Finding Grey Literature Articles - MUI2055 Cities, Industry, and the Environment - Winter 2023

Finding News Articles

Use these databases to find:

news articles and other articles from media sources, e.g. newswires, broadcast transcripts
articles from popular business periodicals, e.g. Fast Company, The Economist
trade or industry journals articles.

Some of these articles will NOT BE peer-reviewed sources but can still be important for research.

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Full text and citations of business journals, including accounting, economics, finance, management, management information systems, marketing and international business.

ProQuest
A database platform that includes key management and business databases such as ABI/Inform Global and CBCA (Canadian Business & Current Affairs). Click on the 'Databases' tab at the very top to select the specific databases to search.

Also includes Canadian Newstream and Global Newstream, good options for finding local, regional and national news for Canada and global news respectively.
Muniscope
Canada’s "national resource on municipal and regional issues". The 'Research' section provides comprehensive links to Canadian city information, news and powerful custom search tools for searching the websites of municipalities, municipal associations, and provinces and territories.
Policy File Index
Indexes policy research issued by 350+ public policy think tanks, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, university centers, advocacy groups, and other organizations. Coverage from 1990 onwards.
Canadaian Government Documents - Custom Google Search
A Google Custom Search Engine for Canadian federal, provincial, and municipal documents. Maintained by Carleton University.

Factiva This link opens in a new window
Current and archived news, business and company information worldwide.
World News Connection This link opens in a new window
GreenFILE This link opens in a new window
Database of scholarly, government and general-interest sources covering the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and governments and what can be done at each level to minimize negative impacts.