LibGuides: Company Information: Home

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This guide provides a selection of resources on companies, including:

Trends & News
Profiles & SWOT Analysis
Directories
Annual Reports
Rankings

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Key Resources for Company Profiles

MarketLine Advantage
(GlobalData) Provides access to a comprehensive collection of business information on over 200 countries and 3500 industries. It contains in-depth information on over 30000 public and private companies, market data for consumer products, and news feeds.

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Nexis Uni
(LexisNexis) A large multi-tiered database of thousands of sources including newspapers, journals, wire services, newsletters, company reports and SEC filings, case law, government documents, transcripts of broadcasts, and selected reference works.

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Scott's Directories: National Business
(Scott's Directories) Provides access to a comprehensive directory of Canadian businesses with more than 350,000+ contacts from manufacturing, government, medical and education sectors.

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Find more company profile resources, go to the Resources tab of this guide.

Key Resources for Company News

Canadian Major Dailies (formerly Canadian Newsstand)
(ProQuest) Provides current full-text access to 20 Canadian news sources.
There is only partial content from this database available in Library Search/Primo, mostly from larger publications such as the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and National Post, and very little from the local newspapers.

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ABI/INFORM Global
(ProQuest) Provides in-depth coverage of business conditions, trends, corporate strategies and tactics, management techniques, competitive and product information, and a wide variety of other business topics.

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Find more company news resources, go to the Resources tab of this guide.

Database Comparison - Company Information

Use the Database Comparison Chart to help you choose an appropriate database for company information. This chart compares database content so that you know which contains the type of information you need (e.g. company profiles, news, etc.).

Database Comparison Chart - Company Information

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