Business Information Research

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Business Information Research

• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Presented byJames Buczynski, M.L.I.S.Seneca_at_Yor
k Librarian
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Research Paths

• You have a company in mind.
• You dont have a company in mind.
• Youre interested in an industry.

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Private Companiesthe Ugly

• 98 of companies in Canada are Private.
• Information about privately held companies is
  extremely hard in Canada.
• DB Canadian Key Business Directory.
• HF 3223.C24 2006
• Top 2 of Canadas businesses by sales volume. 20
  000 companies are listed.
• Address, employment , year started, tel. fax,
  sales , governing board.

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Private Companies

• Look at their website. about us, news, contact
  us.
• Check to see if they are mentioned in the press.
• Canadian NewsStand
• CPIQ
• ABI/Inform
• Business Source Premier
• CBCA Business
• Scotts National All
• Try Industry Canada lthttp//strategis.ic.gc.cagt

Library Sources
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http//library.senecacollege.ca
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Example Sigma Global Solutions
http//www.sigmaglobal.ca/
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Exercise

• Locate NEWSPAPER information about one of the
  following companies
• SYNERGYSOFT
• Matrox Electronic Systems
• OpenText

http//library.senecacollege.ca/

• Select Find Articles and More, Search Options
• Select News and Current Events, from the Drop
  Down Menu
• Select a source or database
• Search for the company

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Public Companies good

• Regulatory Filings.
• Annual reports to shareholders.
• CanWestGlobal Corporate Profiler
• Newspaper and Business databases

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To Find Company Filings

• SEDAR - Corporate filings of public companies
  operating in Canada. http//www.sedar.com/
• EDGAR American corporate filings
  http//www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
• CAROL American European corporate filings
• http//www.carolworld.com/
• Not sure if the company is American or Canadian?
• SECinfo http//www.secinfo.com

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Click here
http//library.senecacollege.ca
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Exercise

• Locate financial and industry information about
  one of the following companies
• RDM Corporation
• Texada Software Inc.
• Virtual Universe

http//library.senecacollege.ca/

• Select Find Articles and More, Search Options
• Select Business, from the Drop Down Menu
• Select Financial Post Corporate Profiler and
  Corporate Reports
• Search for the company

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I need a Company

• Books
• Frasers Canadian Trade Directory
• REF HF3223 .F73 Look at computer software.
• Canadian Chemical Directory REF TP202 .C352
  
• National List of Advertisers REF HF5808.C2 N3
• Canadian Biotechnology HD9999.B443 C2352
• Scotts Ontario manufacturers REF HF5072.O5 S29
• Annual directory of PR services firms REF
  HM1221 .A3
• Online Sources
• New! Scotts National All Database
  lthttp//tinyurl.com/2ry47e gt
• Financial Post Corporate Profiler

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Financial Post Corporate Profiler
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Industry Reports and Surveys

• New! Marketline
• Financial Post Corporate Profiler
• Newspapers and business databases, using the
  keywords industry, hiring, report, growth,
  decline, etc.
• Statistics Canada
• Association Research Reports

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Research Paths

• You have a company in mind.
• You dont have a company in mind.
• Youre interested in an industry.

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