Business & Economics
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Covers Canadian and some international organizations including industry, professional, special interest and common interest associations and registered charities. Searchable by type of organization. Details include budgets, founding date, scope of activity, licensing body, sources of funding, executive information, and complete contact information. This database has a limited number of simultaneous users. If you have trouble accessing or receive an error message please try again later. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Municipal and provincial government information including land titles, property assessments, BC companies, registrations under the Personal Property Security Act, and more. |
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Offers Current Statistics, Business Indicators, Earnings & Employment Trends, Labour Force Statistics and the Consumer Price Index, along with Exports (BC Origin), Tourism Sector Monitor, Migration & Immigration Highlights, Small Business Quarterly and Quarterly Regional Statistics. Some data may be released into BC Stats Secure before being released to BC Stats – if you are searching BC stats and you find a report marked with a lock icon, you should be able to access it through BC Stats Secure, in the library. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Offers the latest issues of Current Statistics, Business Indicators, Earnings & Employment Trends, Labour Force Statistics and the Consumer Price Index, along with Exports (BC Origin), Tourism Sector Monitor, Migration & Immigration Highlights, Small Business Quarterly and Quarterly Regional Statistics. BC Stats Secure includes additional analytical articles and may contain more up-to-date data when it is first released. Access: BC Stats Secure site is available at Central and branch libraries only. |
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A leading provider of web-based digital, technical, and business reference content, containing thousands of digitized "best-in-class" reference books, research reports, documentation, and articles. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Reference resources on personal finance, international companies and world economies. A subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Provides full text for more than 2,200 scholarly and peer-reviewed business publications. Covers business-related subject matter, including country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research. Full text is provided back to 1965, and searchable cited references back to 1998 Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Canadian Business & Current Affairs offers access to its Business (general and specialized), Current Events (newspapers and other media transcripts) and Reference (popular and academic journals) databases. Full-text retrospective coverage to 1993, and citations to 1982. Also now includes selected images. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Contains updated information on over 2,200 Canadian grant-making foundations. You will also find over 150 American foundations with a history of granting in Canada. Access: Central and branch libraries only |
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CARDonline provides advertising rates, data and media planning information for advertising, marketing, PR and communications professionals. Access: Central Library level 4, research stations only |
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Over 9,000 international media sources; current and historical full-text articles from newspapers, leading business magazines, trade publications, and newswires. |
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FPinfomart provides in-depth information on Canadian companies, including investor and industry reports, mergers and acquisitions. Content is protected by copyright and is licensed only for personal use. all other rights are reserved. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 400 magazines and journals. Find Articles at BNET.com covers a range of topics, both popular and scholarly, including business, health, society, entertainment, sports and more. Searchable by keyword or category. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Currently contains 4 directories: Consultants & Consulting Organizations Directory, Directories in Print, Market Share Reporter, and Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Focused on jobs and careers. Includes encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries and other authoritative reference sources. Explore new and exciting jobs and career options with these online resources. A subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Full-text access to market research reports on industries and demographics in North America. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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PCensus
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PCensus provides access to detailed demographic information. Find population, income, and spending levels for all of Canada, by province, city, or postal code. Useful for doing market research for small business Access: Central Library level 4 only |
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Provides information on more than 1 million businesses throughout Canada. Includes name, address, phone number, contacts, number of employees, annual sales volumes, line of business, and credit rating. For optimal viewing use Internet Explorer. This database has a limited number of simultaneous users. If you have trouble accessing or receive an error message please try again later. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Provides full text of business journals, newspapers and newswires covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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Electronic references to assist small business operators and entrepreneurs. Includes the Business Plans Handbook, the International Directory of Company Histories, plus encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries and other authoritative reference sources. A subcollection of the Gale Virtual Reference Library. Access Now [opens in new window] |
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