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Company Information

Business Source Complete
Provides full text for a large collection of business journals and peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. Indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals (back to 1886 or the first issue published for that journal) are included.
The Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library (LHCADL) is an initiative established by the Alberta Government. It was created as a legacy to the late, the Honourable Lois Hole to continue her vision of greater learning opportunities for all Albertans.
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Factiva This link opens in a new window
Click on Companies/Markets to access company profiles (business description, competitors, current news) and financials for the past 3-4 years.
FP Advisor (Financial Post)
MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new window
Find company profiles. Covers major Canadian companies, e.g. Shell, TELUS, Royal Bank of Canada.Profiles often include SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis.
Orbis
This is a global database which provides detailed information on millions of companies. It has extensive coverage of private companies and offers the comparing of companies internationally. The data solutions show what companies do, how they're performing and the people that run them. It also includes financial data, legal entity details, M&A activity and news.
Orbis provides information on close to 400 million companies (both private and public) and entities across the globe. 41 million of these have detailed financial information. There are three additional modules hosted on the Orbis platform:
- EDGAR Filings are US SEC documents available for publicly quoted companies on US stock exchanges, banks, and insurance companies. Examples would be 8-K, 10-K, Proxy, and information statements.
- News Service aggregates news pieces from several sources, including Acquire Media, Dow Jones, and Thomson Reuters. Access includes full articles and tags for topics, industries, and countries.
- Zephyr is the most comprehensive database of deal information, and it is updated hourly, and is useful for corporate finance research. It contains information on M&A, IPO, private equity / venture capital deals, rumors, and other transaction-level details.
Sustainalytics: Historical Datasets This link opens in a new window
Sustainalytics contains social and environmental profiles of companies in the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) Composite Index.
Available datasets:
• 2004-2008 (under former title Canadian Social Investment Database)
• 2009-2011
• 2012-2015

PLEASE NOTE: UofA access to the complete, online Sustainalytics database has unfortunately been cancelled, due to an ongoing access issue with the publisher.

Industry Profiles

Alberta Industries
Information on 12 broad Alberta business sectors, logistics and market access, and a list of industry associations.
Industry Canada - Information by Industrial Category
Includes industry categories and profiles, publications, and association information
Profiles of Alberta Industries
Profiles of industry groups from Ministry of Labour

IBISWorld
Provides U.S. industry research reports which include industry characteristics, conditions, performance, trends, statistics etc.
Passport GMID This link opens in a new window
Passport is a global market research database providing insight on industries, economies, and consumers worldwide. Nutrition data includes country consumption for nutrients: Energy (calories), Protein, Carbohydrates, Sugar, Fat, Saturated Fat, Fibre, and Salt.

Databases

Business Source Complete Provides full text for a large collection of business journals and peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. Indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals (back to 1886 or the first issue published for that journal) are included.
The Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library (LHCADL) is an initiative established by the Alberta Government. It was created as a legacy to the late, the Honourable Lois Hole to continue her vision of greater learning opportunities for all Albertans.
For additional information, go to the Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library information site.

Library Guides

Introduction to Canadian Business
Specific resources for industry and market analysis.