LSEG Workspace
Source for information on publicly traded U.S. and international companies: summary financial data with links to company filings, key ratios actual and forward estimates, stock pricing data, key corporate events, officers and directors, analyst rating, ESG scores, and more. Add-on Modules available: Aftermarket Reports (AMR), Datastream, SDC Platinum.
- Datastream can be added to an LSEG Workspace account. Complete this form to request this module be added to your account: https://unc.libwizard.com/f/datastream-access. If you do not have an LSEG Workspace account, self-register for an account following the instructions here: https://guides.lib.unc.edu/go65062420. For help, contact: Researchassistance@unc.edu.
- SDC Platinum can be added to an LSEG Workspace account. Complete this form to request this module be added to your account: https://unc.libwizard.com/f/sdc-platinum-access. If you do not have an LSEG Workspace account, self-register for an account following the instructions here: https://guides.lib.unc.edu/go65062420. For help, contact: Researchassistance@unc.edu.
- LSEG Workspace: Users must first self-register with their UNC email for a user account before accessing this resource. Please consult: https://guides.lib.unc.edu/go65062420 for detailed directions on self-registering for a user account. For help, contact: Researchassistance@unc.edu.
UNC-CH users only
Capital IQ (Kenan-Flagler only)
In-depth financial information on publicly-traded companies and investment firms. Includes transactions in both the public and private capital markets as well as financial statement data, executives’ biographical characteristics, and deal or transaction specifics.
Data can be exported to Excel 
.
Because of licensing restrictions:
- Access to Capital IQ is restricted to current faculty, staff, and students of UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.
- You MUST use your @kenan-flagler.unc.edu email address when requesting an account.
- Access through this website; DO NOT bookmark the S&P Capital IQ login page
- Login with your UNC Onyen from both on-campus and off-campus.
- ➡️ It’s HARD to access Capital IQ for the first time. Here’s How to Access Capital IQ. Questions? Contact Researchtools@kenan-flagler.unc.edu.
UNC Kenan-Flagler users only
https://spruce-lib-unc-edu.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/credentials/capitaliq.html
CBinsights
Venture capital, angel investment, and private equity database. Tracks global venture capital, angel investment, private equity, M&A, and IPO activity related to private companies. An excellent resource for startups and entrepreneurship research.
Students, faculty and staff must register and set up an account using a valid UNC Chapel Hill email address to access CB Insights. Each user is limited to 4,000 lines of downloading per year.
UNC-CH users with additional password
Europages
Find information on some 3 Million companies in 35 European countries. Search by company name, industry, country, or region of country. Each entry includes addresses, phone numbers, maybe an email contact, maybe a map of the location. You must select one of 26 languages before searching.
Open Access
Factiva
U.S. newspapers include the Wall Street Journal and other business titles. Great content, but can be difficult to search. Coverage dates vary.
Tech Note Go to Search / Search Builder to start searching.
See this search. (click on link to see annotated search screen)
More help from: Factiva User Guide from ProQuest.
UNC-CH users only
Hoover’s Company Profiles
See ProQuest Business Market Research Collection
Information for more then 40,000 companies, including company overview, industry information, key company executives, and for publicly traded firms upto 3 years of historical financials.
UNC-CH users only
International Directory of Company Histories
Short to medium length (2 to 10 pages) narratives on the history of companies. Many of the histories include a bibliography of other places to look for information on the company discussed in the entry.
UNC-CH users only
Nexis Uni
News and legal resources.
- General, regional and international news, company news and financial information.
- Legal information includes law reviews, case law and legal rulings).
- formerly LexisNexis Academic.
See also ProQuest U.S. Newsstream for similar content in a simpler format. Includes: the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and thousands more national and international newspapers, wires and some TV / radio transcripts. Dates vary; most from the 1990s to present
For North Carolina news, see America’s News, which includes over 6,300 U.S. newspapers such as:
- The (Raleigh) News & Observer full-text articles (1991-present)
- The (Raleigh) News & Observer full images (March 2018-present)
- The (Greensboro) News & Record (1906-present)
- The Charlotte Observer (1886-present).
UNC-CH users only
Mergent Archives
Provides a comprehensive history of corporate America for almost 100 years. It includes corporate histories, brief financial statements, lists of subsidiaries, descriptions of long-term debt, and stock offerings, officers and directors, etc.
Specifically the database contains:
Transportation Manual 1909-present | Public Utility Manual 1914-2007 | Industrial Manual 1920-present | Bank and Finance Manual 1928-present | OTC Industrial Manual 1970-present | International Manual 1981-present | OTC Unlisted Manual 1986-present | and Municipal and Government Manual 1955-present.
Additional resources in the archive include: corporate annual reports; industry reports; equity reports. Users can search within and across manuals, by company name, manual year or type. (Source Davis Library)
UNC-CH users only
ProQuest Business Market Research Collection
Conduct company, industry, economic and geopolitical market research with information from these sources:
- Hoover’s Company Profiles: profiles of more than 40,000 global companies. Information typically includes location, officers, competitors and for publicly traded companies financial information.
- OxResearch: research on economic and political conditions and developments from researchers at Oxford and other leading universities and Think Tanks.
UNC-CH users only
Data-Axle Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA)
Special Note: vendor does not permit access from IP addresses outside the United States
Data-Axle is a collection of databases that provide directory information on more than
64 million U.S. businesses,
160 million U.S. residents
1.2 million U.S. healthcare providers.
The U.S. Business database offers a number of different search points, including company name, yellow page headings, NAICS and SIC codes, executive names, estimated sales volume, number of employees, stock exchange ticker symbols and Fortune 1000 ranking. There is also geography based searching by state, city, metro area, zip codes, a radius centered on a address or latitude and longitude point, or within the boundaries drawn on a map by the user.
Similar search options are available for the U.S. healthcare providers and U.S. residential databases.
Search results are downloadable in limited, 200 records, quantities
UNC-CH users only
ThomasNet
ThomasNet provides current sourcing information for more than 67,000 industrial and manufacturing products and services from more than 600,000 U. S. and Canadian companies. Information available typically includes company name address and contact numbers or email. From adhesives to hardware, from machine parts to valves, you can identify the product you need from multiple suppliers. This is not an exhaustive listing of companies or products. Company listings typically include addresses and phone numbers and products available.
A print version of Thomas Register for the years 1924 to 2002 is available in the Library Service Center T12. T612. Use Carolina BLU request form https://web.lib.unc.edu/carolinablu/.
UNC-CH users only
World Industrial Reporter
A global directory of manufacturers and distributors, classified by industrial products and services categories. Information includes company name address and contact numbers or email. Does not necessarily include every company producing a product or service from every country.
Open Access