Business
Databases
- Business Source Complete : magazines, newspapers, trade publications, and scholarly journals, book chapters, company and industry profiles; extensive full text

- Economia y Negocios : Spanish and Portuguese language business and economics journals
- Emerald : scholarly articles in management, human resources, leadership, more

- Factiva : full text national and international articles, primarily from newspapers, company and industry profiles, stock trends, Wall Street Journal in full text
- Hospitality & Tourism : scholarly research and industry news
- IBISWorld : profiles and analysis of 700 industries and more than 8000 U.S. companies
- LexisNexis Academic :full text business, industry, and accounting publications; company profiles, financials, and SEC filings (choose Business search)

- Mergent Horizon : public company analysis, searchable by ticker symbol, product categories, trade names, more, with company reports, competitors and suppliers, stock prices, and key financial factors
- Mergent Online :
international and U.S. publicly traded companies, with downloadable financial information

- Regional Business News : 75 U.S. business journals, newspapers and newswires
- STAT-USA : economic, business, and international trade information produced by the U.S. government; includes State of the Nation and National Trade Data Bank
- Vente et Gestion : French language business journals
Databases in Related Disciplines
- Academic Search Complete : articles in many disciplines, many from scholarly journals; extensive full text

- EconLit : economics, from the American Economics Association
- PsycINFO : industrial and organizational psychology, consumer psychology, human factors engineering and environmental psychology
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection: emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychology
For a complete listing of databases provided by UMW Libraries, please see Databases A-Z.
Notes
Generally, use databases to find articles. Many business databases contain additional or special resources, such as corporate profiles, industry analysis, or financial statements.
Can't get to an article you found in one of the databases? Watch our
video on using the Locate Journal Article feature.
Already have an article citation? Search the Journal Finder to see if the article is available at UMW Libraries.
selected reference books in simpson library
General Business Reference
- The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management REFB HD30.14 .B455 2005
- Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus REFB HD31 .H497x
- International Directory of Company Histories REFB HD2721 .I63 1998 continually updated with new histories
- International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies REFB HD31 .I564 2008
- Oxford Dictionary of Business and Management REFB HF1001 .D537 2006
Accounting and Taxation
- Barron's Accounting Handbook REFB HF5635 .S586 2006
- Financial Accounting Standards Board Current Text REFB HF5616.U5 A35
- Financial Accounting Standards Board Original Pronouncements REFB HF5616.U5 F537 2005/2006
- Miller GAAP Guide Level A: Restatement and Analysis of Current FASB Standards REFB HF5616.U5 M5
- Miller GAAS Guide: A Comprehensive Restatement of Standards for Auditing, Attestation, Compilation, and Review REFB HF5667 .M514
Careers and Education
- Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance REFB HF5381 .E52 2005
- Peterson's Guide to MBA Programs REFB HF1131 .P44
Finance
- Annual Statement Studies: Financial Ratio Benchmarks (RMA) REFB HF5681.B2 R58
- Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios (Dun & Bradstreet) REFB HF5681.R25 I53
International Business ANd Trade
- Encyclopedia of the Global Economy REFB HF13359 .028 2006
Ethics ANd Leadership
- Encyclopedia of Leadership REFB HD57.7 .E53 2004
- Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society REFB HF5387 .E53 2008
Marketing and Public Relations
- The Business Writer's Handbook REFB HF5726 .B874 2003
- Encyclopedia of Public Relations REFB HD59 .E48 2005
notes
Reference books--designated by REFB before the call number--are located on the first floor at Simpson Library. Use them for background information. Need guidance? Ask at the Information Desk, also on the first floor.
Websites
General Gateway sites
- Business.gov: The Official Business Link to the U.S. Government
- Internet Public Library: Business
- Librarians' Internet Index: Business
- The Wall Street Executive Library
Accounting and Taxation
- Federal Accounting Standards Board: FASB Pronouncements and EITF Abstracts, includes full text of FASB Statements of Financial Accounting Standards and Concepts, Interpretations and Technical Bulletins, and Emerging Issues Task Force Abstracts
- Tax and Accounting Sites Directory hundreds of links in Tax, Accounting, and Payroll/HR
Advertising and Marketing
- KnowThis.com: extensive site edited by Paul Christ, e-commerce expert and director of MBA programs at West Chester University, contains hard-to-distinguish ad areas
- MarketingProfs.com: much free content, premium subscription offered
Ethics and accountability
- AICPA Anti-Fraud and Corporate Responsibility Center: from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- CSRwire: The Newswire of Corporate Social Responsibility
- Center for Ethics and Business: at Loyola Marymount University of Los Angeles, includes quizzes ("What's Your Ethical Style") and other tools, extensive links
Finance
- Big Charts: ad-heavy free stock reports, trends, industry news from Dow Jones's MarketWatch
- EDGAR: free access to publicly-held U.S. corporations SEC filings in HTML and TEXT
- Yahoo! Finance
free from top Business Schools
- Harvard Business School Working Knowledge: articles, interviews, and other works from Harvard Business School faculty
- Knowledge@Wharton: from the school of business at the University of Pennsylvania, includes articles, podcasts
- Stanford Knowledgebase: An Information Source for Thoughtful Leaders: from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, includes articles, videos. podcasts
International Business & Globalization
- CorpWatch: news, background, and opinion from San Francisco Bay-based watchdog group monitoring accountability in international organizations
- DoingBusiness: from the World Bank
- Export.gov: portal for exporters, bringing together information from 19 U.S. government agencies
- globalEDGE: extensive, well-organized, from the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University
Learning Tools
- Business Plan Archive: online repository of successful and failed business plans from the Dot.com boom, maintained at University of Maryland and funded by several non-profit and educational organizations. Limited access to some materials.
- SCORE: Counselors to America's Small Business: advice and business tools for entrepreneurs from national non-profit association
- United States Small Business Administration Library
NEWS
- CEO Express: links to dozens of newspaper, news wire, magazine, and television online news outlets
- CNN Money.com
Organizations
Notes
Unsure about information you found on the Web? See our Guide to Evaluating Resources.

