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Business Subject Guide
    Accounting, Business, and Finance




Databases and Journal Indexes

The following databases are only available to faculty, staff, and students of Charleston Southern University:

Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)DISCUS icon
A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals in most disciplines

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost) PASCAL icon
A general, multi-disciplinary database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals

Business and Company Resource Center with PROMT and Newsletters DISCUS icon
Offers topical business information and company and industry intelligence on thousands of global companies. It provides business, company, and industry content in the following areas: periodical articles, news articles, and press releases; detailed information for domestic and international companies and associations including information on corporate hierarchical structures; company financials and earning estimates; investment reports; corporate chronologies and company histories; brands and product information; industry and company rankings; market share data; industry overviews; and HR law case digests.

Business Source Premier (EBSCOHost) PASCAL icon
Provides full text for more than 8,800 serials, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Business Source Premier contains all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.

Business Source Premier Enhanced Searching Interface (EBSCOHost) PASCAL icon
The enhanced interface includes a browse function for industry profile (overview and market value), company profile (Datamonitor report), country report (economic and political background), and market research report (market insight and emerging trends).

EBSCO eBook Collection
A collection of over 21,000 electronic books available in full text online. These titles may be searched in the library's catalog or directly in the EBSCO database. Formerly known as NetLibrary, titles in this collection cover all subject areas.

Expanded Academic (InfoTrac)DISCUS icon
A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals.

General BusinessFile ASAP (InfoTrac)DISCUS icon
With General BusinessFile ASAP you can analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Additionally, you have access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available.

General OneFile (InfoTrac)DISCUS icon
A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals in most disciplines ranging from architecture to biology and history to mathematics.

JSTOR
An archive of scholarly journals that offers high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR. Select Advanced Search to choose discipline title.

LexisNexis: Academic
Provides access to full-text legal, news, business, and medical publications. Includes law review articles and more than 300 legal newspapers, magazines, and newsletters. Provides access to the Shepard's Citations service for all federal and states court cases back to 1789, European Union law from the CELEX database, and international case law from a number of other countries. Includes national and regional newspapers, wire services, transcripts of television and radio broadcasts, international news, and non-English language sources. Provides detailed company information and financial performance measures to identify and compare companies matching specific criteria. Includes Company Dossier, Hoover's Company Reports, Disclosure reports, Standard & Poor's Corporate Descriptions, and SEC filings.

New York Times
Selected full text of the New York Times from 1985 to the present is available in several of the library's databases, with complete digital coverage from 2008 to three months ago available in ProQuest Digital Microfilm. In addition, the library keeps the last 8 weeks of the newspaper in paper format, and has 1851 to 2009 on microfilm. To locate the correct resource for the date you need, see this list.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context   DISCUS icon
Provides contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, it features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Oxford Reference Online Premium See the section for Economics and Business found under "Subjects and Books"
Combines language and subject reference works together to form a large reference library. It contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works. The section for Economics and Business is found under "Subjects and Books"

Regional Business News (EBSCOHost) PASCAL icon
Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. It contains 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Small Business Resource CenterDISCUS icon
Search this database to learn how to start, finance or manage your small business. Resources include sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.

SpringerLink
An online collection of science, technology, and mathematics (STM) books, journals, and reference works from Springer-Verlag. Subject areas covered include Architecture and Design; Behavioral Science; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Business and Economics; Chemistry and Materials Science; Computer Science; Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences and Law; Mathematics and Statistics; Medicine; Physics and Astronomy; Professional and Applied Computing.

STAT-USA (Not available from off campus. See Reference Librarian for on campus use)
A database that contains federal government statistics since 1985. Two distinct databases make up STAT-USA. State of the Nation (SOTN) contains information on the direction of the U.S. economy through a repository of economic indicators on topics such as employment, wholesale and retail prices, monetary and housing trends, gross domestic product, etc. Global Business Opportunities (GLOBUS) & the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB) contain information on overseas buyers discovered by U.S. officials in the field. It contains over 200,000 current and historical documents on export opportunities by industry, country, and product; political and socio-economic conditions in hundreds of countries, etc.

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Print Sources

Reference

Accounting Trends and Techniques (Ref. HF5681.B2/ A35)

Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios Ref. HF 5681.R25 A45)

Directory of Corporate Affiliations (Ref. HG 4057/.A217)

Handbook of United States Economic and Financial Indicators (Ref. HC 106.8 .O47 2000)

International Directory of Company Histories (Ref. HD 272/ .I63 V. 1- )

International Financial Statistics Yearbook (Ref. HG 3881/ .I57/Year)

RMA Annual Statement Studies (Ref. HF5 681/.B2/ R6)

Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys (Ref. HC106.6 .S74)

Statistical Abstracts of the United States (Ref. HA 202/.S7) (1902--)

U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook (Ref. HC101/.U55)

Vital Statistics of the United States (Ref. HA 203/.A22) (Gov. Docs. Storage 1972-1993)

Wall Street Journal Index (Ref. HG 1/.W26) 1966-

Who's Who in Finance and Industry (Ref. HF 3023.A2 W5/Year)

Ready Reference

Developing a Professional Vita or Resume (Ref. HF 5383 .M18 1997)

South Carolina Business-To-Business (Ref. HF 5065/.S6/S65/year

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Internet Resources

@ Brint.com
The premier pusiness and technology portal and global community network for e-business, information, technology, and knowledge management.

Accounting Terminology Guide
Provides a broad overview of the accounting terms commonly used by accountants and financial analysts.

Annual Reports Online
Provides information and guidance on how to access annual reports and proxies on the Internet.

B&E DataLinks
Links to economic and financial data sources of interest to economists and business statisticians.

Better Business Bureau

Bplans.com
Contains sample business plans that will benefit anyone starting a new business, revamping a current business, or working on a class project.

Code of Federal Regulations
Includes the text of public regulations issued by federal agencies.

Hoover's Online: A Source for Company Information

KnowThis.com
Marketing information.

NASDAQ

NY Stock Exchange

SCIway: The South Carolina Information Highway
A comprehensive directory of South Carolina web sites.

SEC (U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission)

Small Business Administration

Small Business Advancement National Center
A multi-faceted small business counseling and electronic resource information center.

Wachowicz's Web World: Web Sites for Discerning Finance Students

Yahoo! Business and Economy Directory


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Online Journals

The following journals are available online:

BusinessWeek Online

Ivey Business Journal
Provides the latest in management thinking and the best in business practice.

Knowledge@Wharton
Resource for general business information allows viewers to access articles based on both research conducted at Wharton and a variety of other sources.


Find a list of e-journals in business available at CSU


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Journals and Magazines

The following journals are available in the CSU library:

Accounting Review

Abacus

Accountants Digest

Accountant's Magazine

Accounting and finance: journal of the Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand

Accounting Forum

Accounting Review

Across the board

African business

Akron business and economic review

Alaska business monthly

Alberta business

American journal of small business

Arkansas business

Association management

Atlanta business chronicle

Atlantic business

Aviation Week & Space Technology

B to B

Balance Sheet

Barron's

Black Enterprise

Boston Business Journal: BBJ

Bulletin of business research

Bulletin of the Business Historical Society

Business America

Business and Economic Review

Business and society

Business Detroit

Business education forum

Business first

Business history

Business history review

Business horizons

Business Journal

Business Lawyer

Business NH

Business Periodicals Index

Business Week

CA

California business

Canadian Banker

Cato Journal

CDA/Investnet insiders' chronicle

Changing times

Charleston metro commerce

Chemical Week

Columbia Journal of World Business

Consumer Reports

Controller

Corporate Detroit

Corporate report Minnesota

CPA Journal

D & B reports

Dallas business journal

Denver business

Denver Business Journal

Dispute Resolution Journal

Dun's review

Dun's

Entrepreneurship theory and practice: ET&P

Federal Accountant

Federal Reserve Bulletin

Financial executive: FE

Financial market trends

Financial Review

Financial world

Forbes

Forbes Magazine Annual Report

Fortune

Government Accountants Journal

Harvard Business Review

Hawaii business

Houston business journal

Illinois business review

Inc.

Indiana business magazine

Indiana business

Indianapolis business journal

Industrial Relations

Insiders' Chronicle

Internal Auditor

International Financial Statistics

International management

Jackson Journal Of Business

Journal of accountancy

Journal of Accounting Research

Journal of Business

Journal of data management

Journal of Finance

Journal of financial and quantitative analysis

Journal of small business management

Journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association

Journal of world business

Latin Finance

Maclean's

Michigan business

Michigan CPA

Mid-Atlantic Journal of Business

Minneapolis/St. Paul city Business

Mississippi Business Journal

Money

Monthly Labor Review

Moody

NAA bulletin

NAA management accounting

NACA bulletin

National Public Accountant

National Tax Journal

New Jersey success

Occupational Outlook Quarterly

Ohio CPA Journal

Orange County business journal

Oregon business

Outlook

Pittsburgh business times

Pittsburgh business times-journal

Presentations

Professional Report

Public finance quarterly

Public finance review: PFR

Puget Sound business journal

RBER, Review of business and economic research

Real estate economics

Real estate today

Review of business

Review of financial economics

Rocky Mountain business journal

Sacramento business journal

San Diego business journal

San Francisco business times

Security management

Small business report

Social Security Bulletin

St. Louis business journal

Survey of Current Business

TCI: The Business of Entertainment Technology & Design

Texas business

Texas business review

Today's realtor

Transportation & distribution

Tulsa business chronicle

U.S. banker

United States banker

Vermont business

Virginia Accountant

Virginia Accountant Quarterly

Wall Street Journal

Washington business journal

Wisconsin business


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