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Recommended Databases

Checkpoint Edge This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive tax and accounting research database covering tax and accounting laws and news on the international, federal, state and local levels. Provides access to a variety of primary sources, analysis, journals, news, cases, and rulings.
Morningstar Investing Center This link opens in a new window
Data about mutual funds, stocks, exchange-traded funds, and closed-end funds. It also in includes analyst reports, newsletters, screening tools, calculators and other educational resources.
Mergent Market Atlas
Mergent Market Atlas offers a wealth of detail - the hallmark of all Mergent Products - on company financials, ratios, business segments, descriptions, sustainability, officers and directors. Powerful and intuitive search capabilities combined with an easy to learn and use interface provide quick access to a multitude of company, industry, index, ESG and economic data views and reports. Mergent Market Atlas delivers the same comprehensive suite of financial information used by professionals under LSEG's Refinitiv and FTSE Russell brands.
PrivCo This link opens in a new window
Verified financials, business data, news, and media on major private companies (defined as those which are unlisted on stock exchanges and/or family-owned.) The company descriptions also include private M&A and venture capital transactions, deal terms, valuation multiples, private equity/ founder/family ownership breakdowns, bankruptcies, IPOs, and more. PrivCo is the premier database of private company info.

No account required, click "Academic Direct Access" to access content. Accounts can be created through the "Create an academic account" link.

Bloomberg Terminal
Bloomberg is a terminal-bound financial services platform that offers real time and historical data from 250 exchanges, and over 100 countries. It contains financial research and analysis on companies, markets, and economies.

Bloomberg Terminals are operated and administered by the College of Business and can be found in the FinTech Lab (Glenn 106).

Governmental GAAP Update Service
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
Government Auditing Standards
The American Institute of CPAs & The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Various accounting standards found under Resources tab

ABI/Inform Complete This link opens in a new window
Cross searching of the business databases: ABI/Inform Dateline, ABI/INFORM Global, and ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry. Features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals, country-and industry-focused reports and data. International coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Full text for more than 2,200 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles in all business disciplines, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
WestlawNext This link opens in a new window
Full text of federal and state court cases, laws and regulations; legal periodicals and encyclopedias; European Union legal documents; and legal guides and information for pre-law students. Note: many functions of Westlaw will only function properly if you disable any pop-up blocker. For example, printing may not work if a pop-up blocker is active.
Emerald Library This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to over 180 journals in management, applied science and technology, engineering, health sciences, and library and information science.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of back issues of core scholarly journals in the arts, business, humanities, sciences and social sciences. Does not provide the most current issues, usually has a rolling end date of 2-5 years.
Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Full text of 300+ U.S. and international news sources. Includes coverage of 150+ major U.S. and international newspapers such as The New York Times and the Times of London, plus hundreds of other news sources and news wires.

EDGAR
"The EDGAR database provides free public access to corporate information, allowing you to research a public company’s financial information and operations by reviewing the filings the company makes with the SEC. You can also research information provided by mutual funds (including money market funds), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and variable annuities."
Securities and Exchange Commission
The Securities and Exchange Commission is a government agency responsible for protecting investors from misconduct, promoting fairness and efficiency in securities markets, and facilitating capital formation.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Administers and enforces federal revenue law.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: Data
The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States. This page contains a variety of data sources including daily interest rates for selected US Treasury and private money market and capital market instruments.

AnnualReports.com
Provides easy access annual reports from thousands of public companies. Includes the most recent annual reports and an archive of previous years.
Big Charts
Interactive financial charts, quotes, and reports. Includes historical data.
Investopedia
Provides a variety of written content on investing for all levels. Includes a dictionary and an investment game.
ADR
Created by JPMorgan. Provides news, earnings estimates, quotes, technical charts, and institutional ownership on American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and international equities.
AICPA Accounting Glossary
Online dictionary of accounting terms from the AICPA

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Harvard Business Review

Fast Company

Kiplinger

Financial Times

Inc.

Wall Street Journal

The Economist

Forbes

Bloomberg Businessweek

Harvard Business Review

Fast Company

Kiplinger

Financial Times

Inc.

Wall Street Journal

The Economist

Forbes

Bloomberg Businessweek

Harvard Business Review

Fast Company

Kiplinger

Financial Times

Inc.