- Start with these databases:
Business Source Complete: articles in business, marketing, management, accounting, finance etc.
CBCA Complete: Canadian journals, magazines and newspapers from all subject areas.
- More databases:
CBR:Canadian Business Resource: profiles top performing Canadian companies.
CARDonline: advertising rates and data for media in Canada
Canadian Newsstand: newspapers across Canada, including major daily newspapers.
- Research Pro:
Do one search to find articles, books and websites. Use this in conjunction with the library catalogue and article databases.
Library Catalogue - Find books at Douglas College Library.
WorldCat - Find books in libraries worldwide.
NetLibrary - A collection of business-related ebooks.
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Standards and Guidance Collection Includes the CICA Handbook.
International Financial Reporting Standards
A Dictionary of Accounting Accounting Handbook - REF HF 5636 S553 2006
Company Profiles |
SWOT Analyses - Business Source Complete
CBR: Canadian Business Resource Contains detailed profiles of top performing Canadian companies. Also includes biographical information on senior executives.
Industry Canada Company profiles, business information by sector, economic analysis, industry statistics, and more.
SEDAR This database contains Canadian securities filings and may be used to find public company profiles and Canadian company annual reports.
Hoover's OnlineU.S. company profiles.
EDGAR
Company filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Canadian Business Business in Vancouver Forbes (online & in print)
Harvard Business Review (online & in print)
Marketing Magazine
Business Week
Business Planning - sample plans from Small Business BC
Business Plans Handbook REF HD 62.7 B865
Business Owner's Toolkit - sample plans
- Canada
BC Stats Depository site
Douglas College users only.
Includes Business Indicators, CPI, Labour Force Statistics, Regional Statistics, Migration and Immigration, and Historical Data.
Statistics Canada
Canada's national statistical agency, Statistics Canada provides extensive demographic and social, socio-economic and economic statistics on Canada
Statistics Canada Depository site
Douglas College users only. Allows greater access to Statistics Canada documents.
E-STAT
Canadian statistics containing CANSIM (Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System) and Census data.
CANSIM
Contains data on population, labour, industry, national accounts and more.
Community Profiles
Find census statistics for Canadian communities including cities, towns, villages, Indian reserves, metropolitan areas, health regions, provinces, territories and Canada.
Market Research Handbook (Statistics Canada)
Presents "profiles of key industries including the small business sector as well as consumers in all provinces and 45 major cities".
- International Statistics and Country Information
Country Reports - Business Source Complete
Country Reports: business conditions in selected countries
Bureau of Labour Statistics
The main U.S. Federal agency that is responsible for collecting information on labour economics and statistics. Contains an easy to use index.
U.S. Census Bureau - Business
Economic data by sector.
Fedstats
Provides access to statistics and information produced by agencies in the United States Federal Government. Good subject access.
OECD - Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Contains statistics that are international in scope as well as online documents relevant to Economics.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Contains detailed statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States as well as selected international data.
Citation and style guides - APA, MLA etc.
Business Writer's Free Library Merriam-Webster Dictionary Oxford English Dictionary AMA Style Guide for Business Writing Business Writing for Results Making the Business Case: Proposals that Succeed (click on "view electronic resource")
Winning Connections BF 637 C45 L52 1984
