Good help guides from the web include:
The following online resources will define and explain business vocabulary:
TIP: Search NAICS 2007 [6] to get the NAICS code for an industry
Canadian Only
Mediamorphis: [7] Network Media Industries and the Forces of Change and Conservation [7]
blog by Carleton University Professor Dwayne Winseck.
Canadian Media Concentraton Rearch Project [8] (CMCRP)
FP Advisor [9]
Sedar [10] database of filings of Canadian companies.
Global (also includes Canadian data)
Bloomberg [11]
Mergent Online [12] (includes Mergent Industry Reports)
Factiva [13]
GMID [14]
Edgar [15] database of company filings at Securities Exchange Commission, NYC
GMID [14]
A text search using “Social Networking” retrieves reports including global trends, market share, usage statistics and outlook.
World Internet Project [16]
The World Internet Project (WIP) is a major, international, collaborative project looking at the social, political and economic impact of the Internet and other new technologies.
Internet World Stats [17]
Published by Miniwatts Marketing Group [18], provides internet statistcs for over 233 countries
IAB Internet Advertrising Revenue Report [19] - PricewaterhoursCoopers (PWC)
Statistics from 2001 to present day
Canadian Online Advertising Revenue Survey Detailed Report 2010 Actual + 2011 Estimated [20] - Ernst & Young sponsored by IAB Canada [21]
Alexa the Web Internet Company [22]
Includes popular sites and topics
Comscores Digital Year in Review [23]
Provides social media and technology statistics and data by region and topic
Top 10 Social Networking Websites [24]
Web Strategy [25] by Jerimiah Owyang
A collection of current Social Network Statistics.
Box Office [26]
The business of movies
Tips for Newspaper Searching [27]
The following titles are available online through the Library catalogue:
Canada
Government Information [45] note the customized Google search box - allows filtering
Canada
CRTC [46] - Consumer Affairs and Strategic Planning [47]
Communications Monitoring Report 2012 [48]
Statistics Canada [49] - CANSIM [50] (Canadian Socio-Economic Management System - main StatCan database)
NAICS 2012 [51] (North American Industry Classification) - use to determine the industry code used in CANSIM
Canada. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Transport and Communications [52]
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage [53]
United States
FCC [54] (Federal Communications Commission) Reports [55]
Census Bureau - Statistical Abstract of the United States 2012 [56] - ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States 2013 [57]
- Economic Census Industry Snapshots [58]
- Historical Data [59] or the information may have been included in the earlier volumes of the Statistical Abstract [60]
U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Energy and Commerce Committee. Sub-Committee on Communications and Technology [61]
U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Sub-Committee on Communications, Technology and the Internet [62]
Other National/Regional Governmental Sources
Australian Communications and Media Authority [63]
Ofcom [64] (United Kingdom) Market Research [65]
European Audiovisual Observatory [66] - see also Eurostat [67] under Industry, Trade and Services
European Broadcasting Union [68]
Nordicom [69] - Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research
International Intergovernmental Organizations - for a global perspective
ITU [70] (International Telecommunications Union) - World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database [71]
Broadband Commission for Digital Development [72]
OECD - Internet [73] - see also OECD iLibrary [74] for anything that is priced on the main website
UNESCO - Communication and Information [75]
Links:
[1] http://www.dnb.ca/understanding-financial-statements.html
[2] http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/begfinstmtguide.htm
[3] http://www.ml.com/media/14069.pdf
[4] http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/search/Xblackwell+and+management+and+library&SORT=D/Xblackwell+and+management+and+library&SORT=D&searchscope=0&SUBKEY=blackwell%20and%20management%20and%20library/1,2,2,B/frameset&FF=Xblackwell+and+management+and+library&SORT=D&1,1,
[5] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/oxford-reference-online-premium
[6] http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subjects-sujets/standard-norme/naics-scian/2007/list-liste-eng.htm
[7] http://dwmw.wordpress.com/author/dwmw/
[8] http://www.cmcrp.org/
[9] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/fp-advisor
[10] http://www.sedar.com/
[11] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/bloomberg-professional
[12] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/mergent-online
[13] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/factiva
[14] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/gmid-global-market-information-database-core-statistics
[15] http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
[16] http://www.worldinternetproject.net/
[17] http://internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
[18] http://www.miniwatts.com/
[19] http://www.iab.net/AdRevenueReport
[20] http://www.iabcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IABCda_2010Act2011Bdg_ONLINEAdRevRpt_FINAL_Eng.pdf
[21] http://iabcanada.com/
[22] http://www.alexa.com/
[23] http://www.comscoredatamine.com/
[24] http://socialmediatoday.com/index.php?q=SMC/188449
[25] http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/index.php?s=statistics
[26] http://www.boxoffice.com/
[27] http://www.library.carleton.ca/help/searching-news-databases
[28] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/business-source-complete
[29] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/cbca-complete
[30] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/cpiq
[31] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/pais-international
[32] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/canadian-newsstand-complete
[33] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/lexisnexis-academic
[34] http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=1540190
[35] http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=1569985
[36] http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=b2059808~S9
[37] http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=b2021951~S9
[38] http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=b1569212~S9
[39] http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=1004215
[40] http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=1564810
[41] http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=1572121
[42] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/conference-board-canada-e-library
[43] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/pmb-print-measurement-bureau
[44] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/databases/media-technology-monitor-trial
[45] http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/government-information
[46] http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/home-accueil.htm
[47] http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/pol/pdr-epr.htm
[48] http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/publications/reports/PolicyMonitoring/2012/cmr.htm#toc
[49] http://www.statcan.gc.ca/start-debut-eng.html
[50] http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/home-accueil?lang=eng&p2=50
[51] http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVDPage1&db=imdb&dis=2&adm=8&TVD=118464
[52] http://www.parl.gc.ca/SenCommitteeBusiness/CommitteeReports.aspx?parl=40&ses=3&Language=E&comm_id=19
[53] http://www.parl.gc.ca/CommitteeBusiness/CommitteeHome.aspx?Cmte=CHPC&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3
[54] http://www.fcc.gov/
[55] http://www.fcc.gov/reports
[56] http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
[57] http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=b3336508~S9
[58] http://www.census.gov/econ/census/snapshots/index.html
[59] http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/www/historicaldata.html
[60] http://catalogue.library.carleton.ca/record=b1900793~S9
[61] http://energycommerce.house.gov/subcommittees/communications-and-technology
[62] http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=CommunicationsTechnologyandtheInternet
[63] http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/3737
[64] http://www.ofcom.org.uk/
[65] http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/market-research/
[66] http://www.obs.coe.int/
[67] http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/statistics/themes
[68] http://www.ebu.ch/en/sis/index.php
[69] http://www.nordicom.