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Accounting and Tax
Comprehensive coverage of accounting and tax topics appearing in key industry publications and newspapers. The quintessential accountant's database. Coverage: varies
Danforth Campus access
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Accounting Research Manager
Accounting Research Manager (ARM) is a comprehensive financial reporting knowledgebase that provides materials designed to help solve your most pressing issues. Updated daily, it is the most timely, complete, interpretive and objective resource for your financial reporting needs.
Danforth Campus access
Advertising Database Reference Edition
This resource tracks spending of $1MM+ for most major brands. In addition, contact information, brand targeting data and media planning criteria are included.
To receive a password, click on 'Sign Up' in the upper left corner of the page.

Be sure to use your Washington University e-mail address on this form.
Danforth Campus access
access limited to Washington University affiliated individuals

Business Insights
Business Insights provides accurate, up-to-date incisive market and company analysis, and therefor, is able to provide a single, off-the-shelf, objective source of data, analysis and market insight. Business Insights work in association with leading industry experts to produce a range of reports across a wide range of industry sectors including consumer goods, energy, finance, healthcare and technology.
Danforth Campus access

Business Plans Handbook
Business Plans Handbook is a collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America. These are ebooks and are fully searchable.
Danforth Campus access

Business Source Complete
A scholarly business database providing a collection of bibliographic and full text content in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Indexing and abstracts for scholarly business journals back to 1886 are included. Searchable cited references provided for more than 1,200 journals. Contains detailed author profiles for the 25,000 most-cited authors in the database.

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Cabell's Directories
Each Directory helps you select those journals that are most likely to publish your manuscript. The subject areas are Accounting, Finance and Economics, Marketing and Management.
Danforth Campus access
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Conference Board
The Conference Board's database of premier Business and Economic Information and analysis.
Business School access only

DemographicsNow
'DemographicsNow has been developed by SRC, LLC to bring you the data you need to make sound business decisions. With DemographicsNow you can analyze the demographic and market potential of any geography in the U.S.
Danforth Campus access
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Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign countries
Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries is the authoritative source of information on American firms, which have branches, subsidiaries, or affiliates outside the United States.
To access this database:
At the top of the screen you'll see the menu option "Search Uniworld Online." Click on this and it will take you to the database.
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Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States
Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the United States is the source for global contact information of Foreign-owned businesses (non-American) with a presense in the United States.
To access this database:
At the top of the screen you'll see the menu option "Search Uniworld Online." Click on this and it will take you to the database.
Business Library access only

FII ONLINE(Directory of Obsolete Securities)

Click Auto sign in and agree to terms.
FII On-Line allows you to point your browser to FII's database and inquire by CUSIP, Issuer / Issue Description, Tickler Date (date of action - e.g. expiration date), Service Type (Called Bonds, Reorganization, Put Options, Warrants, Stock Guide or Bond Guide) Record Type (e.g. Corporate Redemption's, Mergers, etc.) and more.
Danforth Campus access

*Doing Business(World Bank)
The Doing Business database provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. The Doing Business indicators are comparable across 155 economies. They indicate the regulatory costs of business and can be used to analyze specific regulations that enhance or constrain investment, productivity and growth.
Danforth Campus access
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Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Database
This provides information on over 1,000,000 leading public and private businesses including SIC's, annual sales, types of ownership, principal executives, and biographies.
Business School access only

EconLit with Full Text
EconLit with Full Text contains all of the indexing available in EconLit, plus full text for more than 400 journals. It provides indexing and full text for articles in all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics and much more.
Danforth Campus access

Economagic
A comprehensive site of economic time series data. There are more than 100,000 series for which data and custom charts can be retrieved. The majority are for US macroeconomic data, but there is also some foreign economic statistics.
Danforth Campus access

EIU.COM Country Reports
The Economist produces EIU country reports which analyze the current political, policy, and economic trends in countries worldwide. Olin Library subscribes to this analysis for 40 countries.
Danforth Campus access
Factiva
Factiva
One of the premier resources produced by the publisher of The Wall Street Journal. It provides access to the full text of thousands of popular business and general publications. Also has the full text of all Dow Jones publications including The Wall Street Journal, hundreds of newspapers and also financial information on public companies.
Business School access only

Faulkner Advisory for Information Technology Studies
More than 1200 reports covering many important technology areas: data networking, broadband, information security, electronic government, electronic business, the internet, business intelligence/content management, IT management, application development, mobile business, wireless communications and more.
Danforth Campus access

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Economic Data
This site is maintained by the Federal Reserve of St. Louis. About a thousand U.S. time series are available and downloadable into Excel. Also has a listing of currently available jobs , working papers, speeches made the president of the Federal Reserve and more.
Danforth Campus access
Business School access only First Research
First Research creates industry reports for people who need to quickly learn about a target industry. Its Industry Profiles cover more than 300 business sectors and highlight industry trends and business issues.
Business School access only


*globalEDGE
Created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University MSU-CIBER , GlobalEDGE™ is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information on global business activities. GlobalEDGE™ offers:

  • Global Resources - more than 5,000 online resurces
  • Country Insights a wealth of information on all countries
  • Community - an interactive forum for business professionals
  • Knowledge Room - latest issues in international business
  • Academy - extensive research and teaching resources
  • Diagnostic tools - decision-support tools

MSUGlobal Access A portal is searchable by topic and geographic area or country. Country pages offer basic facts, news sources and background information.
Danforth Campus access

Global Market Information Database
Euromonitor International’s Global Market Information Database (GMID) is an award-winning online information resource providing business intelligence on industries, countries and consumers. It offers integrated access to internationally comparable statistics, full-text market reports, insightful comment from expert industry and country analysts as well as thousands of sources of further information. See this guide for help on using this database.   GMID Guide
Danforth Campus access
hoovers
Hoover's Online Business Network
(Click on Company Profiles and Financial)
This site contains in-depth company information including profiles, financials, Officers, products, competitors and much more.
Business School access only

International Directory of Company Histories
Provides detailed histories of many of the largest and most influential companies worldwide. These multi volume sets of ebooks are fully searchable.
Danforth Campus access


International Financial Statistics
Approximately 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries starting in 1948. Includes exchange rates, Fund accounts and the main global and country economic indicators.
Danforth Campus access
Investext
The most comprehensive collection of broker/analyst reports available. It delivers full-text reports in the original published formats, complete with charts, photographs, and graphics. It gives users the same research and analysis used at top investment banks, consulting firms, and law firms.
Business School access only
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ISI Emerging Markets
ISI Emerging Markets delivers news, company and financial data direct from emerging markets.
Business School access only
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ISI Web of Science
(Science Citation, Social Sciences, and Arts & Humanities Index)
ISI Web of Science Provides access to current bibliographic information and cited references in approximately 5,600 of the world's leading scholarly journals, in more than 150 disciplines from 1988 to present.
Danforth Campus access

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LexisNexis Academic
A full text resource to hundreds of business and general interest magazines and newspapers. Excellent source for company, industry and product information. Also good for general and political news. Legal and medical information can also be obtained. Updated daily.

LexisNexis Statistical
Statistical data tool that lets you trend, rank, and map statistics from hundreds of public domain and licensed datasets. Click on the URL above, then click on the Customize Data link to access DataSets.
Danforth Campus access


Local Market Audience Analyst
Local Market Audience Analyst is the next generation consumer market research tool that delivers sophisticated demographic, segmentation, and targeting data for media planners and consumer marketers.
Danforth Campus access
macroec
Macroeconomic Advisers
A St. Louis based company that provides economic forecasts for the United States. Some international data is available. Larry Myers, former Federal Reserve Governor, is affiliated with this organization.
Danforth Campus access
DATAMONITOR
Marketline
Marketline provides profiles of 10,000 companies in 50 countries in the industries of Automotive & Logistics, Consumer Markets, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technology sectors.
To enter the site click on "if you already have an account, log in". This is located in the top right corner.
Danforth Campus access
MarketResearch
MarketResearch
MarketResearch.com Academic provides libraries with the same vital information used by business professionals around the globe. MarketResearch.com Academic reports offer a balanced quantitative and qualitative analysis of the market rather than shear numbers culled from secondary data.
Danforth Campus access
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Mergent (FIS Online)
Comprehensive financial information on public companies worldwide. Also contains annual reports and SEC filings.
Business School access only
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Mergent Horizon
Mergent Horizon provides users with seamless capabilities for finding, filtering and organizing information about companies and industries. Comprehensive coverage is provided for all companies that are actively traded on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ--over 6,200 in total, with enhanced product-level detail for 3,700 companies in the Healthcare, Technology, Media and Finance sectors.
Business School access only

Mintel Global Market Navigator
Mintel Global Market Navigator is a comprehensive database designed to give you instant access to critical market data for consumer industries across the world. Global Market Navigator will tell you the market size, segmentation and market share along with 5 years' historical and 5 years' forecast data.
Danforth Campus access

Mintel Reports
Use this resource to find market research reports for a number of industries. The information in the reports is a mix of primary data collected by Mintel together with secondary source information.
Danforth Campus access

Morningstar Direct
Morningstar is known primarily for its coverage of mutual funds but Morningstar Direct provides comprehensive coverage of equities in addition to mutual funds. A username and password is required to access this database and only members of the Washington University community are provided that information. A complete overview of Morningstar Direct can be found here: Morningstar
Contact Ronald Allen or Margie Craig to receive the necessary login information.
Password Access Only

Morningstar Investment Research Center
Morningstar® Investment Research Center offers a real-time turnkey solution for investment research. Patrons have access to many popular Premium features of Morningstar.com®, including research and independent opinions on thousands of mutual funds, stocks, and exchange-traded funds.
Danforth Campus access


NBER-National Bureau of Economic Research
A cornucopia of links to statistical information from a wide variety of sources prepared by the NBER. Emphasis is on U.S. but some other country data is also available.
Danforth Campus access
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New York Times, Historical (1851 - 2003)
Full-text. Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
Danforth Campus access
Plunkett Plunkett Research
Plunkett Research offers business intelligence, industry trends, statistics, market research, sales leads & corporate profiles in your choice of formats and access plans.
Business School access only

ReferenceUSA
This database of 14 million U.S. Businesses contains verified, accurate data and is updated monthly. Searchable by company name, type of business, geography, business size and more.
Business School access only

Regional Business News
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
Danforth Campus access
ria
RIA
Complete libraries of Federal, State, Local and International tax research materials. PLEASE NOTE: This site requires a password at this time. Please see the Reference Librarian for help. Registration Page To register for your own id and password, you need to use one of the institution computers to initally register as a Checkpoint user.
Password required.
See Reference Librarian

Science Direct
Science Direct offers access to over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals, as well as hundreds of book series, handbooks and reference works. While this database is best known for its collections in Science, Technology and Medicine, there is also strong coverage of journals in Business, Management and Accounting, Decision Sciences, Economics, Econometrics and Finance.
Danforth Campus access
Sorkins
Sorkins
Company profiles and Business lists including multiple levels of executives and managers from all industries and professions throughout the Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City regions.
Business School access only

Sourceoecd
SourceOECD is the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's online library of statistical databases, books and periodicals. For country specific information, use the search box at the top of the page and choose 'Country Reports and Tables' from the dropdown menu. One of the most useful features of this service is the option of clicking on a chart or graph in a PDF file and downloading an Excel table with the background data from which the chart or graph was made.
Danforth Campus access

SBRnet


Sports Business Research Network
SBRnet is a service focusing on the sporting goods and sports marketing industry. It's mission is to provide a continuously updated resource featuring market research and industry news covering all facets of the industry…sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing.
Danforth Campus access
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Standard & Poors NetAdvantage
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage includes all of the popular S&P publications. Among them are their Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, The Outlook, Mutual Funds and more.
Business School access only

Survey of Current Business
A U.S. Department of Commerce monthly publication that provides data on U.S. business on the regional, national, and international levels. Among statistical series covered are personal income, inventories and sales, national income and product accounts, foreign direct investment in the United States, U.S. direct investment abroad, international transactions, and gross state product.
Danforth Campus access
10K Wizard
10-K Wizard streamlines financial and legal research with pinpoint accuracy targeting the exact information needed from SEC EDGAR filings, stock data, and international reports, converting the results into real-time alerts or multiple formats for download. And it's all accessible worldwide from an intuitive web-based platform. PLEASE LOGOUT WHEN FINISHED.
Danforth Campus access
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Value Line
This includes on-line access to Value Line's leading publications covering stocks, mutual funds, options and convertible securities as well as special situation stocks.
Business School access only

Value Line Historical
A valuable tool for institutional investors and academic users, this service provides access to Value Line Reports starting January 1997. With an easy to use search capability, the Historical Report Lookup can access previous Selection & Opinion and both Standard and Expanded Summary & Index reports by Symbol or Issue date.
Business School access only
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Wall Street Journal, Historical (1889 - 1989)
Full-text. Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
Danforth Campus access

WardsAuto.com
There are more than a thousand statistical tables available in Microsoft Excel format for automotive data on this database. Some data types available include assembly parts, forecast production, demographics, economics, financial and many more. Over 45 countries are represented.
Once you access the database, click on premium at the top left.
Business School access only

World Competitiveness Online
This database includes all the information from the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, the leading annual report on the competitiveness of nations, published since 1989. NOTE: not available from off-campus; publisher recommends using Internet Explorer.
Danforth Campus access
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