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Books

Use this link to search for GSU Library materials and to extend your search beyond the GSU Library to search 71 academic libraries in the I-SHARE system.  Books that are not owned by GSU may be requested from another library and will be held at the Circulation Desk for pick-up.

Journal Articles & Databases for Finance

The following databases are recommended for students in Finance. To access these databases go to the Journals & Databases A-Z list.

For full text journal articles, articles in peer reviewed journals, citations, and abstracts in Finance, use the following databases:

  • ABI Inform (ProQuest)
  • Business Source Elite (EBSCO)
  • ProQuest Research Library Core & Business Module (ProQuest)
  • Academic Lexis-Nexis Click on Business and then Accounting for Accounting Literature.
  • Accounting and Tax with Standards (ProQuest)

For company profiles, financials, and industry information, use the following databases:

  • Mergent Online – formerly Moody’s Manuals
    • Company profiles
    • Company financials and analysis
    • Company histories
    • Annual Reports
    • Create company reports, comparison reports, competitors
  • Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage
    • Business and investment information
    • Industry Surveys
    • Industry Trends and Projections
    • Company descriptions and financials

For stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, use the following databases:

  • Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage

    • Market snapshots
    • Investment ideas 
    • The Outlook
    • S & P Rankings
    • S & P Indices
    • Stock Reports
    • Bond Reports
    • Mutual Funds/Exchange Traded Funds

For business, trade, and economic information from across the Federal Government:

  • STAT USA
    • State of the Nation – financial and economic data, CPI, PPI, GDP, etc.
    • Globus – Global Business Opportunities
    • NTDB - National Trade Data Bank – country commercial guides, market research reports, etc.
    • International Trade Library

For Accounting Standards:

  • Accounting and Tax with Standards (ProQuest)
    • FASB – Current Text, Original Pronouncements, EITF Abstracts, FASB Implementation Guides
    • GASB – Original Pronouncements, GASB Implementation Guides, Codification of Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards
    • IASB – International Accounting Standards, SIC Interpretations, International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRIC Interpretations
  • Academic Lexis-Nexis – click on Business and then Accounting for Accounting Literature.  See Source List for available titles, including:
    • AICPA publications 
    • Miller guides: GAAP, GAAS, Government GAAP, GAAP Emerging Issues Task Force, European Accounting Guide, OMB Literature, etc.
    • Wiley guides: GAAP, GAAP for Governments, IAS: Interpretation of International Accounting Standards, etc.

For Tax Research:

  • RIA Checkpoint Current and Archival Tax Research
    • Primary source material: IRS Code, Treasury Regulations, Federal Tax Cases, IRS Rulings & Releases, etc.
    • Editorial materials: Citator 2nd, Federal Tax Coordinator, Federal Tax Handbook, U.S. Tax Reporter, U.S. Tax Citator, etc.
    • Warren ,Gorham & Lamont Treatises
  • Academic Lexis-Nexis – Click on Legal Research and then Tax Law.  See Source List for available titles, including:
    • Federal Tax Cases,  State Tax Cases
    • AICPA Tax Lawyer and AICPA Tax Advisor
    • Internal Revenue Code, Bulletin, Cumulative Bulletin

Internet Resources

Click below for web resources recommended by your subject area librarian.

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