Databases

HealthSTAR contains citations to the published literature on health services, technology, administration, and research. It focuses on both the clinical and non-clinical aspects of health care delivery.

Hoover's provides management and financial information on over 50,000 public and private companies in the United States and around the world.International coverage tends to focus on larger companies whose stock trades on a U.S. exchange or those that have extensive operations in the U.S.

Each snapshot includes an industry overview, the top companies in the industry, associations and organizations, and key people. U.S. focus.

Provides access to over 1700 U.S., 430 Canadian, 427 Ontario (+ other provinces and territories) and 74 global industry market research reports. Search for industries by keyword(s) or browse a list of industries defined according to the five digit NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) level.

Scientific and technical content published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and its publishing partners. Includes journals, conference proceedings, and standards.

The IMF provides open access to four key statistical databases -  International Financial Statistics (IFS), Balance of Payments Statistics (BPS), Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Direction of Trade Statistics (DOT) - plus a selection of other datasets and free reports.

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Customized, web-based research evaluation tool that allows you to analyze institutional productivity and benchmark your output against peers worldwide.

InfoSci-Books is a fully searchable database providing access to chapters from every book and reference work IGI Global has published since the year 2000. IGI Global is a publisher of scholarly research on advanced computer science and information technology research with an especially strong focus on the role, impact, and effective use of technology across a variety of settings, including business, education, health care, government, and more. The database includes over 6,000 scholarly books, and includes major reference works. Individual titles can also be accessed through the library catalogue.

Covers social science and interdisciplinary research; includes nearly two million bibliographic references to journal articles, books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. It is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries. Over 2,700 journals are regularly indexed and some 7,000 books included each year. Abstracts are provided for half of all current journal articles and full text availability is continually increasing.

A standard source of statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance for most countries of the world. 

To access ISS ESG data, connect to WRDS > on the WRDS Subscriptions page (default home page) select ISS ESG > scroll through the resulting list and select from the options displayed.

Contains corporate governance data. It includes directors data, voting results data and shareholder proposal data for S&P 1,500 companies (and others) from the mid-1990s to the present.

McMaster has access to the following ISS ESG datasets: Directors US, Governance and Other (Shareholder Proposal and Voting Results).

Provides citation data that helps evaluate and compare more than 20,000 scholarly journals in the areas of arts, business, humanities, science, technology, and social sciences. Journals can be retrieved by title, keyword(s), category (subject area), publisher, or country and sorted by several criteria such as total citations and impact factor. 

JSTOR provides access to a digital archive of journals in the areas of Arts, Business, Economics, and Sciences. JSTOR includes the entire runs of these journals, from the very first issue to the volumes published a few years ago. With a small number of exceptions - the "Current Scholarship" titles - JSTOR is a backfile collection and excludes the most recent issues (as part of the terms of the agreement with the journal publishers).

Provides industry benchmarking data compiled from Dun & Bradstreet’s database of public and private companies. Features 14 key business ratios (one-year or three-year set of ratios) for public and private companies in 800 lines of businesses.

Provides full-text access to key accounting manuals such as the CPA Canada Standards and Guidance Collection (CPACHB) (which includes the CPA Canada Handbook) & International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

The Libris database provides word, title, author and subject access to material published in a number of Canadian periodicals of historical significance, including Maclean's Magazine, The Financial Post, The Monetary Times of Canada, Massey's Magazine, The Canadian Bookman, The Canadian Magazine, Saturday Night and The University Magazine.

NOTE: September 22, 2025: LinkedIn Learning subscription ending 
April 30, 2025: LinkedIn Learning access for McMaster alumni ending.
An online training database providing access to thousands of high-quality instructional videos on a broad range of topics in the areas of business, education, design, photography, programming, animation, video, audio and music. 

To access Lipper data, connect to WRDS > on the WRDS Subscriptions page (default home page) select LSEG > scroll through the resulting list and select the Lipper Hedge Fund Database (TASS) options displayed.

A resource helpful for institutional asset managers, high net worth investors and consultants who monitor the global hedge fund industry.

The Charities Listings is a searchable list of Canadian charities or other qualified donees maintained by the Canada Revenue Agency.

To access LSEG ESG data, connect to WRDS > on the WRDS Subscriptions page (default home page) select LSEG > scroll through the resulting list and select V2 LSEG ESG Scores or connect to LSEG Workspace > look up a company in Workspace > view a company profile and select the ESG tab. 

Provides ESG (environmental, social and governance) data and scores for over 15,000 global companies, across 76 countries, spanning major global and regional indices. 

The scores are designed to measure a company's relative ESG performance, commitment and effectiveness across 10 main themes, based on publicly available and auditable data. The themes in each category include:

To access LSEG IBES data, connect to WRDS > on the WRDS Subscriptions page (default home page) select LSEG IBES > scroll through the resulting list and select from the options displayed.

Institutional Brokers' Estimate System (IBES) provides summary and individual analyst forecasts of company earnings, cash flows, and other important financial items, as well and buy-sell-hold recommendations.

Provides access to information on global companies including financials and filings, news & corporate events, earnings estimates, price quotes, M&A transactions, ESG ratings, ownership data and more.

Includes the full-text of hundreds of market research reports from selected publishers including Kalorama Information, Mind Commerce, Packaged Facts and Simba Information. These are some of the same market intelligence reports used by business professionals worldwide.

Search or browse for reports in the following categories:

• Food & Beverage: Agriculture, Beverages, Food, Food Service & Hospitality
• Technology & Media: Computer Hardware & Networking, E-Commerce & IT Outsourcing, Telecommunications & Wireless
• Heavy Industry: Energy & Resources, Manufacturing & Construction, Materials & Chemicals
• Demographics
• Life Science: Biotechnology, Diagnostics, Healthcare, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals
• Consumer Goods: Consumer Goods & Retailing, Travel & Leisure
• Service Industries: Business Services & Administration, Financial Services
• Public Sector

Provides online access to global corporate documents useful for business history research.  It includes all of Moody’s/Mergent Corporate Manuals, Moody's/Mergent Municipal & Government Manuals, plus company annual reports from around the world.  

NOTE: On June 30, 2025, Mergent Online will become Mergent Market Atlas. Investext within Mergent Online will move to LSEG Workspace as an Add-On and will be known as Aftermarket Research. All other content within Mergent Online will remain in the new Mergent Market Atlas.

Contains business and financial data on all public (active & inactive) and some private companies worldwide. Also includes country profiles, industry reports, equity reports, bond data, supply chain data, broker analyst research reports, and more. Investext is included in Mergent Online.

To access MSCI ESG Ratings data, connect to WRDS > on the WRDS Subscriptions page (default home page) select MSCI > scroll through the resulting list and select MSCI ESG Ratings.

Dataset contain ESG (environmental, social, governance) ratings, weights, and metrics for companies in the MSCI universe. The data coverage starts in 2007 for the main ESG ratings and weights. The coverage for a majority of the other fields starts in 2013, with new fields being added over the years. For a complete list of start dates and for descriptions of each variable, consult the MSCI ESG Ratings Data Dictionary on the MSCI page within WRDS.

Features streaming videos of films, clips and trailers from the National Film Board (NFB) collection, including NFB world-renowned documentaries, films that chronicle key moments in the lives of Canadians and works that take a stand on issues of global importance: the environment, human rights, international conflict and more. It also contains acclaimed Canadian dramatic features, documentaries, animated films, and experimental works.

Search or browse issues (full page and article images in PDF) of the National Post from January 1, 2011 to 2 weeks ago.

The most current issues of the National Post are available online (plain-text) via Factiva, Nexis Uni and other databases.

Contains the full text of working papers from the National Bureau of Economics Research.

A Canadian labour relations database with a search and retrieval component for locating collective agreements.