Business Databases Room, BIC: Services for Staff & Postgraduates

Business & Economics Information Services (BEIS)

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Access to

  • Datastream
    Time series financial information, worldwide coverage. Includes equities and company financials; stock market indices; unit and investment trusts; warrants, bonds, interest rates, exchange rates, commodities; macroeconomic data from the IMF, OECD and government agencies
  • SDC Platinum
    Financial transactions data. Includes global new issues; mergers & acquisitions
  • Infoshare
    Access time series data released by Statistics New Zealand. Data is output to user generated tables
  • New Zealand Time Series
    Time series tables covering broad subject areas (eg. Government finance) are available. Drawn from Statistics New Zealand's Infoshare database, the Reserve Bank and Treasury
  • Market Information Digest
    From AC Nielsen. Provides general trade and product category data for New Zealand. Includes retail trade by broad category and supermarket category trends. There is data on magazine readership, television audience measurement, cinema attendance, and advertising expenditure

Database Support

Your business subject librarians provide specialist support for these products

The Business Databases Room, Rm 201D, Level 2, Owen G. Glenn Building

Business Databases Room

Room 201D, Business Information Centre, Level 2, Owen G Glenn Building, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland

Phone: +64 9 373 7599 ext. 83291

Staff assistance 9:00am-4.30pm Mon - Fri

Ask Us


  • Open to The University of Auckland Business School staff and postgraduate students
  • Access the library's specialist business, financial & numeric databases

Guidelines for using the Business Information Centre

Database Workshops

  • Run by the business librarians
  • Incorporate business search examples
  • Learn in a small group setting

Business Information for your Assignments
Venue: TBA
Times: TBA


Using the Business databases (for GSE students)
Venue: Owen G Glenn Building, Level 0, Lab 11

  • Tuesday 24th Jan 4.45pm – 5.30pm
  • Thursday 26th Jan 5.15pm – 6pm

How to Book

  • Select Library Workshops on the Library homepage 
  • Under Select Workshop highlight the Workshop
    name. Click Go
  • Highlight the session of interest. Click Book this Session.
  • You will be prompted to enter your NetID details

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Last updated: 23 January, 2012