 4, 2023, you no longer need to create an account with WGSN. Our single sign on system should automatically create an account for you when logging in through any the Library links to WGSN. If you have an existing account with an @humbermail.ca email address and don't find your saved reports, please contact libaccess@humber.ca for help.
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Women's Wear Daily (WWD) This link opens in a new windowContains current and older issues of Women's Wear Daily.
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Trend HunterSearch for the latest trends in beauty and spa design
Find demographics and statistics
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Vivintel This link opens in a new windowContains Canadian consumer spending, media habits, and psychographics based on the Survey of the Canadian Consumer.
Royalty Free Images
Looking for images to use in your presentations or assignments? Here are some resources where you can search for royalty-free images with a Creative Commons License:
- FlickrFlickr is an online image hosting service that provides access to tens of billions of images.
When you search for images, choose "All creative commons" as your license type. You can also limit your search by dominant colour, orientation, size, and other stylistic choices. - Google ImagesTo filter your Google image search results, choose TOOLS > USAGE RIGHTS > LABELLED FOR REUSE.
You can also limit your results by size, colour and image type. - UnsplashUnsplash is a great resource for royalty-free high-resolution images.
- PixabayPixabay is another great resource for royalty-free high-resolution images. PLEASE NOTE: Avoid the top row of results in your searches - these are images from a stock photograph supplier, Shutterstock. These images are thumbnails for paid resources and contain a watermark. Anything below the top row of results will be free images with Creative Commons licenses.
- Getty Open ContentOver 100,000 images from the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Research Institute.