Glenda Lowndes, Reference Assistant, Bronfman Business Library

Published Wednesday November 20th, 2013

At Bronfman Business Library, we receive numerous questions in person, by email, telephone and by chat about receiving help with research projects or assignments. Questions can deal with how to best identify print or online resources, e.g. books, articles, industry reports, company financials etc. or with finding the best databases that can assist with what you’re looking for.  Getting assistance early on the process can eliminate time wasted because we can direct you to the right resources in order to get the job done.

We have a reference team of six and in order to meet the research needs of our students and faculty in the best way possible, on a monthly basis, we gather your questions and share and review our responses. This helps the reference team have discussions on what resources are best to suggest for specific questions and gain expertise from each other on specific areas. Learning from one another helps improve our responses and provide students and faculty with better overall service.  Every now and then we will be sharing our “Best Question” selections with you so that you can also learn from them and this may also help you on your research quests.

Best Question:

How do I search for earnings call transcripts for a few companies?

Answer:

There are two main databases you can use to find earnings call transcripts, Lexis Nexis Academic and Investext Plus. To find earnings call transcripts using Lexis Nexis Academic, you must select the advanced search option (located on the left side bar). Under source type select Broadcast Transcripts and enter the company name and click You will notice in the search term box the name of the company will appear, then you must type “and earnings”, as shown below and click 

In Investext Plus, you can also get earnings conference call transcripts for specific companies. First, you need to change the dropdown menu to “All Companies”, type the company name in the search box and click Go. Then, you can click on Company Views > News and Corporate Events > Event Transcripts as shown below to access the transcripts. Please note that Internet Explorer must be used to access this database, if you cannot view the data, please visit Bronfman Library and use one of our public workstations. Also, please remember to click  in the upper right corner to Log Out once you have completed your research to allow others to access the database

There are many different ways to submit your research question to Bronfman Business Library. You can email us at bronfref@yorku.ca, chat with us here, phone us at 416-736-5139 or drop by in person.

Will your question be the next selected for “Best Question”?