This document outlines a workshop on using the Mergent Online database for career research. It includes sections on planning the session, the workshop outline, learning outcomes, a group activity, additional resources, asking for help, and evaluating the workshop. The workshop teaches students how to use Mergent to find company and industry information, competitors, executives, financials, and news to help with career research.
2. Session Planning
Course syllabus
Collaborate with professor
Determine session length: 30 minutes
Equipment and Technology
Active Learning component
Tutorials
3. Workshop Outline
Why Mergent
Types of information found in Mergent
Company information
Industry Reports
Competitor Analysis
Group activity
Extra information and help
Workshop evaluation
4. Learning Outcomes
Understand the benefits of using library resources like Mergent
Be able to look up an industry using the NAICS code and find industry
reports
Identify company information such as key executives, number of
employees, head office location, subsidiaries, etc
Identify company financials
Identify main competitors
Quickly find key news and company history
5. Group Activity: Handout
Select an industry you are interested in.
1) Identify the NAICS code
Identify key players and Market Trends and Outlook
2) Select a company in that industry
Identify key executives, # of employees, recent news
Identify share price, Revenue, and EPS
3) Give 1 interesting fact you read in the country profile for Canada
6. Additional Resources
Undergraduate Library guide
Business Career Research guide
Library Tutorials
Get Research Help
Business Citation
David Lam Management Research Library - Business FAQ
7. Ask for help
Meet with your subject librarian:
Drop-ins Mon Fri 1-4 pm
Attend a Library Workshop
Improve your writing at the Canaccord Learning Commons
8. Workshop Evaluation
On a scale from 1 to 5, how useful did you find this session (1 being not at all useful,
and 5 being very useful)? Please select one.
Not at all useful Not very useful Somewhat useful Quite useful Very useful
1 2 3 4 5
What was the most useful thing you learned in this session?
Do you have any suggestions for improving the session in the future?