LIB340 FINDING COMPANY INFORMATION

Lingnan University LibraryFeb 2014

The PowerPoint can be downloaded at:http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/il_handouts

OutlineCompany Information

Company Profiles Competitors Annual Reports Company Financials Stock Prices Credit Ratings Company News

China Company Information

2

By the end of this workshop, you should be able to:• learn different categories of company

information;• have an overview on resources available for

finding company information;• use selected resources to find company

information.

3

Company Profiles & Information (1)

DATABASES:

Hoover’s Online Information on over 45,000 public and private companies including company history, top officers, financials, competitors, location, company news, etc.

Business Source Premier – Company ProfilesIncludes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles, etc. Plus journal articles on business fields such as marketing, management, accounting, finance, economics, etc.

4

Company Profiles & Information (2)

INTERNET RESOURCES:

Company Information (from Etnet)Provides company profiles for listed companies in Hong Kong http://www.etnet.com.hk/www/tc/stocks/ci_database.php

International Directory of Company Histories (from Answers.com)http://www.answers.com/library/Company%20Histories

Research Hub [from finet.com]http://www.finet.hk/mainsite/research/RH/

5

Annual Reports

DATABASE: Osiris

INTERNET RESOURCES:HKExNews

http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/advancedsearch/search_active_main.asp#

Listed Companies of HK [from irasia.com] http://www.irasia.com/ar.htm

6

Company Financials

DATABASES: Osiris Datastream Factiva [Companies/Markets] LexisNexis Academic Compustat Bloomberg Terminal 

INTERNET RESOURCES:HKExNews

http://www.hkex.com.hk/eng/csm/search.asp?LangCode=en&location=companySearch

7

Competitors

Hoover’s OnlineOsirisBusiness Source Premier – Company ProfilesFactiva [Companies/Markets]

8

In-class quiz

Click here or type the following link to access the Quiz (LIB340: Part A)

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/quiz

9

Stock Prices

DATABASES: Datastream Bloomberg Terminal Factiva [Companies/Markets]

INTERNET RESOURCES: ETNet

http://www.etnet.com.hk Yahoo! HongKong Finance

http://hk.finance.yahoo.com Google Finance

http://www.google.com.hk/finance? Bloomberg.com

http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/companies/country/hong-kong/

10

Credit Ratings Standard & Poor’s RatingsDirect :Web-based source for Standard & Poor's global credit ratings, research, and risk analysis.

11

Current data

Company News

Databases:Factiva (English)LexisNexis Academic (English)WiseSearch (English & Chinese)

12

13

Guess what…It’s Quiz Time again!

Click here or type the following link to access the Quiz (LIB340: Part B)http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/quiz

China Company InformationDatabases:

Wind China Financial Information Services(Wind.Net) Financial data and news for China including listed companies (A-share and B-share), fund, bond, macro economic data, etc.

CSMARCompany financial information and trading statistics of listed companies in China. Includes both A Shares and B Shares..

China InfoBank (中國資訊行)An important source of economic and business data, legislations, statistics and news of Mainland China. Most information is in Chinese. 中國公司企業產品中國經濟新聞中國商業報告

14

Company information guide Research Guides @ LU Business Company

Information

15

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/company_information

Need Help?

16

Ask A Librarianhttp://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research/ask-librarian

Integrated HelpdeskEmail: refstaff@ln.edu.hk, Tel: 2616-8571

Chat Reference Service2pm-5pm, Mon-Fri

Research Consultation Servicehttp://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research-consultation-service

We would like to have your feedback on this workshop ~

Click here to access the online evaluation form of this Library Workshop, OR, type the following link :

• http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/il_handouts

(Click “ILP Library Workshops” under

“Evaluation Forms”)

17

18

Thank You