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Annual reports are a good source of information for the company's history, financial affairs and other activities.
Often you can find current annual reports from a company's website. Also try:
To browse all company reports:
To browse all Industry Research reports:
IBISWorld has 500 risk ratings reports. Tip: When in an Industry report, look for the lightening bolt symbol.
To browse all Risk Ratings reports:
IBISWorld has 500 Risk iExpert summary reports. Tip: When in an Industry report, look for the lightbulb symbol.
To browse all Risk iExpert Summary reports:
Use the Advanced Search option to build a company list filtered by criteria, such as industry, location, number of employees, and many other attributes. It enables you to answer questions like this:
What are the mining companies in SA with more than $50M revenue?
Build your search by selecting criteria from the left hand side. For this example:
The Company360 user guide includes more instructions on advanced searching and is available on the database. To access this guide, navigate to the University of South Australia profile, at the top of the screen, click the drop down menu and select Help.
A mailing list provides you with contact details for a range of people within the company, which is useful for conducting surveys across a range of companies. Please note that email addresses are not included.
Mailing list instructions can be found in the Company360 user guide (pages 32 - 35).
Use the search box on the right to search for the company's ASX code or name. This will open up the company report.
When in a Company Report:
For searching tips, see the DatAnalysis Searching and Reporting guide through the DatAnalysis database.
Use the main search box to search for a company name.
Watch this short video (3 mins) on finding company information using D&B Hoovers.
Watch this short video (3 min 8 sec) on finding industry information using D&B Hoovers.
Passport GMID requires you to complete a one-time registration process.
The first time you access Passport GMID you will need to:
If you get an error message, close the tab in the browser and click on the link to access Passport GMID again from the Library catalogue record.
Please review these tutorials on how to conduct searches within the database:
Type in the name of your company and select CO Company Entity.
For more searching tips, please review this page: Searching for Company Information.
To find MarketLine/Medtrack Company Profiles, use the Company Profiles option.
To search for an industry profile, enter the name of the industry (i.e. wine or retail or perfumery) in the search box and click Search:
Under Refine Results select Source Types > Industry Profiles (select Show More to see the full range of sources)
Or go to the Reports tab, and find company or industry reports options from the menu bar.
Watch this video (2 min and 40 sec) on how to use Statista.
Search the database by entering your search term/s into the global search box, or select a collated category to delve into a specific topic.
From the home page, locate the Industries box and select More about industries.
Now you can select which industry sub-categories to explore. Industry analysis includes:
From the home page, locate the Companies box and select More about companies.
Now you can select your sub-category. Sub-categories in company analysis include: