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Specialized Databases

ABI Proquest  Indexes news articles from Wall Street Journal and other business journals. Includes company profiles from Hoovers. (ABI Proquest)  Remote Access with University Network Account.

Business & Management Practices  Deals with items such as decision making, implementing new technology, future planning, internal and external issues & expanding businesses. Abstracts cover business methodology, case studies & practical application.  (Extended FirstSearch)  Library access only.

Business Source Complete  Topics include accounting, finance, industries, international business, & management. Includes company profiles from Datamonitor and economic data about countries.  (EBSCO-TexShare)  Remote Access with University Network Account.

EIU  The Economist Intelligence Unit provides publications & reports of international business which include country background, industry, news wire reports, and statistical data. (Proquest)  Remote Access with University Network Account.

LexisNexis Academic Provides access to a wide range of news (includes New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times), business (company news, industry forecasts), government (legislative news, tax information), legal (news, case law) and reference information. Some articles delivered in full-text. (LexisNexis - Direct) Remote Access with University Network Account.

Mergent Online  Covers the NYSE, AMEX, & NASDAQ exchange for public companies and EDGAR® (SEC) filings. Contains history of companies, industry information, ratios, statistical data, mergers & subsidiaries.  (Mergent)  Remote Access with University Network Account.

Worldscope  Reports on public companies worldwide. Derived from corporate annual and 10K reports, disclosure statements, newspapers, and wire services. Each record includes a description of the business, selected financials, key ratios, and officers.  (Extended FirstSearch) Library access only.

Related General Databases

Academic Search Complete  Includes more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals; in addition to full text, offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. Features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format.  Remote Access with University Network Account.

Directory of Open Access Journals This service provides full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly, peer reviews journals in many subjects and languages. It includes academic, government, commercial, non-profit private sources. (Lund Universities/TexShare) Free Web Access

Encyclopaedia Britannica The Encyclopaedia Britannica is the largest, most authoritative encyclopedia in the world. Its broad scope includes statistics, classics, definitions, articles in journals, and maps.  (Britannica - Direct) Remote Access with University Network Account.

MasterFILE Premier  An index to general interest subjects in business, culture, history, & literature.  (EBSCO-TexShare)  Remote Access with University Network Account.

Periodical Abstracts  Contains abstracts to significant articles appearing in leading general and academic periodicals.  (Extended FirstSearch)  Library access only.

Wilson Select Plus  Contains citations & abstracts from: Readers Guide Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, Humanities Abstracts, General Science Abstracts & Wilson Business Abstracts.  (Extended FirstSearch)  Library access only.

WorldCat  Locate books and other materials in libraries worldwide, including the University of Dallas. Coverage is from 1200 to present.  (FirstSearch-TexShare)  Remote Access with University Network Account.

Google Scholar Provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts & articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities & other scholarly organizations. (Google) Free Web Access

Electronic Books

NetLibrary  A collection of full text reference, scholarly, and professional electronic books (eBooks) available for 24 hour electronic use. (OCLC-TexShare) MUST ESTABLISH NETLIBRARY ACCOUNT ON CAMPUS, Remote Access with NetLibrary Account.

Online Journals (Current Subscriptions Only)

Barron's
Economist
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance

Websites

Accounting Directory from Google  Google's directory listing of ranked links to subject specific sites.

American Accounting Association  This is the website for the organization that offers accounting education and research.

BigCharts  Use this investment research website to obtain historical stock quotes.

Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary  Provides more than 8,000 finance terms; many definitions include hyperlinks.

Federation of Tax Administrators  Provides comparison data for state and local taxes, state tax rate tables, and links to relevant articles and publications.

Financial Accounting Standards Board  This website is designated for the private sector organization in the U.S. that establishes financial accounting and reporting standards.

Global Investor - Finance Glossary  Definitions and formulas for over 2000 finance and investment terms are provided.

Rutgers Accounting Web  Offers an excellent collection of links to a wide array of useful accounting resources.

Risk Management Information Systems  Applies to IS and Insurance

Print Books (Selected List)

Accounting

Accountant's Handbook  Ref HF 5621 .A22
Value Sweep: Mapping Corporate Growth Opportunities  Electronic Book available in NetLibrary

Key Business Ratios

Annual Statement Studies  Ref HF 5681 .B2 R6
Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios  Ref HF 5681 .R25 I53
Manufacturing and Distribution USA  Ref HD 9721 .M364
Value Line Investment Survey  Ref HG 4501.V26

Company Information

America's Corporate Families and International Affiliates  Ref HG 4057 .A146
D&B Principal International Businesses  Ref  HD 69 .J7 D9
Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries  Ref HG 4538 .A1
International Directory of Company Histories  Ref HD 2721 .I63
Value Line  Ref G 4501 .V26
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Public and Private Companies  Ref HG 4057 .A575
Who Owns Whom  Ref HG 4538 .W423

General

Dictionary of Banking Terms  Ref HG  151 .F57
The Dow Jones Averages 1885 - 1990  Ref HG 4915 D6433 
Financial History of the United States Ref HG 181 .M297
The "How To" Grants Manual, Successful Grantseeking Techniques...  Ref HG 177 .B38 
International Financial Statistics Yearbook  Ref HG 61 .I57 
Mutual Fund Fact Book  Ref HG 4930 .M85
Proposal Planning and Writing  Ref HG 177.5 .U6 M56 
Statistical Abstract of the United States  Ref HA 202 .U5
Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation: SBBI Yearbook  HG 4501 .S7949 
Who's Who in Finance and Industry  Ref HF 3023 .A2 W5

Industry Classification Systems

North American Industry Classification System   Ref HF 1042 .N67
Standard Industrial Classification Manual 1987  Ref HA 40 .I6 U63

Insurance

Dictionary of Insurance Terms  Ref HG  8025 .R83 2000
Handbook of Insurance  Ref HG 8061 .H36 2000

Print Journals (Current Subscriptions Only)


Barron's  Per HG 1501 .B3N3
Economist  Per HB 1 .E25
Financial Times  Per HG 1 .F56
IMF Survey (International Monetary Fund  Per HG 1501 .I5m6f8
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance  Per HG 4001 .C68
Journal of Financial Planning  Per HG  179 .J6
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine  Per HF 5001 .C5
Money  Per HG 179 .M59
Wall Street Journal Per HG 4571 .W3s8

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