Finance Research Guide
Articles and Databases
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Additional Databases
Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers
- You can find magazines in the campus libraries by searching the Journal Search or the Library Catalog.
- Search the Journal Search for additional electronic versions of magazines, journals, and newspapers.
Examples of magazines that you'll find:
- Bloomburg Businessweek
- Fortune
- Economist
- Entrepreneur
- Strategic Finance
Subject Headings
"financial statements," "financial management," bank and banking, "capital investments," valuation, bankruptcy, finance, "global marketing," stocks, "business ethics," investments, "risk assessment," "risk management," "financial crises"
Books and Ebooks
Search tips:
- Try keywords like: Finance, Global Marketing, Stocks, Business Ethics, Investments, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Financial Crises.
- Search broad keywords because you're not searching the entire content of the ebook yet.
- In the Library Catalog, to find only Ebooks: narrow your search results by clicking on format > electronic.
Examples of ebooks and you'll find in the Library Catalog:
- Servigny, A. de. (2007). The handbook of structured financeHandbook of public finance. New York: McGraw-Hill. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
- Backhaus, J. G.. (2004). . Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
- Timmons, J. A., Zacharakis, A. (2005). How to raise capital: Techniques and strategies for financing and valuing your small business. New York: McGraw-Hill. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
- Banks, E. (2007). Finance: The basics. London: Routledge. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
- Clark, G. L., Wojcik, D. (2007). The geography of finance: Corporate governance in the global marketplace. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
- Allen, F., Gale, D. (2007). Understanding financial crises. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from NetLibrary.
Websites
We recommend websites such as:
- Money Online http://money.cnn.com/
- NASDAQ online http://www.nasdaq.com/
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (U.S. Dept. of Commerce) http://www.bea.gov/
- MORE! Take a look at the GEN Library's Delicious Links for finance topics
Or search the recommended links for all topics:
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What are you looking for?
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Financial Statements
- Note: You will have a difficult time finding financial information for privately traded companies. Try to choose public companies. Private companies are not required to publish financial data.
- LexisNexis Academic -
You cand find balance sheets and income statements for a company in LexisNexis Academic database. It’s also easy to find companies in the same industry because you can see a list of a company’s top competitors. - You may have some luck with looking at a company’s official website or one of these sites:
- http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/results/statemnt.asp
- http://finance.yahoo.com/
- http://www.businessweek.com/
- Note: The library has a subsctription to Business Week. Search the Journal Search for Business Week.
- Investment Information - Search Value Line
- Wall Street Journal - Search ProQuest
Professional Organizations
- Financial Management Association http://www.fma.org/
- Association for Financial Professionals http://www.afponline.org/
- Financial Planning Association http://www.efa-online.org/r/default.asp?iId=JDGLH
- MORE! Take a look at GEN Library's Delicious Links for finance professional associations and organizations
Ask a Librarian
We can help with any part of the research process.
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