RESEARCH FOR GRADUATE BUSINESS STUDENTS

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RESEARCH FOR GRADUATE BUSINESS STUDENTS

• Jeanie M. Welch, B.A., M.A.L., M.I.M.
• Business Reference Librarian
• 704-687-2757
• jmwelch_at_uncc.edu

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FINDING BUSINESS DATABASES AND RESEARCH GUIDES

• From the Librarys home page (http//library.uncc.
  edu)
• Click on Articles, Papers, Reports
  http//library.uncc.edu/electronic/
• Click on Business
• From the Business page, you can click on either
  Research Guide for subject-specific how to
  guides in researching business-related subjects
• OR
• Click on the subcategory that you need (e.g.,
  Business Law)

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SEARCHING FOR ARTICLES

• The major database for finding business-related
  articles in journals and major newspapers is
• Business Source Premier (articles in journals,
  trade publications, popular business magazines
  indexing to articles in the New York Times and
  the Wall Street Journal)

• Other databases with business and
  economics-related journals and newspapers
  include
• LexisNexis AcademicBusiness
• EconLit (scholarly journals in economics)
• Regional Business News (local business journals)
• ProQuest Newspapers (New York Times and the Wall
  Street Journal)

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COMPANYINFORMATION

• Databases with Articles and Company Analysis
• Business Source Premier
• Investext Plus
• LexisNexis AcademicBusiness
• Financial and Stock DataDatabases
• Datastream
• Morningstar Library Edition
• LexisNexis AcademicBusiness
• OSIRIS
• Value Line Investment Survey

• Print Sources
• Mergent stock and bond guides
• Standard and Poors stock and bond guides
• Free Web Sites
• Search EDGAR (U. S. Securities Exchange
  Commission) http//www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/w
  ebusers.htm
• Yahoo! Finance
• http//finance.yahoo.com

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INDUSTRYINFORMATION

• Databases for Articles and Industry Analysis
• Business Source Premier
• Industry Market Research
• Investext Plus
• Mintel Oxygen
• Value Line Investment Survey

• Print Sources
• Mergent Industry Review
• Plunketts guides
• Ratio Services
• Almanac of Business Industrial Financial Ratios
• Industry Norms Key Business Ratios
• RMA Annual Statement Studies
• Standard Poors Industry Surveys

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ACCOUNTING AND TAXATION

• Journal Articles
• Business Source Premier
• LexisNexis AcademicBusiness
• Tax databases
• CCH Tax Research Net
• Checkpoint (RIA)

• Print Sources
• AICPA publications
• FASB publications
• Free Web Sites
• American Institute of Certified Public
  Accountants (www.aicpa.org)
• Financial Accounting Standards Board
  (http//www.fasb.org)

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ECONOMICS ANDSTATISTICS

• Article Databases
• Business Source Premier
• EconLit
• Macroeconomic Databases
• Datastream
• STAT-USA (U. S.)

• Print Sources
• International Financial Statistics (IMF)
• Standard Poors Statistical Survey
• Free Web Sites
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (U. S.)
  http//www.bea.gov
• United Nations Common Database
• http//unstats.un.org/unsd/cdb/cdb_help/cdb_quick
  _start.asp

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MARKETING ANDDEMOGRAPHICS

• Databases for articles
• Business Source Premier
• Databases for consumer information and
  demographics
• Choices 3 (Simmons)
• Industry Research Reports
• Mintel Oxygen

• Database for Finding Competition
• Reference USA
• Print Sources
• Lifestyle Market Analyst
• Market Share Reporter
• Free Web Site
• American Factfinder (demographics)
• http//factfinder.census.gov

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INTERNATIONALBUSINESS

• Databases
• Business Insights (marketing)
• Business Source Premier
• CountryWatch
• GLOBUS
• Mintel Oxygen (marketing)

• Print Sources
• Euromonitor publications
• International Financial Statistics (IMF)
• OECD publications
• Free Web site--VIBES http//library.uncc.
• edu/vibes/

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BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS OPERATIONS
MANAGEMENT

• Databases
• ACM Digital Library
• Business Source Premier
• Compendex
• Computer and Information Systems Abstracts