HOW TO FIND COMPANY INFORMATION

Analyst reports

• Thomson Research
• ISI Emerging Markets, for companies in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and Central Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Annual reports

• Thomson One Banker, enter "Thomson Research" and then click on the link "go to analytics" on the top right hand-side of the screen, enter the name of the company and then select "go", and select the “filings” tab and choose "filing list."
• The company website, under the section “investor relations.”

Boards

• Factiva, use the “company/markets" tab and enter the name of the company.
• Datamonitor/Marketline, open a company profile and look at the section "key employees."
• Consult our book collection -
  Selected book: International Directory of Company Histories, call number R, can be found in our Catalogue.
• For a public company, you sometimes find the names of the current board members on the company website, often with a short biography if you check under the sections “management” or “investor relations.”

Company profiles

• Datamonitor/Marketline
• Factiva, use the "companies/markets" tab

Competitors

• Datamonitor/Marketline, you have about 10,000 company profiles, and for each of them you have a list of top competitors.

Directories

• Amadeus, allows you to search by both company and by industry title within European countries.
• ISI Emerging Markets, choose a country, choose the "companies" tab and "list of companies by industry."
• Thomson One Banker, you can get a list of companies by using industry codes - enter "Thomson Research" and then click on the link "go to analytics" on the top right hand-side of the screen.
• Consult our book collection - most of our directories are located in the reference section and can be found in our Catalogue
• On our website, go to the section “Research Tools and Tips : Selected Websites” and use the filter “company directories.”

Features articles

Business Source Complete
Proquest
Emerald
Factiva

When your primary search gives you too many articles, you can narrow it down by using the "advanced search" option and then by adding "additional criteria".

Financial information

• Amadeus, for European companies
• Thomson One Banker, for worldwide research - enter "Thomson Research" and then click on the link "go to analytics" on the top right hand-side of the screen.
• Factiva, use the "companies/markets" tab
• Datastream, use it to get historical stock prices (accessible at the Information Center only).

History

• Factiva
• Datamonitor/Marketline
• Consult our book collection (All books relating to a specific company are located in the basement and have the call number 280). Selected book: International Directory of Company Histories, call number R1, can be found in our Catalogue.
  
• Look at the company website

Mergers and acquisitions

• Thomson One Banker, has a "deals" option which you can get to by entering "Thomson Research" and then clicking on the link "go to analytics" on the top right hand-side of the screen.
• Factiva, you can get news about mergers and acquisitions by combining a company search with the keyword "acquisitions/mergers/takeovers" in the subject field.

News

Factiva
Proquest
Business Source Complete

Private companies

Finding financial information on a private company is almost impossible.

• Factiva, you can combine the company name with keywords.
• Consult our book collection -
  Selected book: Ward's business directory of U.S. private and public companies, call number R3.1, can be found in our Catalogue.
  

Rankings

• Datamonitor/Marketline, click on the "companies" tab and use the link “view all the lists.”

Selected websites

Go to our Selected websites filter, it will propose you some useful links relating to company directories.

Shareholders - subsidiaries

• Amadeus, for European companies
• Thomson One Banker, enter "Thomson Research" and then click on the link "go to analytics" on the top right hand-side of the screen, then in the “company” section, choose the “people” tab on the horizontal menu.
• Business Monitor Online, use the "company intelligence" section, click on “multinational networks.”