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The following databases are recommended for students in Business Administration, Management, and Marketing. 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 business administration, management, and marketing:

ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest)
AIS Electronic Journals
Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
ProQuest Research Library Core & Business Module (ProQuest)
Academic Lexis-Nexis - Click on Business
Accounting and Tax with Standards (ProQuest)

For company profiles, financials, and industry information:

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, mutual funds:

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