LibGuides: Finance and Risk Management: Find Articles

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Individual Databases Best for Finance & Risk Management

Business Insights: Essentials This link opens in a new window This database provides company profiles, SWOT reports, financial data, industry statistics, as well as news coverage of major business events and trends from 1980 to present. It also contains a glossary of business terms.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window Business Source Complete provides indexing for over 5,000 business journals, trade publications, and magazines, including full text for over 3,800 titles, of which nearly 2,000 are peer-reviewed journals. This database offers information in management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and more. It contains market research reports, industry reports, country economic reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
CCH Tax Research Network This link opens in a new window An online tax research service from Commerce Clearing House which includes federal and state tax reporters, as well as IRS publications. Coverage is current and updates vary according to the publication.
EconLit This link opens in a new window EconLit provides comprehensive information on accounting, capital markets, econometrics, economic forecasting, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics and much more. It is a reliable source of citations and abstracts to economic research dating back to 1969.
Mergent Online (10 user limit) This link opens in a new window Provides financial information on over 10,000 U.S. companies and 20,000 non-U.S. companies, as well as industry information for world-wide industries.

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Databases Best for Background Information

Cost of Living Index This link opens in a new window Provides up-to-date income and cost comparisons for over 300 urban areas in the U.S., including housing, utilities, transportation, health care, groceries, and other goods and services.
MRI Simmons Insights (previously MRI University Reporter) This link opens in a new window Provides summary tables of comprehensive demographic, lifestyle, media data, and product usage of over 6,500 products in nearly 600 categories collected from sampling over 25,000 consumers.
Nations of the World This link opens in a new window Provides updated information in areas of politics, economics, and business for every country in the world.
Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window This is the most current and authoritative summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.

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