Find a list of key company and industry databases the Library subscribes to in the link below:
Looking for company news or news analysis? Check out our News Media guide.
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:
CPA Australia have produced some guides to understanding annual reports:
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has a company dataset that contains a list of all currently registered companies, and companies who have been in a deregistered status for 12 months or less. Registered companies includes companies currently in a Strike-off and external administrative status.
The Australian Business register has an bulk data extract that "contains a subset of the publicly available information supplied by businesses when they register for an Australian Business Number (ABN)".
To browse all Australian company reports:
To browse all Industry Research reports:
To browse all Specialized Industry Research reports:
IBISWorld has 500 Australian industry risk ratings reports. To browse all Australian Risk Ratings reports:
If there is an Australia Risk iExpert Summary available for the industry you are viewing a Risk Rating report for, there will be an option to open this in a new window from the left hand side menu options
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.
The video below presents an overview of how to find a range of financial information in DatAnalysis.
Video length: 3 min 17 sec
Use the search box to search for a company name.
Search the database by entering your search term/s into the search box at the top of the page, or select a collated category from the tiles on the homepage to delve into a specific topic.
From the homepage, locate the Industries box and select More about industries.
Now you can select which industry sub-categories to explore. Industry analysis includes:
From the homepage, locate the Companies box and select More about companies.
Now you can select your sub-category. Sub-categories in company analysis include:
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.
Accessing Passport GMID requires you to complete a one-time registration process.
The first time you access Passport GMID you will need to:
Note: If you get an error message, close the tab in the browser and click on the link to access Passport GMID from the Library catalogue record again.
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 the company and industry reports options from the menu bar.
Watch this video (2 min 40 sec) on how to use Statista.