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)
A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals in most disciplines
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost) 
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 
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) 
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) 
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)
A general database that contains full text and indexed articles from magazines, newspapers, books and journals.
General BusinessFile ASAP (InfoTrac)
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)
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
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) 
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 Center
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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