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Journals/Magazines

Business Source Premier (Original Interface) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Business topics: management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc. SWOT analysis on selected companies.
Note: Also available via Special Business Interface

Business Source Premier (Special Business Interface) Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Business topics: management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc. SWOT analysis on selected companies.
Note: Also available via Original Interface

ABI/INFORM databases Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Search all three ABI/Inform databases together here, or choose one at a time below.

ABI/INFORM dateline Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Business, Economics: local and regional business publications. 1985-current.

ABI/INFORM global Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
International business, finance, economics: journals, company profiles, Wall Street Journal. 1971-current.

ABI/INFORM trade & industry Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Business, economics: trade and industry periodicals and newsletters. 1971-current.

Business and company resource center Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only bcrc_handout.pdf Some full text available
Detailed company and industry information, histories, investment reports; 1980-current.

ScienceDirect Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Full-text scientific, technological, medical journals; subjects covered include biology, biochemistry, business management and accounting, chemistry, computer science, economics, finance, environmental science, mathematics, medicine, neuroscience, nursing, physics, psychology, education, and communication. Includes access to selected full-text reference books. Indexing/Abstracts to additional titles.

LexisNexis Academic Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Full-text access to continuously updated news, law, and business information. Highlights: News: news wires, transcripts, regional, national/international news, & Gallup Polls; Legal: law review articles, case law, and federal/state codes; Business: company profiles, country profiles, and SEC filings; People: directories from the entertainment industry, elected officials, executives, politicians, and obituaries.

General OneFile Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Current journal and news information in humanities, education, business, science, art, politics, economics, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology and environmental issues. Formerly InfoTrac OneFile.
Note: Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile

Business and company ASAP Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Business and management information: journals, newspapers, directories, newswire releases.

JSTOR Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Complete backfiles of core scholarly journals, searchable by journal (1 or more), keywords, author, title etc. Files do not include the latest 3-5 years.

Newspapers

New York Times Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Full-text of NYT from 1998 - present.
Note: For archives (1851-2001), see ProQuest historical newspapers: New York Times

The Wall Street Journal Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only ArticleLinker enabled Some full text available
Full-text of WSJ from 1984-present.
Note: For archives (1889-1987), see ProQuest historical newspapers: Wall Street Journal

Web Sites

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)-publications Unrestricted Resource
Gives various information on standards, concepts, interpretations, technical bulletins, etc.

RAW-Rutgers University Accounting Web Unrestricted Resource
associations, SEC documents, annual reports, dictionaries/encyclopedias and standards. Links to a wide variety of web resources

Business Journalism.org : tutorials Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images Resource contains audio
Combination of web & audio files provides a primer to a variety of topics such as how to cover: the Business of Health Care, Private Companies, the Business of Sports, S.E.C. filings, Financial Statements, use & interpretation of numbers and the Economy, etc.

Business Ethics Unrestricted Resource
A site by Sharon Stoerger MLS, MBA. This is a compilation of websites having to do with ethics and business. Includes case studies, articles, corporate codes of ethics, etc.

Central Bank lists from Bank for International Settlements Unrestricted Resource
Link to Central Banks for countries around the world. Useful for getting statistics, exchange rate information and news and policy briefings.

Holmes Report Unrestricted Resource
Provides information to Public Information professionals including case histories

Symbol Lookup from Yahoo Finance Unrestricted Resource
Find symbols for companie and indices.

Atlases

National Atlas of the United States Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Site features dynamic maps, printable maps, and mapmaker feature.

Biographical Information

Biographical Sources Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Site developed by IC Librarian.

Blogs

FIR: The Hobson & Holtz Report Unrestricted Resource Resource contains audio
Twice weekly commentary on public relations and technology by Shel Holtz & Neville Hobson.

Directories

International Telephone Directories Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Lookup directory for major international directories.

Government Information

Internal Revenue Service - Department of the Treasury Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Forms, publications and a wide assortment of information on accounting and taxes.

SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) Unrestricted Resource
Search by keyword or 2,3 or 4 digit number to get a description of an industy and the code assigned to it. These codes allow one to find similar companies in an industry (either service or manufacturing) and to compare them.

Migrating Government Publications. Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
The Federal Government is in the process of converting publications to electronic format. Consult these lists to go directly to the publications.

NAICS (North American Industrial Classification System) Unrestricted Resource
Uses a 6 digit numbering system to classify industries that either make a product or offer a service (such as banks)in North America. You can search the database by code or by text describing the industry. These codes can be used to generate a list of companies in an industry and to compare them using other directories found both print or online.

U. S. Government Accountability Office Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Serves as the lead auditor of the U.S. government’s consolidated financial statements. Most of the agency’s work involves program evaluations, policy analyses, and legal opinions and decisions on a broad range of government programs and activities both at home and abroad.

Grants/Scholarships/Financial Aid

Foundation Center Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Information on individual foundations, including Federal Form 990 filings.

Organizations

Media Bloggers Association Unrestricted Resource
Promotes, protects and educates its members in support of blogging and citizen journalism.

Statistics/Data

SEC EDGAR database Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Official SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) documents such as Form 10-K, 10-Q, Proxy statements, registration statements, and merger and acquisition documents.

EdgarScan Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
EdgarScan is an interface to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) Filings. EdgarScan pulls filings from the Edgar Database ly to find key financial tables and normalize financials to a common format that is comparable across companies

Morningstar.com Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Stock and mutual fund research resource. Gives independent analysis and recommendations. Screening capability.

Value line investment survey Campus Faculty, Staff and Students only Some full text available
Information and advice on stocks, industries, the stock market and the economy. Online: current quarter only; Print: Last 3 years in Reference Stacks.


Call Number: REF HG4501 .V26
Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Information and advice on stocks, industries, the stock market and the economy. Online: current quarter only; Print: Last 3 years in Reference Stacks.

SEC Info Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Securities Information from the SEC EDGAR database. Search by Name, Industry, Business, SIC Code, Area Code,Topic, CIK, Accession Number, File Number, Date, ZIP. You may have to join but membership is free.

Federal Reserve Board -Statistical Releases Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Various statistical releases such as: foreign exchange rates, interest rates, commercial paper, banks, flow of funds, etc. Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual statistics both current and historical

National Statistics (UK) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Free access to data produced by the UK Office for National Statistics, government departments and devolved administrations.

Travel

Mapquest Unrestricted Resource Some full text available
Maps and travelling directions.