Databases
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July spotlight:
EIU Country Commerce provides "how to do business" information for over 54 countries. It covers human resources, business law, taxes, financial
incentives, investment regulations, labor trends, and more. From the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Tax Research
CCH Internet Tax Research NetWork- Provides federal and state tax information as well as tax news.
- Includes tax codes, regulations, court cases, rulings, legislative documents, treaties, and IRS publications
- Also includes analysis from CCH.
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BNA Tax Management Portfolios Plus
- Provides primary and secondary sources on taxes, including the Internal Revenue Code, tax regulations, federal tax cases and court decisions, current legislation, tax treaties, federal and state tax forms, and expert analysis from tax professionals.
- Also provides journal articles, working papers, and weekly news updates.
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Articles
Business Source Premier
- Our largest database for business articles.
- Covers over 8,200 journals, magazines, and newspapers.
- Covers 1984-present, with earlier coverage for hundreds of top business journals.
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- Covers all aspects of business and economics.
- Covers over 10,000 general periodicals and scholarly journals.
- Covers 1980-present.
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- Provides the full text of the newspaper from July 8, 1889 to the present.
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- Provides full text articles from business newspapers, press releases, newsletters, and some trade magazines.
- Also covers some accounting publications.
- Covers 1975-present.
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SSRN: Social Science Research Network
- Provides an abstracts database of working and forthcoming papers.
- Also provides a fulltext "Electronic Paper Collection".
- Some content requires a subscription.
- UNCG doesn't have an institutional subscription, but check Journal Finder for any fee-based article you would like to see.
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- Provides the full text of over 150 scholarly journals, including many in business.
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- Provides the complete digitized text of over 100 scholarly journals in business, economics, and finance.
- Coverage begins with the first issue, but usually does not include the last 3-5 years.
- Search Journal Finder to see options for accessing recent issues of journal in JSTOR.
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- Provides the full text of hundreds of scholarly journals, including many in business.
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- Indexes over 2,200 social science journals, including many in business.
- Also provides access to cited references, the footnotes to a scholarly article.
- Covers 1955-present.
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Cabell's Directories of Publishing Opportunities
- Provides descriptions of accounting journals to help researchers publish articles.
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Investments
- An investment database for stocks and mutual funds.
- Covers all stocks on the NYSE, NASDAQ, and ASE, and 14,000 mutual funds.
- Provides screeners, Morningstar Analyst Reports, the portfolio x-ray, and education tools.
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- Covers stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.
- Provides a screeners, market snapshots, commentary, and lists of top stocks and funds, and the S&P indexes.
- Use the advanced search from the "Companies" section to access the screeners.
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Mergent Horizon (5 concurrent users)
- Covers around 6,200 public companies (NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX companies).
- Provides peer-group, competitive analysis, and merger and acquisition analysis tools.
- Includes detailed stock performance data.
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Investext Plus (2 concurrent users)
- Provides full text investment reports and forecasts for more than 11,000 US and international companies and for many industries.
- Also available via OneSource Global (the international database in ReferenceUSA), but with fulltext searching and no concurrent user limits.
- Covers market statistics, analysis, trends, forecasts, and economic indicators.
- Sources include investment houses and brokerage firms from around the world, including Wachovia Securities, Bear Sterns, Credit Suisse, A.G. Edwards, Deutsche Bank Securties, and Prudential Equity Group.
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- Use the "Business" link in the red navigation bar to search for a company.
- From the company snapshot, select the "Financial Information" link in the left under "Reports".
- In the financial information report, note the "Stock Information" and "Research & Analyst Reports" sections.
- Information from Vickers Securities Report, Zacks Consensus Earnings Projections, Investext, and Nelson's Company Research are usually available.
- Also provides data from Disclosure, WorldScope, and CoreData.
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Yahoo! Finance Historical Quotes
- Coverage of some stocks goes back to 1970.
- Data can be downloaded into a spreadsheet (look for the link under the chart).
Corporate Finances
- Provides detailed financials and descriptions of 55,000 US & international public companies.
- Covers product, service, and business lines, sales by continents and product lines, balance sheets, income and cash flow statements, ratios, stock, bond, and earnings information, top shareholders, subsidiaries, board members, senior executives and their salaries, and merger and acquisitions.
- Data can be exporting into Excel
- Companies can be easily compared using the Peer Report and Peer Analysis tabs.
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- Through the Company Profiles, provides 6-7 years of financial data for most US public companies, and US-traded foreign companies.
- Also provides U.S. company income statements, balance sheets, ratios, and monthly stock data in Excel via "Compustat Excel Analytics," and the same for international companies via "Compustat International Fundamental Reports."
- Financial comparisons of competitors (U.S. and international) are also provided through the Compustat data.
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Mergent Horizon (5 concurrent users)
- Covers around 6,200 public companies (NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX companies) and hundreds of product and service sectors.
- Provides peer-group, competitive analysis, and merger and acquisition analysis tools.
- Includes detailed stock performance data.
- Provides enhanced data for health care, technology, media, and finance companies.
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SEC Filings in OneSource Global (select "International Businesses" in ReferenceUSA)
- Available under the "News & Reports" link.
- Filings can be viewed in Excel, Word, PDF, or HTML.
- Search by company, ticker, SIC code, keyword, exchanges, or index.
- Covers 1994 to present.
- Also available (but with more limited options) from EDGAR.
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- Provides 10 years of financial data for most US public companies and US-traded foreign companies.
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Accounting & Finance Resources
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