Business Resources
Finding ARTICLES
Business Source Elite - Good starting point for research on business topics. Covers business publications and economics journals, including peer-reviewed publications. (Database Service: EBSCO)
General Business File ASAP - A secondary source of academic and professional business periodicals. (Database Service: Thomson Gale)
SAGE Journals Online - Interdisciplinary database which includes full text for many Business journals. (Database Service: SAGE)
LexisNexis - Best source for legal information. Includes secondary and primary legal sources such as legal news, law reviews, court cases, statutes and regulations. (Database Service: LexisNexis) user guides
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Business - Electronic encyclopedias covering management, law, occupations, science, technology, and ethics.
Also try these interdisciplinary indexes:
- ProQuest Research Library (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 82k)
- Academic Search Premier (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 79k)
- Academic OneFile (Database Service: Thomson Gale) user guide (PDF 75k)
Company, Industry, And Financial Sources
Business & Company Resource Center / Investment Reports - Full text of Company and Industry Investment/Analyst's reports; also company histories, products and rankings (Database Service: Thomson Gale) user guide (PDF 87k)
Value Line Investment Survey - A comprehensive source of information and advice on stocks, industries, the stock market, and the economy. (Database Service: Value Line) user guide, subscriber guides
LexisNexis - Click on "Business" to get financial info, company reports (including Hoover's Company Records), SEC filings and more. (Database Service: LexisNexis) user guides
Business Source Elite - For Datamonitor Company Reports click on "Company Profiles" from the green menu bar. (Database Service: EBSCO)
Reference USA - Directory of U.S. Businesses. Available through Madison Public Library -- you must enter your public library card number. (Database Service: infoUSA)
Business News Sources
LexisNexis - Full text of international, national, and regional news sources, plus industry publications. (Database Service: LexisNexis) user guides
Corporate Resource Net - Full text articles from nearly 1,300 business magazines and journals. (Database Service: EBSCO)
Regional Business News - Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Coverage includes all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. (Database Service: EBSCO)
ProQuest Newspapers - State and Regional (Database Service: ProQuest)
Wall Street Journal and other National Newspapers (Database Service: ProQuest)
Historical Wall Street Journal (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 135k)
Finding BOOKS
Edgewood's Catalog - Books, journal titles, videos, more. See also new books.
Course Reserves - Search by course number or instructor
NetLibrary - a collection of electronic books with over 2200 books in Business, Econonmics & Management. (Database Service: OCLC Online Computer Library Center)
WorldCat - for books, videos, etc from libraries nationwide
Business WEBSITES
American Accounting Association - Resources for Accounting and Finance Students - Includes links to journals, associations, standards boards, etc.
Best of the Best Business Websites - From the Business Reference and Services section of the American Library Association.
BEOnline+ - Selected web resources in business and economics. From the Library of Congress's Business Reference Services.
Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire - News, reports and press releases.
Inc.com - Delivers advice, tools, and services, to help business owners start, run, and grow their businesses more successfully. Includes information and advice for virtually every business and management task.
ThomasNet - The on-line version of the Thomas Register of American Manufacturers.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Trademark and patent database. Includes images, descriptions, and registration status.
Wisconsin Office of Economic Advisors - Features economic indicators, including employment rates, wages, and other statistics.
Financial Websites
Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary - Contains more than 8,000 financial terms and definitions.
Federal Reserve Board Statistics: Releases and Historical Data - Features economic indicators such as consumer credit, industrial production, exchange rates, interest rates, and other data.
EDGAR - Government web site for SEC filings, including annual reports (10k forms) and mutual fund prospectuses (485 forms).
MarketWatch - Stock market news, quotes, commentary and investment research.
Reuters Stocks Information - Quotes, charts, analysis and other financial info. Also has industry information.
Yahoo Finance - Stock quotes/charts, analyst coverage, financials, market news, mortgate rates and currency rates.
Statistics
See the Statistics Resources page.