1. Master of Finance Library Orientation
August 2014
Peter F. Bronfman Business Library
Xuemei Li

2. Your Library Card
The YU-Card, your official photo ID card, is your library card.
You may use your Passport York ID to book a group study room, the Bloomberg workstation, to renew books and for off-campus access to e-Resources.

3. Computer/Printing/Copying Facilities at York University Libraries
All public access computers in the libraries require Passport York logon.
Printing available from all public computers, 10 cents for black/white printing/copying, 25 cents for colour.
Laptops – Use Wireless Access – set-up information
Remote Printing
Add funds to your YU card

4. York Libraries

5. Peter F. Bronfman Business Library

6. Company/Industry Information
Mergent Online : Provides information for over 10,000 U.S. public companies and almost 17,000 non-U.S. public companies. Company records include detailed business descriptions, corporate histories, financial statements, and ratios. Mergent also provides industry reports for Canada and the U.S.
Marketline Advantage: The Marketline Advantage database is divided into Industry, Country, and Company. It covers SWOT company profiles for over 2500 public and private enterprises worldwide, accessing fast and reliable insights on thousands of industry sectors including Porter’s Five Forces analysis, accessing a top-level view of the business landscape in over 110 countries.
NetAdvantage : Standard & Poor's database provides comprehensive information on business and investment information, offering on-line access to popular Standard & Poor's research products such as Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports, etc. Also includes some Computstat data.

7. Company/Industry Information
Investext Plus : A database providing reports from key brokerage firms covering global company and industry research and forecasts. Currently over 140,000 documents are available in the database dating from 1994 to present. Internet Explorer must be used to access this database.
Factiva : Provides company information with access to historical market data, interactive charting, financial reports and ratio comparisons, and more.
Hoovers : In-depth coverage of 65 million public and private companies. Includes an overview, history, products, and competitors

8. Financial Research Databases
Bloomberg- a real-time financial service that provides current and historical data, news and financial analysis of companies, stocks, bonds, and indices. Some industry and economic data also available.

10. Financial Research Databases
Datastream covers a wealth of equities, bonds, indices, commodities and economic data. Current and historical data available.
Thomson SDC Platinum
Global New Issues
VentureXpert now moved to Thomson Reuters Private Equity (Internet Explorer)
Mergers & Acquisitions
MorningStar Direct
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Service)

11. Finding Business Articles
ProQuest Business This link allows you to access the 5 preselected ProQuest business databases. The 5 databases are ABI/Inform Global, ABI/Inform Trade and Industry, CBCA Completed: Business, ProQuest Asian Business and Reference, ProQuest European Business. These databases contain citations and abstracts for business and management publications, many of which are available in full-text or full-image.
Business Source Premier: contains full text for 2300 periodicals and other sources, including scholarly journals, trade and general business magazines, monographs, country economic and industry reports, industry yearbooks, and market research reports.

12. Finding Articles on Industries
Factiva : includes nearly 9,000 sources from 118 countries in 22 languages, including more than 120 continuously updated newswires.  For newspapers, the service provides same-day and archival coverage of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, Financial Times and local newspapers from every corner of the globe.

13. Economic Indicators
Global Insight: Includes World Markets which provides country analysis, risk and forecasts for 200 countries and 170 industries. Political, economic, regulatory, tax, security and general business conditions are covered in the individual country reports. In addition macroeconomic forecasts are provided and country and sovereign risk ratings are included. Information is updated regularly and occasionally daily when conditions warrant it. Also includes Data-Insight-Web which includes economic and financial time series.
Business Monitor Online: contains quarterly surveys and forecasts on Canadian, U.S. and industries worldwide.

14. Citing Business Resources
Citing Business Sources
Guidelines for citing information in different styles available on York Library web site also.
For citing unusual resources such as blogs, personal s, multimedia etc., see net.Tutor Quick Guide:Citing Net Resources.

15. Thank You for Your Attention
Research Help
In Person (see Bronfman website for research help hours) –
Telephone during reference hours – (416)
By Appointment – a librarian
IM Chat service at Bronfman website