If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:
Bloomberg Visual Guide to Financial Markets - a guide to the fundamentals of investing.
For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.
The following videos will help teach you how to search our databases for company information:
Business Searching Interface on EbscoHOST
The above video teaches you how to search Business Source Complete by the company entity field, and browse the company/country/industry profiles and market research reports available on the database.
Getting Started with Passport GMID (Euromonitor)
An Overview to searching Passport GMID.
Using the Company and Markets Tab on Factiva
This video reviews the Companies/Markets Tab in Factiva. Click here to learn how you can find a 360 degree view on your top companies or industries, allowing you to spot critical information that matters to you.
Factiva Search the full text of hundreds of newspapers from Australia and around the world,or use the Companies/Markets tab to search for information on listed companies throughout the world.
PressDisplay The last 60 days of hundreds of newspapers from Australia and around the world are available for searching and browsing. Page layout views of the newspapers are displayed and the stories are shown exactly as published.
Informit TVNews Videoclips of news broadcasts from Australian television stations from 2007 onwards.
Aspect Annual Reports Online Contains PDF copies of the annual reports, for at least the last 12 years, of all ASX listed and de-listed companies.
Annual report file Contains the annual reports between 1950 and 1993 of various Australian and New Zealand companies.
Annual stockmarket summaries. Sorted by company The most recent title for ASX summaries published variously between 1972 and 2006
Company Information
Connect4 is a wholly owned Australian Company which specialises in providing information on companies which are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. This site provides searchable access to Australian company information.
Dat Analysis Premium provides comprehensive reports for all companies listed on the ASX. These reports are updated daily from relevant ASX announcements.
Osiris (Bureau van Dijk) A comprehensive database of listed corporates, banks and insurance companies around the world. In addition to the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow and ratios it contains news, ownership, ratings, earnings estimates and stock data.
Factiva A global news and business information service that combines the content sets of Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefing. To find company information: select the 'Companies/Markets' tab and click 'Company'.
Industry and Market Information
Global market information database A key database for global consumer market analysis, this database includes profiles of major companies throughout the world in the consumer goods and services sector.
IBISWorld This database contains reports on over 500 Australian industries. Each industry report includes information on the major companies within the industry. Note that the library's subscription to this database provides access to only the industry reports.
ABN Look up ABN Lookup is the public view of the Australian Business Register (ABR). It provides access to the publicly available information supplied by businesses when they register for an Australian Business Number.
Australian Government Directory (incorporating Business Australia)
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)
ASIC Searches and Lodgement Find basic details about current & former companies, business names, schemes, trusts & non-registered entities; ABN, ACN ...
AnnualReports.com This site claims to provide the most complete and up-to-date listing of Annual Reports online. Produced by an American company, it includes reports from non-American companies as well as American companies.
Business Spectator Business news and commentary website based in Australia.
GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) ASX
Reuters.com Free source of company and financial information providing descriptive and analytic data on many publicly traded international companies
Seekingalpha.com Free source for company analysis. U.S. focus.
Standard and Poor's Ratings Services
Trading Room Industry Listing
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