library induction-2016-17
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Databases that need pre-registration
Capital IQ - global company data (& PE) E-Financial News - banking & PE F.T.com - the Financial Times Factset - global company data Forrester - new media/technology Roubini - global economics SNL Financial - banking, insurance, financial services, Vault - careers & top employers WRDS - research databases in finance
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The Economist is in our database list – but no need to register
Capital IQ registration request
A-Z list of databases
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Locate them in the Library catalogue.Look for the URL
Books and E-Books
Use the Library catalogue - or SUMMON
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Browse e-journals
Find it in the A-Z list in Portal Library servicesFind it on the Library home page
See if we have an e-journal...
They list subscribed and key
web resources
Research Guides!
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Research Training Bloomberg, CIQ, Top 5 databases, M&A, Job search, Market research
“…thank you for runningthe session today. I know I certainly learnt a lot from it and, frankly, wish I had taken it sooner. “
“..your tips have saved me quite a bit of time…”
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A quick quizPick one of 2 answers
Hold up one hand for answer 1 and 2 hands for answer 2
Year to date which (target)industry has had the largest market share of deals ?
1. Financials2. Energy
2 - Energy 11.2% (Finance 10.4) Thomson One> Market views> Deal activity
How many e-journals do we have that contain the word leadership in the title?
1. 332. 67
1. 33Use the A-Z of E-journals in Portal to find them.
Pokemon Go Users are spending on average how long each day
on the app?
1. 33 minutes2. 43 minutes
1. 33 minutes According to CNET news (sourcing Sensor Tower) – see the global news database Factiva
Which company has the greatest number of analysts tracking it?
1. Netflix Inc2. LinkedIn Inc.
To read the full text of analyst’s reports use Thomson One and Bloomberg
1. Netflix Inc. with 47 LinkedIn has 43, Source: Bloomberg
Capital IQ also has more for Netflix.
CAGR 2010 – 2015 Which has had the greatest overall increase in tobacco consumption per capita?
1. India2. China
2. China with 6.44% (India has 4.58%)From the database: Marketline by Datamonitor
1. 26%2. 38%
According to Frost and Sullivan what % of American homes have some form of
smart home solution?
2. 38% - with 24% likely to adopt in the next 12 – 18 months
Tie break…How many employees does
Tesco PLC have?Year end 27/02/2016
482,152– source Fame (UK company)(or CIQ, Amadeus or Mergent)
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