This page is designed to highlight a few of the electronic resources that are of interest to PhDs at York University. It is not meant to duplicate resources found in other research guides such as Company Research or Industry Research or Finding Business Articles .

Library Collection

The Peter F. Bronfman Business Library is the primary location for York University Libraries business collection. The subjects covered in the collection include: accounting, business ethics, finance, entrepreneurial studies, international business, management science, marketing, organizational behaviour, strategic management, plus related subject areas such as business and the environment. In addition to the circulating books and non-circulating reference materials and print periodicals and newspapers, we maintain a Reserve Collection of required course readings.

The Libraries also subscribe to a wide variety of full-text and numeric electronic resources as well and most of these are available by remote access. The York University Libraries subscribe to over 12,000 electronic databases and journals which are selected for their quality and their relevance to teaching and research. These are not generally available on the Internet. The Schulich School of Business and the Libraries are partners in funding these subscriptions and the electronic collection is one of the finest business resources available anywhere in the GTA. However there are some important databases which are either available on stand alone workstations in the Bronfman Business Library or by requesting an account. Please read the description of the databases following each of their titles to learn how to access these eResources.

Library Web Sites

The library Web sites are the gateways to the resources and services at the five York University Libraries: Peter F. Bronfman Business Library, Frost Library (bilingual, mainly undergraduate collection located at Glendon Campus), Law Library, Scott Library (Social Sciences and Humanities), Steacie Science and Engineering Library.

The main York University Libraries Web Site provides you with information about the libraries services, resources and collections as well as links to online tutorials, the libraries catalogue, quick access to online databases and journals, etc. The Peter F. Bronfman Business Library Web site provides you with information about this branch library specifically.

The Graduate Student Library Guide provides an overview of York University Libraries resources and services.

Finding Theses and Dissertations web page provides information about York theses and how to find theses from other universities, with links to useful databases. This is a helpful guide on how to search Proquest Dissertations and Theses database.

Guide to cited reference searching

Guide to cited reference search in Web Of Science

• Web of Science

Journal and Author Impact

Journal impact metrics measure the importance of a journal in a particular field relative to other journals in the same field. There are several different metrics employed to measure this relative importance. Similarly, there are metrics that measure an author’s impact. An author’s impact can be compared to other authors (researchers) working within similar fields. These metrics are controversial and do not necessarily give an accurate picture of the impact or usefulness of a particular journal or the research output of a particular scholar.

• Journal Citation Reports

RefWorks

RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management tool (citation manager) that allows you to create a database of citations or references to resources (books, journal articles, web sites, etc.). It facilitates the insertion of citations within a research paper as in-text references, footnotes, or endnotes, and the creation of a formatted bibliography using a citation style of choice. All major citation styles are supported (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).

To learn more about using Refworks please see the tutorial.

York Space ( an institutional repository)

YorkSpace is an open access repository of digital objects. Each submission must be accompanied by a digital object that can be made available to the York and global scholarly community permanently without access restrictions .

Interlibrary Loan and Borrowing from non-York libraries.

Members of the York University community may borrow materials from other libraries via the York University Libraries Resource Sharing Dept or via our Direct Borrowing at Other Universities Program. The exception is the University of Toronto which charges $20 for stack access and $225 for borrowing privileges (subsidized by York University).

Selected Electronic Resources by Subject

Finance

WRDS Wharton Research Data Service. The following databases are currently available via WRDS: Compustat Global, CRSP, Standard and Poor’s DRI, Dow Jones Averages, ExecuComp, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. WRDS is available to York University Faculty and PhDs. Contact Elizabeth Watson for more information

Thomson SDC databases

• Global New Issues: A Thomson Financials database, Global New Issues is an Internet-based business data service which provides coverage of global equity issues, Eurobonds, U.S. private placements, etc. This is a reseach database and requires that you download software onto your workstation. It is available to current York University Faculty and PhDs enrolled in business programs only. Also available on a stand-alone workstation in the Bronfman Business Library, with AcadLabs signon. To request access contact Elizabeth Watson
• VentureXpert: A Thomson Financials database, VentureXpert provides data on IRR, residual value etc for various fund types as well as fund performance by vintage year. Individual funds are not identified. This is a research database and requires that you download software onto your workstation. It is available to current York University Faculty and PhDs enrolled in business programs only. Also available on a stand-alone workstation in the Bronfman Business Library, with AcadLabs signon. To request access contact Elizabeth Watson

For a complete list of subscription and publicly available business and economic databases see Business Online A-Z

Created by Elizabeth Watson September 2011