Business & Finance databases

Articles from trade magazines and journals (including peer-reviewed)

ABI/Inform Complete: Covers hundreds of magazines and journals including articles from the Wall Street Journal (1984 to present). (more info...)
Business & Company Resource Center: To do an article keyword search, use the Advanced Search button. To search for articles arranged by subject, click the Articles button. (more info...)
Business Source Premier: Start here to find articles on most business and management topics. (more info...)

CCH IntelliConnect Fall 2009 new name & look: IntelliConnect Quick Reference card (PDF): CCH practice publications on employment & labor law; safety & OSHA regulations; and health law including FDA materials and applicable federal and state case law. (more info...)
Lexis-Nexis Academic: Click the Legal tab, then use the menu to access state & federal statutes, case law, and law review articles and international legal materials. (more info..)

BIZCOMPS (part of BVMarketData): Reports transactions of small private "main street" businesses. (more info...)
Deluxe BVUpdate (part of BVlibrary.com): Timely, concise, authoritative, access to the business valuation literature. (more info...)
DoneDeals Online: Provides merger and acquisition details for private and public mid-market companies sold for purchase prices between $1 million and $1 billion. (more info...)
Economic Outlook Update (part of BVlibrary.com): Quarterly issues contain the relevant economic data needed to prepare a thorough business valuation report. (more info...)
Mergerstat (part of BVMarketData): Quantifies the minority discount and control premium data used in business valuation and appraisals of public companies.(more info...)
Pratt's Stats (part of BVMarketData): Highlights the details of sales of large privately and closely held companies. (more info...)
Public Stats (part of BVMarketData): Reports transaction details of public company sales. (more info...)

BizJournals New - Fall 2009: Digital/PDF copies of the current issues for all 40 plus newspapers published by American City Business Journals. (more info...)
Business & Company Resource Center: A company search in this database will link to a company profile, articles, company histories, investment reports, rankings, industry overviews for the company's lines of business and associations relevant to the company/industry. (more info...)
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic: This database offers access to multiple company directories and can cover small to large companies in a single search. An Adobe PDF Guide to Searching Companies on Lexis-Nexis Academic is linked here.
Regional Business News: Provides the full-text of U.S. business wires, etc. (more info...)
Sorkins Online (Fast login for MO and IL on-campus users): Business, government, and non-profit directory for Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City. (more info...)

Note: As of 01-25-2008, Sorkins is available to Webster MO and IL on-campus users only. (more info...)

NetLibrary: Over 15,000 online current and classic books in a variety of subject areas. (more info...)
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Online encyclopedias and dictionaries on business and other topics. (more info...)

Business & Company Resource Center: Do a company search to retrieve the company directory listing then use the Investment Reports tab to access Reuters investment information or the Financials tab to access basic stock data and financials.(more info...)
LEXIS-NEXIS Academic: Offers financials for U. S. and international comapnies under the Business tab.
Mergent Online: Excellent source for financial statements and other data on U.S. public and international companies. (more info...)
TWST: The Wall Street Transcript: Provides interviews with corporate CEOs, round tables, money managers and major and niche investment sector analysts. (more info...)
Value Line Investment Survey: Includes information on large cap stocks and industries. (more info...)

BizMiner New - Fall 2009: Provides industry and geographic data, including both 3- and 5-year industry financial profiles and ratios. (more info...)
D & B Key Business Ratios: Provides selected ratios for hundreds of industries. (more info...)
Industry Market Research (IBISWorld): Reports on industry market research, business environment, company research, and global industry. (more info... )
Integra 5-Year Industry Reports has been canceled; see BizMiner
Standard & Poor's Net Advantage: Online access to Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys. (more info...)

EIU ViewsWire: "Daily business intelligence on 195 countries." (more info...)
Lexis-Nexis Academic: Click the Business tab to access U.S. and international company directories and country profiles including business opportunities and country briefings; the News tab to search U.S. and international news; and the Legal tab to search for international legal materials. (more info...)
Stat-USA: The US Dept of Commerce's database on US and international business statistics and documents. (more info ...)
WISERTrade: Source for international trade statistics and company listings. (more info...)