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Finance Subject Guide

Research Databases


(Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases)

ABI/INFORM


ABI/INFORM is a premier source of English language business, accounting and economics information from around the world. Over 1 million citations from 1971 to the present provide complete bibliographic information, indexing, informative abstracts, and selected full-text articles from more than 1,000 business journals.

ABI/INFORM contains information on more than 60,000 companies as well as executive profiles, reports on market conditions, and in-depth case studies of global business trends. More than 350 of the database's sources are English-language titles published outside the U.S.


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EconLit


The research database of choice for economics majors. Provides citations and selected abstracts and covers topics including regional and international economics, urban economics, economic development, fiscal and monetary theory, business and public finance.
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General Business File ASAP


General Business File ASAP provides complete bibliographic information, abstracts or contents to over 20 million English language articles from approximately 3500 trade and academic publications from around the world.  Includes analysis of company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics.


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LexisNexis Academic


LexisNexis Academic is an extensive set of full-text electronic databases of news, business, company, and legal information. It contains major archives of federal and state case law, media transcripts, and other full-text material. For more information consult the LexisNexis Academic help documents and/or search tutorial.
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National Bureau of Economic Research - NBER Working Papers


The NBER Web site offers full-text downloads of nearly all NBER Working in full text format to authorized users.
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STAT-USA


Contains vital economic, business, and international trade information produced by hundreds of separate offices and divisions of the U.S. Government.
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Wilson Business Abstracts


Wilson Business Abstracts provides abstracts and some full-text articles from 866 international English-language business sources, covering accounting, finance, management, and small business since 1986.


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Reference Materials



RMA (Risk Management Associates) Annual Statement Studies

- HF5681 .B2 R58
Contains composite financial data and key ratios on manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing, service, and contracting lines of business.
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Value Line Investment Survey

- HG4501 .V26
Provides current information on over 1,700 stocks and full-page company reports.
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Web Sources



AnnualReports.com


A free financial report service that offers PDF versions of company annual reports and HTML versions of their Form 10Ks, both of which are primary sources of financial information about a company.
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BEOnline Plus


The Library of Congress's catalog of business, economic, and related Web resources.
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Business Plans and Profiles Index


A guide compiled by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh that "lists types of small businesses and a corresponding sample business plan, profile or book about the business with sources provided after each entry."  Links are provided to many free online plans.  Print resources identified are those housed in the Carnegie Library, but that may also be available at Hekman.
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Congressional Budget Office


An excellent source of national and U. S. budget economic information, including forecasts.
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Business and Accounting Subject Guide Librarian


McFadden, Linda

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