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A	ABI/Inform (Abstracted Business Information) Citations, abstracts and selected fulltext articles from 1000+ business journals Use for: finding business articles, case studies and company information	<--- some full text
	Academic Search Complete A multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals.	<--- full text
	Access World News News reports on politics, economics, culture, business, science, technology, and the environment from North America, Africa, Asia, Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Pacific Rim, Central and South America, and the Middle East	<--- full text
	ACM Digital Library Technology-related journals, magazines, newsletters and conference proceedings Use for: Technology topics such as e-commerce, supply chain management, human computer interfaces, RFID, etc.	<--- full text
	AgEcon Search Free repository of working papers, conference papers and journal articles in applied economics, including agricultural, energy, environmental, resource, and consumer economics.	<--- full text
	AgeLine (FREE)
	AGRICOLA Compiled by the National Agricultural Library, USDA. Use for: Agricultural Sciences and Forestry research in North America.
	Agri-Food Trade Service Market information, trade counselling and export support activities, which will take the exporter from initial enquiry to foreign market.
	Annotated Bibliography of Canadian Demography Useful guide to Canadian demographic statistics and articles. Indexes "Canadian Social Trends."
	Asia-Studies Full-text Online Thousands of very useful reports covering 53 countries on a multitude of issues	<--- full text
B	Basic Economics (previously Citibase) US macroeconomic time series data
	BCStats Current reports and statistics from British Columbia's central statistical agency.
	Bibliography of Asian Studies
	Bloomberg Use for: finding stock prices, ratios, betas, business news, freight rates, stock exchange members, etc.	<--- full text
	Books 24x7
	Business & Company Resource Center One-stop company research resource. Includes Analyst Reports from Reuters that are not replicated by Investext.	<--- full text
	Business Plans Handbook	<--- full text
	Business Source Complete Business Source® Complete provides journal articles and other materials relating to business, management, economics, banking, finance, and accounting Use for: finding business articles, case studies, company and industry information.	<--- full text
C	CAB Direct (CAB Abstracts & Global Health) International literature on all topics in agriculture, forestry, human health, human nutrition, animal health and the management and conservation of natural resources, leisure and tourism Search aids: CAB Thesaurus | Serials Checklist Coverage online: 1973-
	Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities
	Canadian Advertising Rates and Data (CARD) Advertising rates and related data on significant media in Canada and on selected international media.	<--- full text
	Canadian Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios (INKBR) This database provides users with a set of business ratios, measured as relationships between companies' balance sheet and income statement categories, across industries classified as per Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes.
	Canadian Newsstand Complete Many Canadian national and leading regional newspapers, such as the National Post and the Vancouver Sun.	<--- full text
	CANSIM (CANadian Socioeconomic Information Management) Database (Statistics Canada) CANSIM is a comprehensive database from Statistics Canada containing more than 38 million numeric time series.	<--- full text
	CBCA Complete Combines full text and indexed content from all four CBCA database subsets.	<--- full text
	Census of Canada 2006: Profiles	<--- full text
	Census of Canada 2006: Topic-based Tabulations	<--- full text
	China Academic Journals	<--- full text
	China Online Journals	<--- full text
	China Stock Market & Accounting Research Database
	CICA Handbook The CICA (Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants) Handbook provides information on accounting practices and processes.	<--- full text
	CMHC Market Analysis Centre publications (depository collection) CMHC market analyses cover the Canadian housing market, starts and completions, mortgage market, and rental market trends both nationally and in major urban centres.	<--- full text
	Communication & Mass Media Complete High quality research solution in communication and mass media	<--- full text
	Compendex Engineering Village 2 Core literature of the engineering field.
	Composites Industry Abstracts
	Contemporary Women's Issues Global database covering all kinds of women's issues, including development, human rights, work, violence & exploitation, education, politics, science & technology, health, legal issues, demographics, family life, arts, the media and business.	<--- full text
	CRSP / Center for Research in Security Prices NYSE/AMEX/Nasdaq daily and monthly security prices and monthly data for US Government bills, notes and bonds.	<--- full text
D	Datastream International economic, company and financial data, that can be downloaded for analysis, display and print
	Dissertation Abstracts see ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - Full Text	<--- some full text
	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals DOAJ electronic journals available in the UBC collection. This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Journals in the directory covering all subjects and languages.	<--- full text
E	EBSCO Databases Family of databases including Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, etc.	<--- full text
	Ebusiness Forum Produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), ebusiness forum provides insight and analysis to help business executives build strategies for the global digital economy. Use for: researching the latest developments in e-business, strategic issues, case studies, assessments of major markets.	<--- full text
	EconLit Core literature on global economics /American Economic Association Use for: researching scholarly topics in economics, business and public management.	<--- some full text
	Ed/ITLib Digital Library for Information Technology and Education	<--- full text
	EDGAR US public company filings submitted to the US Securities & Exchange Commission. Use for: finding financial and competitive information and documents (financial statements, reports) for US publicly traded companies.	<--- full text
	ELN Media
	Elsevier ScienceDirect 1700+ full text electronic journals covering the physical sciences, applied sciences, life sciences, social sciences, business & economics. Also provides access to other journal collections, reference works, indexes and web search engines.	<--- full text
	eMarketer Market research and trend analysis on Internet, e-business, online marketing, media and emerging technologies.	<--- full text
	Emerald Management Xtra 150 Articles on major management disciplines including strategy, leadership, marketing and human resource management.	<--- full text
	ERIC (EBSCO interface) Most comprehensive education index, covering nearly 1000 journals, primarily American. Also indexes ERIC documents, including conferences, curricula, reports etc. ERIC (EBSCO) includes many links to full text.	<--- some full text
	E-STAT (Statistics Canada) E-STAT: Statistics Canada "electronic learning package" for students, contains comprehensive statistical and demographic data about Canada, including detailed census returns from 1986-2006.	<--- full text
	Euromonitor's Global Market Information Database See Global Market Information Database	<--- full text
F	Factiva Factiva provides a single point of access to a deep archive of news and business information, allowing users to conduct in-depth research on companies, industries, regional affairs.	<--- full text
	Foodline Market FOODLINE MARKET (FOMA) provides extensive coverage of published information on food and drink markets, worldwide.
	Forrester Research Forrester Research identifies and analyzes emerging trends in technology and their impact on business and the economy.	<--- full text
	FP Infomart Corporate information and current and historical financial reports on Canada's leading 500 companies; tools to retrieve, manipulate and analyse fundamental data for over 1400 Canadian companies; IPO and New Issue information on Canadian companies; and upcoming dividend payments. Use for: Financial research on Canadian companies
	Freedonia Focus Market research database focusing on consumer, technical and high tech products and services. Use for: Market research, business plan preparation.
	Fundata Mutual Fund Databases Information for over 4200 active Canadian mutual funds from almost 200 sponsor companies
G	Global Market Information Database Numerical and analytical information from Euromonitor for 205 countries, their consumers, markets, and industries. Use for: finding international consumer retail reports & data, economic data, commodity production data, and general lifestyle & culture data	<--- full text
	Globe and Mail: Canada's Heritage From 1844 Archive from June 1844 to December 1999.	<--- full text
	Google Scholar (beta) Google scholar is designed to provide easy access to scholarly literature (ie. peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, technical reports) published by academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities.	<--- full text
	GreenFILE Around 300,000 articles on green issues, including green building, global warming, etc.	<--- some full text
	GREENR	<--- full text
H	Hoover's Company Records Hoover's profiles more than 40,000 public and non-public companies. Use for: introductory company and competitor research	<--- full text
I	I/B/E/S: Institutional Brokers Estimate System Searching I/B/E/S earnings forecasts (U.S. and international)
	IEEE Xplore Digital Library	<--- full text
	Index to Theses ... of Great Britain and Ireland Index to theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by the universities of Great Britain and Ireland.
	Industry Canada (formerly Strategis) Canada's most comprehensive website for business information. Use for: finding Canadian company information, market research reports, small business information, and industry reports.	<--- full text
	IngentaConnect	<--- some full text
	International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences The Encyclopedia is the first attempt in a generation to map the social and behavioral sciences on a grand scale. It is the largest reference work ever published for the social and behavioral sciences and the first to appear in both print and electronic formats.	<--- full text
	International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Full text of accounting standards and interpretations adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).	<--- full text
	International Monetary Fund Statistical Databases Annual, monthly, and quarterly financial and economic time series for more than 200 countries and over 40 regional and special groups of countries. Use for: finding data on the following topics: Balance of payments, Banking and Financial systems, Employment, Exchange rates, Fund position, Finance, Government, Interest rates, International liquidity and Banking, National accounts, Population, Prices, Production, and Trade.
	Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)	<--- full text
	Investext Search this database to find investment, company and industry reports from over 500 brokers in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. All company and industry reports are provided in full page PDF image. Use for: finding research analyses and forecasts of company financial performance.	<--- full text
J	Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Web Editions Find: impact factor (the relative importance of journals within a given field) and other citation data.
	JSTOR Collection The Journal STORage database contains backfiles of 100+ journals from a variety of academic disciplines. Use for: access to full text of the first issue (vol. 1) of a journal to within six months to five years from the present.	<--- full text
L	Labour Spectrum (formerly Canadian Labour Law Library) Labour Spectrum is a complete electronic collection of dozens of volumes of labour law decisions and commentary covering decades of court decisions. Includes Canadian Labour Arbitration Summaries (CLAS). Access to more than 10,000 LAC decisions and 42,000 CLAS decisions.	<--- full text
	LexisNexis Academic One of the world's premier fulltext news, government, legal, finance and business information services. Use for: finding news items from around the world (old and new). Also useful for researching international legal materials, company and medical information	<--- full text
	LexisNexis Statistical Use for: finding US government and intergovernmental (UN, European Union, OECD, IMF, Asian Development Bank, etc.) statistics.
	LGBT Life with Full Text The premier resource to the world's literature regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues. Use for: searching issues on management and diversity.	<--- full text
M	MarketResearch.com Academic MAIN TOPIC: MARKET RESEARCH Market research reports for consumer products, demographics, food, beverage, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and more.	<--- full text
	MAS Ultra - School Edition (EBSCO) 600 popular general interest and current events publications	<--- full text
	Materials Business File Begun in 1985, Materials Business File is the database equivalent of the bulletins Steels Alert, Polymers/Ceramics/Composites Alert and Nonferrous Metals Alert. Use for: finding journal articles, patents, dissertations, government reports, conference proceedings, and books on topics related to the metals and materials industry.
	Mergent Online U.S. & International public company data with enhanced features that allow you to compare companies and export data into applications such as Excel. Current and historical annual reports.
	Merriam-Webster Dictionary
	MetaLib MetaLib is a new federated search tool that enables you to search multiple databases simultaneously.
	MINT Global (Bureau van Dijk)
	MyiLibrary	<--- full text
N	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) The NBER is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that publishes economic research by academic researchers. Use for: finding the full text of NBER working papers on economic research from 1994 - present.	<--- full text
	Negotech A searchable labour relations database developed and maintained by Human Resources Development Canada. Provides access to current collective agreements and settlement reports.	<--- full text
	netLibrary Collection of e-books, primarily business-oriented. Use for: finding full-text electronic versions of published books on accounting, e-commerce, entrepreneurship, economics and global economy, finance and banking, management, business writing, etc.	<--- full text
O	OAIster Institutional Repository Search Engine "OAIster is a project of the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service. Our goal is to create a collection of previously difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources that are easily searchable by anyone."	<--- full text
	O'Brien's Encyclopedia of Forms Resource for Canadian model legal forms and precedents: with general format for agreements ­to be adapted as needed, standard clauses as well as alternative clauses,­ commentary on the subject area in question providing context for the forms and precedents, and checklists ­in drafting agreements.	<--- full text
	OECD.Stat OECD databases with quarterly, monthly and annual time series for 29 industrialised OECD member countries, and some for developing countries too.
	OpenDOAR Directory of Open Access Repositories OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories. Each OpenDOAR repository has been visited by project staff to check the information that is recorded here. This in-depth approach does not rely on automated analysis and gives a quality-controlled list of repositories.
	ORBIS (Bureau van Dijk)
	OSIRIS (Bureau van Dijk) OSIRIS is a comprehensive database of listed companies, banks and insurance companies around the world. Covering more than 190 countries OSIRIS contains information on over 57,000 companies.
	Outlook Online Catalogue of the holdings of British Columbia's public, college, and institute libraries.
	Oxford Reference Online 100+ key Oxford University Press dictionaries and reference works
	Oxford Scholarship Online
P	Performance Plus An on-line performance benchmarking tool. It includes more than 30 performance benchmarks to help small businesses determine how they measure up against their competitors.	<--- full text
	Periodicals Archive Online	<--- full text
	Polling the Nations Full text of survey questions and responses covering a broad range of issues, from polling groups such as Gallup, Harris, Roper, and more than 700 other organizations	<--- full text
	Print Measurement Bureau Data on Canadian consumers, print readership, product usage and lifestyles.	<--- full text
	Professional Development Collection	<--- full text
	ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - Full Text Searchable index of dissertations, some theses. The full text of dissertations and theses added to the database since 1997 are available to UBC users. See also: "Current research at the University of British Columbia" a database of dissertations & theses submitted by UBC.	<--- some full text
	PsycINFO Covers psychology and the psychological aspects of various other disciplines. Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations.
R	Red Book Online (Directory of Services for the Lower Mainland by Information Services Vancouver) Guide to community, business and government agencies and services in the Lower Mainland	<--- full text
	RefWorks and RefShare - Citation Management Software RefWorks allows users to create personal citation databases by importing references and links from online databases and catalogues.
	RIA Worldwide Tax Law Offers updated English translation text of worldwide tax and commercial laws. Covers major laws including income and corporate tax law; VAT; corporation law; trust law; commercial codes; environmental law; money laundering and other regulations affecting financial transactions; labor law; and bankruptcy.	<--- full text
S	Sage Journals Online	<--- full text
	SDC Platinum
	SEDAR (System for Electronic Document Analysis & Retrieval) Public securities information filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators from 1997-present. Use for: finding basic information (addresses, contact information, stock exchange listings) and documents (financial statements, prospectus, and news releases) for Canadian public companies and mutal funds.	<--- full text
	SME Benchmarking Tool The SME Benchmarking Tool gives instant access to benchmark financial data that can help small businesses construct a business plan.	<--- full text
	Sociological Abstracts Focuses on sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Provides abstracts of journal articles, citations to book reviews, and abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.
	SourceOECD Access to ejournals, books, and statistics published by the OECD. Use for: full-text access to books, journals and statistics from the OECD.	<--- full text
	SportDiscus International database that covers all aspects of sport and fitness
	SpringerLink Full-text online access to journals published by Springer. Use for: finding full-text articles in journals published by Springer. Subjects include: business, chemistry, computer science, economics, engineering, environmental sciences, geosciences, law, life sciences, mathematics, medicine, physics, and related subjects.	<--- full text
	Standard & Poor's Compustat Company information and hundreds of financial data items collected from a variety of sources, including news releases, shareholder reports, direct company contacts, and quarterly and annual documents filed with the Securities Exchange Commission.
	Standard & Poor's ExecuComp Compensation history and current compensation data for US directors and executives of companies within the S&P 1500	<--- full text
	Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Standard & Poor's investment research, including Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corproations, Directors and Executives, and The Outlook.	<--- full text
	Statistics Canada electronic publications (depository collection) Use for: finding electronic versions of Statistics Canada publications.	<--- full text
T	TableBase Tabular information on companies, industries, products, countries and markets from a wide variety of sources. Use for: finding market share, market research data, company and brand rankings, industry and product forecasts, and production and consumption statistics.	<--- full text
	Tax Suite Premium Offers collection of Canadian tax research materials with commentary from Ernst & Young. Includes full coverage of federal income tax, GST/HST & excise, & provincial taxes PLUS a daily tax email news service.	<--- full text
	Teacher Reference Center	<--- some full text
	Termium Plus Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic database. French, English, Spanish dictionary.
	Thomson ONE Banker Financial data on public companies, merger and acquisition information, and market data
	Trade Analyser Database The Trade Analyser Database has detailed statistics on Canada's trade with other countries. Use for: finding Canadian import and export data and world trade data.
	Trade Data Online
	TRIS Online (Transportation Research Information Services) Use for: finding articles, books, and technical reports on transportation research. Also includes, U.S. government reports on transportation and Canadian research from the Canadian Surface Transportation Research Database. Transportation covers highways, transit, railrods, maritime and aviation.	<--- some full text
	TSX-CFMRC The TSX/CFMRC database is a product of the TSX Group, which includes the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Markets and TSX Datalinx. Use for: researching historical stock prices and other corporate financial data for TSE and TSX-listed companies.
U	ULI Development Case Studies	<--- full text
	UN Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade)	<--- full text
	Uniworld Online Contact information for headquarters, branches, subsidiaries, and affiliates of multinational firms
	Urban Studies Abstracts Bibliographic records covering urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas.
V	Value line investment survey Use for: finding information and advice on stocks, industries, the stock market, and the economy.
	VentureXpert Information covering venture, buyouts, private equity funds, firms, executives, portfolio companies and limited partners around the world.
W	Wall Street Journal World's leading financial newspaper.	<--- full text
	Web of Knowledge / Web of Science, BIOSIS Previews and Journal Citation Reports
	Web of Science Online access to the Science Citation Index Expanded, the Social Sciences Citation Index, and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Use for: citation analysis of research journals.
	Wiley InterScience Use for: full text online access to journals published by John Wiley & Sons in the sciences, life sciences, law and business.	<--- full text
	World Development Indicators Online Development-oriented statistics from the World Bank: social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators for over 200 countries and 18 country groups, covering 1960 to the present.
	WorldCat OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Use for: Verifiying & locating Inter Library Loans.
	WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) WRDS is a Web-based interface which allows access to data from Standard & Poor's Compustat, CRSP, Execucomp, Global Insight (formerly DRI), I/B/E/S and TAQ (limited data).

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