Decision Sciences & Information Systems

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MAIN INDEXES AND DATABASES
ABI/Inform via ProQuest	1905-present	Indexes 1400+ scholarly and trade journals in accounting and all business-related fields.
Business and Industry via RDS	1994-present	Indexes 1,850+ trade journals and selected industry-related documents.
Business and Company Resource Center via GaleNet	Varies	Indexes 5,000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business and industry. Also includes company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and more. Predicast's PROMT, Newsletters ASAP and Thomson Financials' Investext Plus databases are fully integrated in this database.
General Business File ASAP via InfoTrac	1980-present	Indexes 1,000+ scholarly and trade journals, popular magazines, and newspapers in business, industry, economics and politics. Also covers broker research reports and company directory listings.
Business Full Text via WilsonWeb	1982-present	Indexes 650+ major magazines and scholarly journals in business. Full text coverage begins in 1995.
SPECIALIZED INDEXES AND DATABASES
Academic via LexisNexis	Varies	Full-text access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, government, statistical, and reference information; federal and state case law.
Associations Unlimited via GaleNet	Current	Directory information for over 156,000 international, U.S., national, regional, state, and local non-profit organizations. Incorporated into Gale's Directory Library.
Bankruptcies; SDC Platinum via UP - ERC	1980-1988, limited; 1988-present, full	Based on SEC documents, bankruptcy court filings, reorganization plans, and news sources, provides data searchable by various factors, from company name to creditors, securities, financial profile, etc. Includes U.S. companies with assets of $1million (1980-88) or, after 1988, public with $10 million or private with $50 million in assets. Available through computers near windows in ERC (Green Library, 2nd floor).
BNA Core Plus with Tax Management Package via Bureau of National Affairs	Varies	Bureau of National Affairs newsletters, reporters, and reference libraries.
Compustat PC Plus via Standard and Poor's	Current	Provides reliable financial data, company reports, performance graphs, and textual documents concerning American publicly traded companies. This database is know as Compustat PC Plus and Standard & Poor's Research Insight. Contact the Business Librarian (Green Library, Reference Department, 2nd floor; phone: 305-348-2454) for access. Available only on CD-ROM.
Computer and Information Systems Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1981-present	Indexes 3,450+ scholarly journals, conference literature, and other publications in computers and computer applications in fields from bioengineering to applied physics. Subfile of CSA High Technology Research Database with Aerospace.
Electronics and Communications Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1981-present	Indexes 3,450+ international scholarly journals and other publications in electronic and communication systems. Subfile of CSA High Technology Research Database with Aerospace.
Encyclopedia of Business and Finance via Gale Virtual Reference Library	2001	Online reference encyclopedia covering five general areas: finance and banking; accounting; marketing; management; and information systems. Designed for the nonspecialist, providing practical professional expertise as well as the work of noted scholars.
GMID: Global Market Information Database via Euromonitor	Varies	An online business information system providing business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. It offers integrated access to statistics, market reports, company profiles and information sources. 205 countries are researched, with extended coverage of 52. Primary emphasis is on consumer impact rather than investors. Search by industries, countries, companies, or regions. Please read the agreement and select button ACCEPT to enter GMID.
NTIS: National Technical Information Service via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1964-present	Summaries of the unclassified, publicly available U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information. Additionally, information is available from international government departments and other international organizations including those from Canada, Japan, the former Soviet Union, Western and Eastern European countries.
Research Insight, Standard & Poor's via Standard and Poor's	Current	Provides reliable financial data, company reports, performance graphs, and textual documents concerning American publicly traded companies. This database is know as Compustat PC Plus and Standard & Poor's Research Insight. Contact the Business Librarian (Green Library, Reference Department, 2nd floor; phone: 305-348-2454) for access. Available only on CD-ROM.
SDC Platinum: Bankruptcies via UP - ERC	1980-1988, limited; 1988-present, full	Based on SEC documents, bankruptcy court filings, reorganization plans, and news sources, provides data searchable by various factors, from company name to creditors, securities, financial profile, etc. Includes U.S. companies with assets of $1million (1980-88) or, after 1988, public with $10 million or private with $50 million in assets. Available through computers near windows in ERC (Green Library, 2nd floor).
SDC Platinum: Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions via UP - ERC	US: 1979-present; Intl: 1985-present	Covers both public and private transactions involving at least 5% of the company value (prior to 1993, value must => $1mm.) Transactions include, mergers, acquisitions, LBOs, stake purchases, tender offers, stock swaps, privatizations, spinoffs, etc. Data includes over 1,400 data elements. Please see instructions at http://www.fiu.edu/~morriss/Guides/WMA07.htm before using. Available through computers near windows in ERC (Green Library, 2nd floor).
Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions; SDC Platinum via UP - ERC	US: 1979-present; Intl: 1985-present	Covers both public and private transactions involving at least 5% of the company value (prior to 1993, value must => $1mm.) Transactions include, mergers, acquisitions, LBOs, stake purchases, tender offers, stock swaps, privatizations, spinoffs, etc. Data includes over 1,400 data elements. Please see instructions at http://www.fiu.edu/~morriss/Guides/WMA07.htm before using. Available through computers near windows in ERC (Green Library, 2nd floor).
RELATED INDEXES AND DATABASES
Ethnic Newswatch via ProQuest	1990-present	Articles from U.S. ethnic, minority and native presses. Search interfaces are available in English and Spanish.
Hoover's Company Records via ProQuest	Current	Covers more than 40,000 public and non-public companies and 225,000 key executives. Contains in depth industry analyses, information on a company's location, company overview, summary financials, top competitors, rankings, company history, products and operations, auditors, top officers, and more. Best to search via ABI/Inform then use the links from the abstracts.
INFO-LATINOAMERICA via BiblioLine	1988-present	Indexes 1,500 international scholarly journals, newspapers, magazines, newsletters, television and radio broadcasts for articles on Latin America. Only 1 user at a time can access this database.
Social Sciences Full Text and Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective via WilsonWeb	1907-present; Full text: 1995-present	Indexes international scholarly journals and popular magazines in the social sciences. Full text coverage begins in 1995. Allows to search Social Sciences Full Text and Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective concurrently.
INTERNET SITES
FIU Master of Science in Management Information Systems Program		FIU
Business Information Center: Decision Sciences & MIS		FIU Libraries
Business Information Center: Statistics & Statistical Resources		FIU Libraries
The Directory of Computing Science Journals		Simon Fraser University
Links on Objects and Components		Cetus Links