Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets, by Geographical Areas [Table Text Block]

The table below provides information about revenue and long-lived assets for the U.S. and individual material foreign countries for 2014, 2013, and 2012. Revenue by geographic area is generally based on the "ship to" location. Long-lived assets include net property and equipment, net intangible assets, and net goodwill.

	2014				2013				2012
(in thousands)	Revenue		Long-lived assets		Revenue		Long-lived assets		Revenue		Long-lived assets
United States	$	1,290,570	$	3,481,629	$	992,640	$	3,413,351	$	775,630	$	1,849,244
United Kingdom	254,743		633,042		243,608		555,732		231,671		434,192
Rest of world	685,481		435,181		604,383		486,128		522,568		393,352
Total	$	2,230,794	$	4,549,852	$	1,840,631	$	4,455,211	$	1,529,869	$	2,676,788

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Americas		EMEA		APAC		Shared Services			Consolidated Total
	(In thousands)
Year Ended November 30, 2014
Revenue	$	1,470,282	$	549,061	$	211,451	$	—		$	2,230,794
Operating income	$	356,310	$	129,766	$	48,792	$	(231,276	)	$	303,592
Depreciation and amortization	$	167,351	$	22,730	$	4,798	$	7,266		$	202,145
Total Assets	$	4,103,862	$	886,000	$	219,053	$	139,515		$	5,348,430
Year Ended November 30, 2013
Revenue	$	1,162,582	$	483,373	$	194,676	$	—		$	1,840,631
Operating income	$	303,803	$	81,048	$	42,089	$	(228,736	)	$	198,204
Depreciation and amortization	$	123,477	$	25,688	$	2,363	$	7,209		$	158,737
Total Assets	$	4,215,949	$	874,602	$	158,963	$	110,099		$	5,359,613
Year Ended November 30, 2012
Revenue	$	912,490	$	443,385	$	173,994	$	—		$	1,529,869
Operating income	$	262,953	$	95,144	$	46,042	$	(196,852	)	$	207,287
Depreciation and amortization	$	88,456	$	22,188	$	1,065	$	6,534		$	118,243
Total Assets	$	2,437,903	$	881,499	$	114,426	$	115,383		$	3,549,211

Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table Text Block]

Revenue by transaction type was as follows:

(in thousands)	2014		2013		2012
Subscription revenue	$	1,719,617	$	1,404,984	$	1,157,347
Non-subscription revenue	511,177		435,647		372,522
Total revenue	$	2,230,794	$	1,840,631	$	1,529,869

Revenue by product category was as follows:

(in thousands)	2014		2013		2012
Resources	$	927,211	$	865,125	775,331
Industrials	736,394		427,623		259,063
Horizontal products	567,189		547,883		495,475
Total revenue	$	2,230,794	$	1,840,631	$	1,529,869

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Activity in our goodwill account was as follows:

(in thousands)	Americas			EMEA			APAC			Consolidated Total
Balance at November 30, 2012	$	1,450,061		$	417,411		$	91,751		$	1,959,223
Acquisitions	1,035,692			69,982			—			1,105,674
Adjustments to purchase price	(511		)	—			—			(511		)
Foreign currency translation	(7,756		)	7,602			949			795
Balance at November 30, 2013	2,477,486			494,995			92,700			3,065,181
Acquisitions	35,990			78,136			16,141			130,267
Adjustments to purchase price	2,712			(8,203		)	—			(5,491		)
Foreign currency translation	(14,988		)	(16,962		)	(683		)	(32,633		)
Balance at November 30, 2014	$	2,501,200		$	547,966		$	108,158		$	3,157,324