Research guide for Accountancy
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Journals/Resources
Accounting Journals and Other Resources
ABI/Inform Global (Proquest) (1971 - present; updated monthly)
Abstracting and full-text access to over 1,800 journals covering business conditions, trends, management techniques, corporate strategies, and industry-specific topics worldwide. Contains information on more than 60,000 companies as well as executive profiles, reports on market conditions, and in-depth case studies of global business trends. Also includes theses and doctoral dissertations.
EBSCO Business Source Premier (selected titles 1922-current; updated daily)
Provides full-text for nearly 8,800 business journals and other sources, including full-text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications, 1,200 trade journals/general business magazines, over 3,000 full-text industry reports and over 500 market research reports. In addition, 10,000 company profiles (Datamonitor) are available. Topical coverage includes management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business. Includes over 250 accounting journals.
FACTIVA (Dow Jones& Reuters) provides searchable full-text to continuously updated newswires, trade magazines, & newspapers from around the globe. Available from UK campus machines only. Limited number of simultaneous users; please logoff after use (upper right-hand corner).
JSTOR: Searchable back-file collection of full-text journals. Browse Business collection to locate individual publications. Currently JSTOR includes ca. 90 titles. The collection brings together core titles in economics and finance, including many publications from the leading scholarly societies, with a range of important research journals in accounting, labor relations, marketing, management, operations research, and risk assessment.
LEXIS-NEXIS: Accounting Journals and Literature files are included in the Business section of this database.
SCIENCE DIRECT: Access to the full-text of ca. 50 Elsevier and other journals. Select under “Subject Areas”: Business, Management and Accounting
Browse individual journals or search all titles.
WEB of SCIENCE: Includes Science Citation Index Expanded (1900 - ), Art and Humanities Citation Index (1975 - ), and Social Sciences Citation Index (1956 - ). Restricted to 15 simultaneous users.
Newspapers/Journals/Trade Publications:
These online databases are helpful when looking for private and public company news, industry/market news, as well as news stories on general accounting topics.
ACCESS WORLD NEWS (News Bank)
(dates of coverage vary by publication; updated daily)
In addition to providing searchable, full-text access to almost 600 U.S. newspapers and other sources, AWN also covers almost 700 foreign titles. The sources are English-language newspapers, including the London Times, China Daily, Times of India and The Nation from Kenya. (Spanish-language editions of the newspapers are also included, such as the Miami Herald's El Nuevo Herald.) Complete title list (by state and country).
LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER (full-text database from 1983-current)
LEXIS-NEXIS, (first select: News, then use the pull-down “Select Sources” menus to choose U.S. News or regional or state news or Business News Publications).
NEW YORK TIMES (1851-2001; current years covered by Lexis-Nexis and AccessWorld); full-text from Proquest.
WALL STREET JOURNAL (1984-current).
Full text (with abstracts) from Proquest/ABI/Inform Global. Updated daily.
Public Company Resources
If your company is publicly-traded, you have multiple options for resources--print or online--which include detailed financial information.
Electronic Resources for Company Data:
SEC/EDGAR
SEC Filings and Forms. The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Freely available: www.sec.gov
SEDAR
(System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval)
Canadian Securities Administrators
This freely available Canadian resource facilitates the electronic filing of securities information as required by the securities regulatory agencies in Canada; allows for the public dissemination of Canadian securities information collected in the securities filing process; and provides electronic communication between electronic filers, agents and the Canadian securities regulatory agencies. Freely available: www.sedar.com
FACTIVA
Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC. Provides financial data on U.S. and international companies. Available from UK campus machines only. Limited number of simultaneous users; please logoff after use (upper right-hand corner).
LEXIS-NEXIS
Under “Academic Search” heading, select: Business. You can locate company information, company dossier, SEC filings and accounting-related information sources in this section (see: on the right side of the page). Click “Sources” link to find out more about each resource.
MERGENT ONLINE
Data on NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchange and international companies. Click on "Enter Mergent Online" (one user at a time). Accessible via campus computers. Also available off-campus for UK faculty, students and staff.
Private Company Resources
Step 1. Try to locate the company’s web site. Many private companies share some information about their business via the Internet, mostly for marketing, sales or PR purposes.
Step 2. Private companies are often included in state or local directories, such as those listed in this guide.
Step 3. Use electronic business journal databases, especially those that include either local newspapers or trade publications, such as those listed in this guide.
DUN & BRADSTREET MILLION DOLLAR DIRECTORY
Five-volume set, includes alphabetical, geographic and SIC listings.
Location: WTY Library Ready Reference: HC 102.D8
DUN & BRADSTREET REGIONAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Three-volume directory; includes public and private companies; covers SIC, alphabetical and geographic listings.
Location: WTY Library Ready Reference: HG 4057 .K4 D85
KENTUCKY BUSINESS DIRECTORY 2005/2006
Arranged by city, by yellow page category, by major employers, manufacturers, and executives
Location: WTY Library Ready Reference: HF 5065 .K4 K46
POLK CITY DIRECTORY
These sets include several Kentucky cities and Cincinnati. They include alphabetical and yellow page listings for public and private companies.
Location: WTY Library Ready Reference: On the right, wall shelf
LEXIS-NEXIS
Business – Company Profiles – Private Companies
Industry Information
These resources include industry overviews, recent developments, economic census statistics, and industry norms and ratios measuring solvency, efficiency and profitability. World-wide industry growth rates and other statistics are also included. (See: Standard and Poor’s GICS index, Global Industry Classification Standard, in S&P Industry Surveys).
STANDARD & POOR’S INDUSTRY SURVEYS
Three-volume set, published quarterly, covers 52 major industries.
Each survey discusses current environment, industry profile, trends and how industry operates. Also includes: industry ratios and statistics, and GICS.
Location: WTY Ready Reference: HC 106.6 .S74
DUN & BRADSTREET KEY BUSINESS RATIOS ONLINE: Provides 14 financial ratios for 800 products and services, arranged by SIC code. Data can be exported into spreadsheet format. Restricted to five simultaneous users.
The print version of this source is Duns Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. Location: WTY Reference: HF5681 .R25 I 5250
RMA ANNUAL STATEMENT STUDIES, 1977 -
(Risk Management Associates, formerly Robert Morris Associates)
Financial ratio benchmarks in NAICS format (also in SIC)
Location: WTY Reference: HF5681 .B2 R6
U.S. Census Bureau: ECONOMIC CENSUS www.census.gov
Please, notice information on industrial classification codes: NAICS and SIC.