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:

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.