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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.
Wall Street Journal via ProQuest	1986-present	Contains citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from the Wall Street Journal.
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.
Berkeley Electronic Press Journals (bepress) via Berkeley Electronic Press	Varies	Electronic-only journals published in the fields of Economic Analysis & Policy, Macroeconomics, Theoretical Economics, Business and Politics, Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, Review of Marketing Science, and Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics.
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.
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).
BankSource via Highline Financial Services	Varies	Used for researching and analyzing the banking industry. Content includes Company Analysis, Market/Branch Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions Data, Publicly Traded Banking Data, Regulatory Banking Data, Branch Deposit Data and News and Research. FIU only has access to the Bank and S&L segments of Company Analysis
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.
DataStream via UP - ERC	1971-present	Statistics and timeseries in the areas of business, economics, and finance. Available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus.
EIU.com (Economist Intelligence Unit) via EIU	1996-present	Analysis and forecasts of the political, economic and business environment for many countries, plus how to do business in most countries.
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.
Global Development Finance (GDF) via The World Bank Group	1970-present	Statistical database of developing countries' finance, including debt and financial flows for 147 countries.
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.
Historical Annual Reports, ProQuest via ProQuest	1884-present	Business resource covering information on companies, including financial performance, key officers, competitors, and market trends. Includes more than 800 U.S. companies.
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.
Investext Plus via InfoTrac	1982-present	Provides hundreds of investment house reports on companies and industries from over 500 brokers in North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
LiveEDGAR via Thomson-West/GSI	Varies	A comprehensive collection of content that ranges from a listing of SEC filings dating back to 1967 (including all EDGAR filings), Annual Reports to Shareholders from 33,00 companies in 115 countries, complete SEDAR filings (Canada), and No-Action letters as early as 1971. Also has information on mergers & acquisitions, registrations, and prospectuses since 1996. Additional libraries include a comprehensive SEC library as well as a company news, quotes, & financials database.
Mergent Online via Mergent Online	1994-present	Corporate reports on 20,000+ U.S. & international corporations plus financial search engine. Formerly FIS Online.
NBER Working Papers via National Bureau of Economic Research	1973-present	Working papers of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
NTDB: National Trade Data Bank via STAT-USA	1990-present	U.S. import and export statistics, Country Commercial Guides, Market Research reports, Best Market reports, and other reports related to international commerce.
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.
Regional Economic Information System via UP Gov Docs	1969-1994	Official annual personal income estimates for residents of the U.S. by state, MSA, state metro / non-metro portions, BEA economic area, and county.
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).
Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage via Standard and Poor's	Varies	Full text of 12 Standard & Poor's investment publications covering managment, corporation data, industry data, mutual funds, and investment analysis.
STAT-USA via STAT-USA	Current	Financial and economic data, daily trade leads, important statistics and international trade documents. Access to State of the Nation and Globus & NTDB.
Statistical via LexisNexis	Current	Indexes statistical data from U.S. government, international, professional, and other organizations.
TableBase via RDS	1997-present	Contains tabular statistical data on companies, industries, markets, products, and demographics. It is international in scope and covers more than 90 industries.
TWST: The Wall Street Transcript via TWST.com	July 1997-present	Provides transcripts of investment-related roundtables and CEO presentations.
Value Line Research Center via Value Line	Current and one previous year	Contains investment reports on companies and industries, with evaluations and recommendations. Includes access to the following publications: Investment Survey, Investment Survey - Small and Mid-Cap Edition, Mutual Fund Survey, Daily Options Survey, Special Situations Service, Convertibles Survey, Exchange Traded Funds Survey (ETFs).
Wall Street Journal via ProQuest	1986-present	Contains citations, abstracts, and full-text articles from the Wall Street Journal.
World Bank e-Library via The World Bank Group	1990-present	3400+ full text World Bank publications and Policy Research Working Papers comprehensively covering the area of social and economic development.
World Development Indicators via The World Bank Group	1960-present	Includes approximately 800 indicators of development for more than 220 countries. Organized in six sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links.
World Trade Atlas via UP Gov Docs	Current	Statistical data for U.S. imports and exports worldwide.
World Trade Atlas: U.S. State Export Edition Online via Global Trade Information Services	1996-present	Statistical data for U.S. exports by state, worldwide and by country.
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
EconLit via EBSCOhost	1969-present	Indexes 400+ international publications in economics.
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 Finance		FIU
Business Information Center: Finance & Economics Sources		FIU Libraries
Internet Sources for U.S. Corporate, Industrial, and Economic Information		UNC-Charlotte Library
Glossary of Selected Financial Terms		International Monetary Fund
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission		U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
FCS Internet - Financial Links, including Stock Exchanges		Franklin Communications Services