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Business Information Centre (Joseph L Rotman)
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105 St George Street 2th Floor, Room 272
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 3E6
bicstaff@rotman.utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-978-3421
Fax: 416-978-1920
Key contact: Mr. Sean Forbes

NOTE: Rotman Centre is closed on weekends to non-MBA students and members of the public.

InfoSolutions (fee base service)

Services:

  • Free consultation and cost estimates
  • Access to the University of Toronto library system's print collection
  • Skilled use of business and news databases (Proquest, Factiva, Infomart, LexisNexis, Dialog)
  • Delivery by fax, e-mail, or regular mail
  • Choice of payment by invoice or credit card
  • Friendly, professional, and cost-effective service

Contact:

Hours of operation:

  • Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Borrowing privileges

Borrowing privileges are given to all holders of a valid University of Toronto Library Card.

Short term loan:

  • 3-hour loan for Course reserve (Reserve) & Front desk (FD) collection;
  • 3-day loan for Career collection (CC)
Types of restricted materials

Following special collections do not circulate:

  • Michael Bliss (Canadian Business History)
  • Periodicals & Newspapers
  • Rotman PhD dissertations
  • Statistics Canada’s business-related publications
Hours librarian available

Monday – Friday 8:45 AM to 5:00 PM (September to June)

Monday – Friday 8:45 AM to 4:30 PM (July to August)

Is photocopying available? Cost?

Yes, $ 0.15 per exposure if coins are used; $0.10 is BIC photocopy card is used.  Photocopy cards and change are available at Reference Desk.

NOTE: U of T library card does not work with BIC’s photocopiers; only BIC’s photocopier card works.

Size and scope of collection

The BIC primarily circulating print collection covers a wide range of business subjects (accounting, including standard & guidelines; business & economics; corporate directories & rankings; and management including handbooks & guides).

  • 5,000+ books
  • 500 journal and periodical titles, includes 200+ active subscriptions.
  • 100 active reference serials (directories, )
  • Newspapers: Barron’s, Financial Times of London, Globe & Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, and the Wall Street Journal.

U of T faculty, staff and students have access to the BIC’s electronic resources, including core business and finance databases linked from the BIC’s homepage.  Faculty, staff and students also have access to unique e-resources available only on BIC workstations using your UTOR ID, including:

  • CEIC (China) Data (BIC workstation 1);
  • DBRS (Dominion Bond Rating Service) (CD-ROM);
  • Faulkner library (all BIC workstations);
  • Industry Norms and Ratio D&B (CD-ROM);
  • Intercorporate ownership (Workstation #1);CD-ROM 2001-2008.
  • LexisNexis [Canadian Academic version] (all BIC workstations);
  • Scott's Canadian business directories (all BIC workstations);
  • SDC Mergers and Acquisitions (BIC workstations 1 & 2);
  • Financial Performance Indicators (2005-2009) (Workstation #1).

Please ask at the Reference Desk for the CD-ROM products.  

Specialized Subject Collections

  • Career (CC) collection (3-day loan)
  • Rotman Speaker series
  • Michael Bliss (Canadian Business History) NON-CIRCULATING
  • Rotman PhD dissertations NON-CIRCULATING

Statistics Canada’s business-related publications NON-CIRCULATING

Collections listed in the library catalogue

Material in the BIC collection can be located through the University of Toronto Library Catalogue.

Library catalogue codes

BUSI - Business Information Centre (Joseph L Rotman)