1. Finance 6600 – Overview of Library Resources
Summer 2011
Peter F. Bronfman Business Library

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4. Company and Industry Information
Industrial classification codes
Company/ Industry Information 
Benchmarking
Finding Articles on Companies & Industries
Economic indicators

5. Industrial Classification Codes
The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) is a useful tool for identifying key companies within an industry and conceptualizing the industry as a whole. SIC codes group together companies based on the goods and services produced.
SIC codes are used in a number of databases and print reference resources. In some cases, the SIC codes used in Canada differ from those used in the U.S. A print version of the SIC table of codes is found in the Canadian Key Business Directory available in the Bronfman Business Library Reference Room. SIC codes for Canada are also available on Statistics Canada's web site .
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industrial classification system common to Canada, United States and Mexico. Gradually, the SIC system will be phased out in favour of the NAIC system. There are some differences however so if questions arise you will need to refer to: Canada - NAICS 2007
U.S. Census Bureau: NAICS

6. Company/Industry Information
Mergent Online: Previously Moody's Manuals in print. Provides information for over 10,000 U.S. public companies and almost 20,000 non-U.S. public companies. Company records include detailed business descriptions, corporate histories, financial statements, and ratios. Historical manuals are available in the Retro Reference Collection. Mergent also provides industry reports for Canada and the U.S.
Hoovers: In-depth coverage of 40,000 companies includes an overview, history, products, competitors, SIC and NAICS codes, financials, links to SEC filings and added features such as CEOs on Camera.  Industry information includes an overview, most viewed companies list, news headlines, and relevant associations.
Factiva: Provides company information with access to historical market data, interactive charting, financial reports and ratio comparisons, and company/industry information from Datamonitor and Reuters.

7. Company/Industry Information
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.
Lexis Nexis Academic: Lexis-Nexis service makes available over 30,000 news, business, and legal information sources. Included are current international newspapers, as well as comprehensive company and industry reports.Information available includes trade and marketing reports, patent details, merger and acquisition analysis, country reports and industry and legal publications.
Marketline: This Datamonitor database is divided into Industry, Country, and Company sections including 2500 market profiles, 10,000 company profiles, 1000 company SWOT analysis, more than 50 country profiles, over 150 industry rankings, and news, comment and analysis.

8. 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.  
Business Monitor Online: contains quarterly surveys and forecasts on Canadian, U.S. and industries worldwide.

9. Company/Industry information - Canada
Financial Post Advisor. Includes a wealth of information on Canadian publicly traded companies organized by key product category including Company Snapshots; Corporate Surveys; Analyzer Search; Historical Reports; Financials
Financial Post Advisor- Industry Reports :  Provides comparative data on the key Canadian public companies in each industry and provides the general industry statistics and financial ratios.  Also look at Financial Post Advisor - Companies by Industry for a more detailed breakdown of industries.
Additional Databases within FP Advisor: Profile Canada; Directory of Directors and Crosbie Mergers and Acquisitons.

10. Bloomberg
Bloomberg is a real-time financial service that provides current and historical data, news and financial analysis of companies, equities, fixed income, bonds, indices, foreign exchange, commodities, etc from various sources. Economic statistics are also available.

11. Bloomberg Financial Analysis (FA)

12. Bloomberg Company Comparison

13. Relative Value Rankings

14. Benchmarking
Risk Management Association. Annual statement studies: financial ratio benchmarks . Arranged by NAICS.  Available in the Reference Room HF 5681 B2 R6
Value Line Investment Survey: Provides short introductory reports on each industry and detailed 1-2 page reports on the key companies in each industry. Located in the Reference Room and the call number is HG 4501 V26.
Financial Performance Indicators: Contains key financial ratios and balance sheets for Canadian industries. Data is divided into ratios for large, medium and small firms. Available in the Bronfman Business Library on a stand alone workstation.
SME Benchmarking Tool – Industry Canada resource that offers industry-specific income statement and balance sheet data for small and medium sized businesses

15. Finding Articles on Industries and Industry Trends - ProQuest
ABI/Inform: An index to over 3000 business and management periodicals. Many of the articles are available full text. The content is mostly American, but Canadian companies and industries receive extensive coverage and Canadian periodicals are available.
Trade & Industry  A database with full-text coverage of over 1200 publications, especially trade publications, with articles about industries in different geographical areas including Canada and the United States. Updates are continuous and full-text is available for some publications back to early 1990's.
CBCA Complete (Canadian Business and Current Affairs: Full text Business) : An index to hundreds of Canadian business-related periodicals including  leading daily newspapers, business magazines and trade journals from 1996 to present. In many cases, the full text articles are available. 
You may combine all three for more effective searching.

16. Finding Articles on Industries
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.
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. General business and industry publications like The Economist, Forbes, Fortune, Time, Newsweek, Business Week, and more are also covered. Note the option to limit article search to a specific industry.

17. Economic Indicators
Global Insight: Includes World Markets which provides country analysis, risk and forecasts for 196 countries. 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 Datainsight-Web (DRI) which includes economic and financial times series.

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