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PitchBook
Offers in-depth information on private and public companies, investors, deals, M&A, funds, debt and lenders, advisors, and professionals. Requires the creation of a personal account with your Western email. Instructions for creating an account.
PrivCo
Includes financial data on major private companies. Includes financials and revenues, M&A deals, firm valuations, VC funding, private equity deal history, and family ownership data. Requires the creation of a personal account with your Western email.
Nexis Uni Company Dossier
Provides profiles of companies worldwide as well as industry information. Search by company name, ticker symbol, company type, city, province/state, or country. To access: click on the top Menu button (beside Nexis Uni logo) and select Company Dossier.
Mergent Intellect
Provides company information for private and public companies. Key features include industry news, executive details, financial information, company family trees and competitors lists.

S&P Capital IQ
A single source for a powerful array of financial data, analytics and research.
Available in the C.B. “Bud” Johnston Library. Please book a time to ensure availability.
Bloomberg Professional Services
Interactive financial information that integrates data, news, analytics, and multimedia reports into a single platform.
Only available in the C.B. “Bud” Johnston Library. Please book a time to ensure availability.

Mergent Online
Contains business and financial data on all public (active and inactive) and some private companies worldwide. Also includes country profiles, industry reports, equity reports, bond data, broker analyst research reports, and more.
PitchBook
Offers in-depth information on private and public companies, investors, deals, M&A, funds, debt and lenders, advisors, and professionals. Requires the creation of a personal account with your Western email. Instructions for creating an account.
Mergent Intellect
Provides company information for private and public companies. Key features include industry news, executive details, financial information, company family trees and competitors lists.

S&P Capital IQ
A single source for a powerful array of financial data, analytics and research.
Available in the C.B. “Bud” Johnston Library. Please book a time to ensure availability.
Bloomberg Professional Services
Interactive financial information that integrates data, news, analytics, and multimedia reports into a single platform.
Only available in the C.B. “Bud” Johnston Library. Please book a time to ensure availability.

Nexis Uni Company Dossier
Provides profiles of companies worldwide as well as industry information. Search by company name, ticker symbol, company type, city, province/state, or country. To access: click on the top Menu button (beside Nexis Uni logo) and select Company Dossier.
Factiva
Extensive access to news coverage from over 8000 sources, available from 118 countries in 22 languages. Company and industry information is also available: Select Companies/Markets in top menu bar.

SEDAR
Provides access to most public securities documents and information filed by issuers with the thirteen provincial and territorial securities regulatory authorities ("Canadian Securities Administrators" or "CSA") in the SEDAR filing system going back to 1996.
EDGAR
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) makes all submissions by U.S. public companies since 1993 available in full-text.

Registered Charities - Canadian Revenu Agency
Search for registered Canadian charities with links to their T3010 returns (includes their detailed financial information).

Mergent Intellect
Provides company information for private and public companies. Key features include industry news, executive details, financial information, company family trees and competitors lists.
Grant Connect Only accessible on campus
Provides searchable, detailed information on all Canadian grant making foundations, hundreds of corporate community investment programs, as well as government funding programs and American foundations that will fund Canadian charities.

990 Finder
Provides access to nearly 3 million of the most recent Forms 990 and 990-PF filed by nonprofit organizations with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the U.S.