Constance Adamson Business Liaison Librarian adamsoncqueensuca September 2010 Business Information Who uses it Who produces it Whats not available secretproprietary Sources of Company Info ID: 129286
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Business Research Resources
Constance Adamson
Business Liaison Librarian
adamsonc@queensu.ca
September 2010Slide2
Business Information
Who uses it?
Who produces it?
What’s not available – secret/proprietarySlide3
Sources of Company Info
▪
Web site
▪
Annual reports
▪ Filings with regulators – OSC or SEC
SEDAR
and
EDGAR
(10K reports provide most detail)
RIM
Potash
Apple
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▪ Company directories/databases
D&B-Million Dollar Database
Standard & Poor’s
NetAdvantage
FP Advisor
Hoover’s
Factiva
(see companies/markets at top)
Canadian Social Investment Database
▪ Financial databases
Compustat
,
FP Advisor
,
Factiva
▪ Securities prices
TSX database, CRSP, Factiva
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library.queensu.caSlide8Slide9
Companies & Industries
Often your research starts with a company or an industry sector
Industries are made up of companies
Companies can operate in more than one sectorSlide10
Find out who is in the industry
Learn more about these companies and a picture of the industry will emerge
We use many of the same sources for both Industry and Company research – they build on each otherSlide11
▪ Business newspapers and industry magazines
ABI/Inform Global
Asian Business
European Business
Business Source Complete
CBCA
(Cdn Business and Current Affairs)
Canadian Newsstand
Factiva
and see the Newspapers GuideSlide12
Sources of Industry Info
Industry Studies
Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage
see ‘Industry Surveys’ under ‘Quick Links’
EIU Industry Briefing
key global industries by country
Gartner Research
IT, communications and technology research
And see
Industries
in the Business GuideSlide13Slide14
Industry Associations
are organizations of companies and people in the industry
find them by web searching or see the directories at Stauffer’s Research Help Desk
useful for membership lists, statistics, press releases, industry trends
indicate how the industry is organizing itselfSlide15
Data & Statistics
Maps, Data & Government Information Centre (MADGIC)
library.queensu.ca/webdoc/
geospatial, statistical and government information
includes Statistics Canada, Census, Industry Canada, the OECD, European Union, IMF, World Bank, UN . . .
Never pay for stats – check with the library first!Slide16Slide17
Strategy for Effective Searching
Start your search with the obvious ‘keywords’ or search terms including personal and company names.
Look at the search results for other possible keywords and phrases. Also think of synonyms, alternate spellings, other terms or phrases to express the same concepts.
Keep a list of the search terms and combinations you’ve tried in the various databases.
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aviation or airlines or airline industry or air transportation
and
forecast or trends or projection or growth or performance Slide19
mobile or wireless or cellular or handheld
and
merger or acquisition or takeover or divest*Slide20
Most research databases have direct links to full-text if we subscribe to the journal.
Use to follow links to the text of an article or to QCAT (the library catalogue).
In QCAT use the ‘Journal Title Exact’ option to check if Queen’s Libraries subscribes to the publication.
You can save, print or email your search results and articles.Slide21
Questions?Slide22Slide23
Constance Adamson
adamsonc@queensu.ca
Stauffer Library
Josh Rose
joshuajamesrose@gmail.com