These websites are helpful to see AT A GLANCE all library resources in business. At Langara Library, Vivian Feng has created these.....what?
What are subject guides or pathfinders??
100
This is a KEY index to Canadian newspapers such as Globe and Mail, National Post, Vancouver Sun, Province, Times-Colonist, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, and Toronto Star.
What is CANADIAN NEWS_STAND?
100
This is a type of company that offers stocks to the public and provides "dividends" to shareholders.
What is a PUBLIC COMPANY?
100
These three (3) levels of government websites help when starting your own business...
What are the websites at the City of Vancouver, BC GOVERNMENT & GOVERNMENT OF CANADA?
100
This type of library provides business information but also information on companies and industries...one example is the David Lam library at UBC...
What is A BUSINESS LIBRARY?
200
While VPL does not have a business reference division, this fee-for-service is an option for those who want to pay for business research...
What is VPL's "INFOACTION" research service?
200
For AIR CANADA's "Annual Report", I would check this website alongside at least two other databases.
What is the AIR CANADA website? (Business Source Complete, MERGENT)
200
This is a type of company or corporation owned by an NGO or small # of shareholders AND does not sell company stock (shares) to the public on the stock market.
What is A PRIVATE COMPANY?
200
This website is for BC statistics, monthly publications such as Business Indicators, Earnings and Employment Trends, Exports (BC Origin), Labour Force Statistics, etc.
What is BC STATS website?
200
This classification system is used in business and government to classify business establishments according types of economic activity (process of production) in Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America...
What is the NAICS (replaced SIC codes)?
300
This BC government website is helpful for patrons starting their own small business.
This is a listing of the Top 100 Businesses in BC.
What is BC BUSINESS MAGAZINE'S TOP 100 COMPANIES?
300
This database (starts with "M") has extensive Canadian, US & international company and industry information. Covers public companies.
What is MERGENT ONLINE?
300
This government publications program was established in 1927 to ensure accessibility of gov pubs in libraries across Canada...
What is CANADA'S DEPOSITORY SERVICES PROGRAM? (DSP)
300
This is the official Canadian site that provides access to public securities documents and information filed by public companies and investment funds in Canada...
What is SEDAR? (System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) developed for Canadian Securities Administrators)
400
This Canadian business database (not quite a portal) but a good source of business news in Canada....
What is CANADIAN BUSINESS & CURRENT AFFAIRS? (CBCA)
400
For background information on Canadian businessmen like Jimmy Pattison, I would use these two sources...
What are BC Encyclopedia & CBCA / Canadian News Stand? (also Wikipedia, or even personal website, social media)
400
This KEY database provides company profiles, industry and country reports, full-text articles from 3,000 magazines and journals in business...and Langara has a subscription to it
What is BUSINESS SOURCE COMPLETE?
400
This is Canada's national statistics agency & official source for Canadian social and economic statistics INCLUDING the census...
What is STATISTICS CANADA?
400
This government department works to improve industry conditions for investment, enhance Canada's innovation, increase our share of global trade and build a competitive marketplace.
What is INDUSTRY CANADA?
500
This is a type of portal and Canada's AUTHORITY on business news and in-depth analysis by one of Canada's top newspapers.
What is the Globe & Mail's REPORT ON BUSINESS?
500
This is the best site for information on industries in Canada.
What is INDUSTRY CANADA?
500
This US source provides profiles of 40,000 companies, mostly publicly-traded and based in North America. Some privately owned companies are included.
What is HOOVER'S COMPANY PROFILES?
500
This is Canada's only "bank" dedicated to entrepreneurs. It offers financing, venture capital, growth & transition capital and consulting services...
What is the BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK OF CANADA?
500
This US system performs collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies required by law to file forms with the US Securities & Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
What is EDGAR? Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval