BUSN - Master's Programs in Business (MBA, EMBA, GEEMBA)
Information on using the Library to access print and electronic resources to help with MBA/EMBA courses and projects.
Data Sources
- S & P Capital IQAccess is limited to current staff, students, and faculty. An account must be requested from Rhiannon JonesThe S&P Capital IQ platform combines deep global company information and market research with powerful tools for fundamental analysis, idea generation, and workflow management. The web and Excel-based platform provides easy access to both real-time and historical information on companies, markets, transactions, and people worldwide.
- BloombergBloomberg has a dedicated station (station 14) and must be accessed from the Business Library.
An online financial service that provides quotes and technical analysis of Canadian, U.S. and international securities. Bloomberg also provides company, industry, and market news and historical economic data.An online financial service that provides quotes and technical analysis of U.S. and international securities. Bloomberg also provides company, industry, and market news and historical economic data from sources such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF). - FP Advisor This link opens in a new windowFP Advisor is an excellent resource for information on Canadian publicly traded companies. Reports include company overview, operations, history, detailed financials & ratios; industry reports, and M&A activity.FP advisor, a module of Infomart, provides access to detailed information about Canadian public and private companies, company directors, archival financial information, special analytical tools, and a lead list generator.
- Yahoo! FinanceYahoo! Finance offers information including stock quotes, stock exchange rates, corporate press releases and financial reports.
- Google FinanceAn easy way to search for stocks, mutual funds, and public and private companies. Provides current and historical stock data, interactive charts, news, company management, related companies, top movers information and more.
- Orbis This link opens in a new windowPreferred browsers: Edge or FirefoxOrbis contains information on close to 400 million companies and entities across the globe, with 41 million of these having detailed financial information. It provides comparable information on companies, with extensive corporate ownership structures and a holistic view. Data highlights include: unique identifiers, industry codes, trade and detailed company descriptions, standardized and projected financials, agency ratings, global and domestic ultimate owners, M & A deals and rumors, patents and intellectual property, royalty agreements, and stock data and earnings documentation. Search companies by name or BvD ID number.
- Compustat (North America and Global edition via WRDS) This link opens in a new windowAccessible in the Business Library and Haskayne computer labs. A valid University of Calgary e-mail account is required.Compustat North America is a database of U.S. and Canadian fundamental and market information on more than 24,000 active and inactive publicly held companies. It provides more than 300 annual and 100 quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplemental data items.
Compustat Global provides authoritative financial and market data covering publicly traded companies in more than 80 countries, representing over 90% of the world's market capitalization, including coverage of over 96% of European market capitalization and 88% of Asian market capitalization. Hundreds of data items, ratios and concepts and up to 12 years of annual history is included. - Thomson Reuters Datastream This link opens in a new windowAvailable on WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services).Contemporary and historical numerical database covering major financial instruments; company fundamentals; equity and fixed income securities and macroeconomic data. With Datastream Add-in, you can build complex models and reports without using the desktop interface. Data and charts can be linked in Microsoft Excel®, PowerPoint®, or Word® to enable you to create spreadsheets, presentations, and documents which can be updated at the click of a button.
- Restricted access: University of Calgary students, staff, and faculty.
- Statistics by Subject (Statistics Canada)Find Canadian statistics on a subject of interest. Includes subjects such as ethnic diversity, environment, seniors, culture & leisure, society & community, demographics, information & communications technology and more.
- U.S. Census Bureau(Open Access)
Click "Topics" to access current statistics on topics like population & demography, families, income & employment, living arrangements etc. - CIA World FactbookSelect a country to access a detailed profile of the country including a section on "People and Society".
- Alberta Official Statistics (Office of Statistics and Information, Alberta Employment and Immigration)A comprehensive site for Alberta statistics in 26 categories, as well as current fact sheet updates.
- Calgary Demographics (Calgary Economic Development)(Open Access)
Current and projected population by age; ethnicity. - Trading EconomicsThis is an excellent site for global economic data. Includes economic news, country data, indicators, markets and forecasts.
- Google FinanceAn easy way to search for stocks, mutual funds, and public and private companies. Provides current and historical stock data, interactive charts, news, company management, related companies, top movers information and more.
- BloombergBloomberg has a dedicated station (station 14) and must be accessed from the Business Library. An online financial service that provides quotes and technical analysis of Canadian, U.S. and international securities. Bloomberg also provides company, industry, and market news and historical economic data.An online financial service that provides quotes and technical analysis of U.S. and international securities. Bloomberg also provides company, industry, and market news and historical economic data from sources such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- S & P Capital IQAccess is limited to current staff, students, and faculty. An account must be requested from Rhiannon JonesThe S&P Capital IQ platform combines deep global company information and market research with powerful tools for fundamental analysis, idea generation, and workflow management. The web and Excel-based platform provides easy access to both real-time and historical information on companies, markets, transactions, and people worldwide.
- CRSP Database (Center for Research in Security Prices) This link opens in a new windowU of C authentication required.This database, designed and implemented by CHASS, provides access to the data compiled and distributed quarterly, by the Center for Research in Security Prices, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. This database provides access to NYSE/AMEX/Nasdaq daily and monthly security prices and other historical data related to over 29,000 companies.
- Thomson Reuters Datastream This link opens in a new windowAvailable on WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services).Contemporary and historical numerical database covering major financial instruments; company fundamentals; equity and fixed income securities and macroeconomic data. With Datastream Add-in, you can build complex models and reports without using the desktop interface. Data and charts can be linked in Microsoft Excel®, PowerPoint®, or Word® to enable you to create spreadsheets, presentations, and documents which can be updated at the click of a button.
- Restricted access: University of Calgary students, staff, and faculty.
- Commodity Markets (World Bank)Includes monthly, quarterly and annual commodity price data in summary format.
- USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries(United States Geological Survey)
Provides 5-year salient statistics for over 90 individual minerals and materials as well as historical statistics and access to annual editions of the Minerals Yearbook dating back to as early as 1932. For archived data, click on the individual commodity.
- BloombergBloomberg has a dedicated station (station 14) and must be accessed from the Business Library. An online financial service that provides quotes and technical analysis of Canadian, U.S. and international securities. Bloomberg also provides company, industry, and market news and historical economic data. Use the CMDTY mnemonic or the yellow keyboard key labelled Comdty to access the main menu for commodities information.An online financial service that provides quotes and technical analysis of U.S. and international securities. Bloomberg also provides company, industry, and market news and historical economic data from sources such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- IMF eLibrary data This link opens in a new windowThe International Monetary Fund publishes a range of time series data related to IMF lending, exchange rates, and economic and financial indicators for well over 200 countries. Searching this database gives you access to all IMF data sources including: International Financial Statistics.Provides comprehensive access to International financial statistics (IFS). View and download predefined data reports or create and share your own views of IMF data.
- Commodity Research BureauAlthough many of the products must be purchased, there is some freely available data on this site.
- Foreign Affairs and International Trade CanadaFind information on Canadian trade policy, trade agreements, foreign policy and more.
- Statistics Canada - International TradeFind statistical information on international markets, price trends, foreign exchange policies, imports, exports, foreign investment etc.
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