ACC660 - Professional Accounting

Finding Books

Library Catalog

For books & documents @ Kresge Library.

WorldCat

For books from thousands of other libraries.

Article Databases*

ABI/Inform

InfoTrac General Business File

ASAP Use the Advanced Search option to search Investext for investment analyst reports.

WilsonBusiness

LexisNexis Business Section

Includes accounting journals & magazines, full text accounting and auditing standards, as well as general business and industry-specific publications.

LexisNexis Taxation section

Includes the IRS code, Tax Analysts journals & magazines, and other tax-related publications.

Wall Street Journal

Full text from 1984 - present through ABI/Inform.

Web Business Portals

Yahoo! Finance

Reuters Finance

Bloomberg

Finding Company Data*

Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private & Public Companies * (Ref. HF 5035 .W38)

Hoover's (via LexisNexis)

more than 15,000 public and private companies worldwide.

Mergent

Financial data on US and international publicly traded firms; includes annual reports, SEC filings, news and other information. Log off after using!

Morningstar (1 user)

Independent analysis of mutual fund and stock performance. Log off after using!

ValueLine (available in print, ask at the reference desk)

Independent stock analysis reports on publicly traded firms.

 

Ref. HG 4501 .V26 - index at the Ref. desk EDGAR - freely available 10-K and other SEC filings for public companies.

Market Share Reporter (Ref. HF 5415.1 .M36)

Business Rankings Annual (Ref.HG 4061 .B9)

Finding Industry Data

NAICS Codes

Economics Census (US Census Bureau)

County Business Patterns (US Census Bureau)

Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys
(Ref. HC 101 .S72 (Index at Reference Desk; latest surveys at Circulation Desk)

Encyclopedia of American Industries
(Ref. HC 102 .E53 2005)

Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios
Ref. HF 5681 .R25 T68

Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios
(Ref. HF 5681 .R25 D81)

RMA Annual Statement Studies
(Ref. HF 5681 .B2 R6)

Contact Information

Library Contact: Shawn V. Lombardo

Department Contact: Joseph Callaghan

Finding Economic Data

Bureau of Economic Analysis

National and international statistics, including GDP, personal income, and balance of trade data, as well as the latest economic indicators.

Federal Statistics Briefing Room

Contains links to economic and social data, grouped into broad categories.

Economic Indicators Database

Monthly data from 1998-present.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Data on employment, wages, productivity, and business costs

Statistical Abstract of the United States

Statistical handbook for the US; also available in print at Ref. HA 202 .S7 (latest ed. at the reference desk)

FedStats

Accessing Items Not Owned by
Kresge Library

ILLiad

OU's interlibrary loan service. Request items directly from FirstSearch databases, or use ILLiad's online request forms. Free!!

Reciprocal borrowing

from an area library (using your driver's license & validated OU Spirit Card):

U. of Detroit Mercy UM-Dearborn
Lawrence Tech. Walsh College
MCC OCC (Oakland Co. residents only)

Borrow from Wayne State (& other area libraries) using an InfoPass.

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Created on 1/18/05 by Shawn V. Lombardo / Last updated on 9/1/08 by Shawn V. Lombardo
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