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Financial Times
Also known as: |Ft.com| Provides access to the fulltext of the Financial Times.
Economist Intelligence Unit
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Provides full-text to the Economist magazine.
Business Premium Collection
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Provides full text to the Wall Street Journal.
US Major Daily Newspapers
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Full text coverage of the New York Times, 1980-, the Wall Street Journal, 1984- , the Washington Post, 1987- , the Chicago Tribune, 1985- and the Los Angeles Times. 1985- .
New York Times: NYTimes.com
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The complete Digital version of The New York Times. Content also available via NYT apps, with the following exceptions: E-reader editions, Premium Crosswords, Times Insider, and The New York Times Crossword app. Access to archived articles from 1923 to 1980 is limited.
Canadian Newsstream
Access Globe & Mail, National Post.
Coverage extends to a large number of newspapers, including the following:
- Calgary Herald (December 7, 1988- )
- Edmonton Journal (March 10, 1989- )
- Financial Post (January 5, 1985 - October 1998)
- Globe and Mail (November 14, 1977 -)
- Regina Leader Post (January 1, 2000 - )
- Montreal Gazette (January 2, 1985- )
- National Post (October 27, 1998- )
- Ottawa Citizen (September 3, 1985- )
- St. Catharines Standard (October 1, 1997- )
- Saskatoon Star Phoenix (May 27, 1996- )
- Vancouver Province (March 20, 1989- )
- Vancouver Sun (January 2, 1987- )
- Victoria Times Colonist (January 4, 1993- )
- Windsor Star (October 20, 1986- )
Contains text in English and French / Français.

Finance Databases

Global Financial Data
Hstorical and current: currency exchange rates (200 currencies), foreign stock exchange indices, commodity prices (100 commodities), inflation, money supply, trade, labour etc. statistics. The data generally available for 200 countries and historical coverage can go as far back (depending upon the variable), as the 1600's.
Thomson ONE
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Database that provides n-depth company financials, ownership data, new issues, debt transactions, mergers & acquisitions. Industry and peer company comparables, analyst reports, and earnings estimates.
Note: only works with Internet Explorer or Chrome (with IE tab extension).
Canadian Financial Markets Research Center
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Datastream
Currently unavailable
Current and historical stock market data, commodity prices, economic data etc.
Access restricted to current UA faculty, students and staff.

Alpha Vantage Public Stock API
Includes Canadian, US, European, and other global financial and economic datasets including stock/ETF prices, company financials, forex data, and quantitative industry/market signals. Multiple access methods are supported, including web-based HTTP access, Microsoft Excel, and Google Sheets. Additional technical resources for University of Alberta members and affiliates: (1) official documentation, (2) data guide, technical support is available from Alpha Vantage directly.
Yahoo Finance
Current and historical data for equities, stock indices, commodities, currencies and cryptocurrencies.

Librarian - Business

Janet Williamson

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