Jul

28

Database Freedonia adds country reports

Posted by: | July 28, 2011 | Comments Off on Database Freedonia adds country reports

Freedonia Focus, a market research database subscribed to by the UBC Library, is adding considerable international content over the next year. Freedonia content has traditionally been US-focused. New country reports will cover 14 countries including Canada, China, India and Brazil. Access Freedonia Focus here.

May

26

Two new entrepreneurial database trials

Posted by: | May 26, 2011 | Comments Off on Two new entrepreneurial database trials

We currently have two trials running of databases with market research content for business planning: EBSCO’s Entrepreneurial Studies Source http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1736/ offers users full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, numerous case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles Proquest Entrepreneur http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1742/ includes scholarly journals, […]

May

9

Entrepreneurial Studies Source – Trial access

Posted by: | May 9, 2011 | Comments Off on Entrepreneurial Studies Source – Trial access

UBC users have trial access to Entrepreneurial Studies Source, an EBSCO database, until May 31. This database offers full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, numerous case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Seminar Series and Vator.TV, one of […]

May

6

Two streaming video collections available during May

Posted by: | May 6, 2011 | Comments Off on Two streaming video collections available during May

UBC Library users have trial access during May to two streaming video collections from the Alexander Street Press, an electronic publisher of award-winning online collections in the humanities and social sciences. Filmakers Online Library (http://resources.library.ubc.ca/1735/) is an award-winning, cross-disciplinary collection of over 913 global documentaries, covering  race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, […]

Jan

12

Trial access to Capital IQ

Posted by: | January 12, 2011 | Comments Off on Trial access to Capital IQ

UBC students, faculty and staff have trial access to Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ database from January 11 until February 11, 2011. Capital IQ provides detailed coverage of public and private companies,  private investment firms, and executives. It also provides data on capital transactions.  Capital IQ’s software functionality includes sophisticated retrieval and personalization tools which enable users to screen the database […]

Oct

18

Bloomberg Seminar in Vancouver on November 9th

Posted by: | October 18, 2010 | Comments Off on Bloomberg Seminar in Vancouver on November 9th

Bloomberg is hosting a seminar on Tuesday November 9th  in Vancouver. This is a free event and a great opportunity to learn more about Bloomberg’s solutions. The seminar takes place from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Shangri-La Hotel on 1128 West Georgia.  Registration opens at 7:30am. There will be a Lunch and Learn at […]

Sep

20

FPinfomart Site Enhancement

Posted by: | September 20, 2010 | Comments Off on FPinfomart Site Enhancement

Mergers and Acquisitions Financial advisors have now been added to FPinfomart’s Canadian Mergers and Acquisitions reports. This can be searched via the drop-down menu in Simple Search within the M&A database. Use Financial Post Crosbie Mergers and Acquisitions in Canada to quickly drill down into specific transactions in the areas that are of interest. You […]

Jul

6

Bloomberg terminal now available in HA 119

Posted by: | July 6, 2010 | Comments Off on Bloomberg terminal now available in HA 119

Thanks to the hard work of the Sauder School’s Learning and Technology Services Technician, Anthony Yam, the Bloomberg terminal has been moved to the new Sauder computer lab in Henry Angus 119. Bloomberg, which is only available for use by current UBC students, faculty and staff, has a specialized terminal and cannot be accessed remotely. […]

Jun

30

Datastream is now available in the Sauder School PhD lab

Posted by: | June 30, 2010 | Comments Off on Datastream is now available in the Sauder School PhD lab

Datastream is a valuable research tool, providing access to international financial and economic time series data.  When the David Lam Library closed its facilities at the end of May, 2010,  access to Datastream was made available in Koerner Library, Level 2.  Now, Datastream has also been downloaded to all 12 computers in the PhD lab (Rix 202).  Thank you […]

May

18

Access to Datastream Now Available

Posted by: | May 18, 2010 | Comments Off on Access to Datastream Now Available

Datastream, a database of international economic, financial and stock price data, formerly housed in the David Lam Library, is now available in Koerner Library’s Humanities and Social Sciences Division (Level 2) on a standalone workstation.  This computer (Humanities 87) is located near the Reference Desk and the Current Journals.

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