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I-Share: Catalog for Lovejoy Library and some other 70 other Illinois libraries. You can submit interlibrary loan requests directly online for many items.
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PRINCIPAL SUBJECT HEADINGS or "about" terms to use in I-Share or WorldCat:
Finance
Banks and banking
Bonds
Capital market
Commodity exchanges
Credit
Debt
Finance, personal
Financial futures
Futures
Inflation (Finance)
International finance
Investment analysis
Investments
Money
Options
Portfolio management
Profit
Securities
Speculation
Stocks
Wealth
The Catalog will often suggest additional subject headings.
JOURNAL ARTICLES– Online Indexing and Abstracting Services * Indicates database may include full-text or full image.
ABI/INFORM* – abstracts articles in all subject areas of business and economics; covers both trade periodicals and academic journals. Very good indexing vocabulary. Available online through Library’s web page: “Library and Information Services—Journal and Newspaper Databases—Business” [ http://www.library.siue.edu/lib/research_tools/business_journal_and_newspaper_databases.htm]
Academic Universe (LEXIS-NEXIS)* [ http://www.library.siue.edu/lib/research_tools/general_journal_and_newspaper_databases.htm]
Within the database, under “Business,” click on “Industry & Market.”
Business Source Elite--EBSCOhost* – similar to ABI/INFORM although more appropriate for keyword searching. Most useful for image content of articles. See above link for ABI/INFORM.
F&S Index United States. (Ref. Index Table HF 4963.F83 1993-2002) (earlier title in Book Stacks) – very good detailed company, product, and industry periodical index.
Other periodical and newspaper indexes listed on handout, A Selected List of Sources of Information on Corporations and Industries—also available on Library’s “Online Information” web page, under “Research Guides—Business” — http://www.library.siue.edu/lib/research_tools/library_research_guides_corporations_and_industries.htm
Barron’s Finance & Investment Handbook. 5th ed. (Barron’s) (Ref. HG173.D66 1998)
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management. 12 vols. (Blackwell Business, 1997) (Ref. HD30.15. B463 1997). Volume 8 entitled: Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Finance.
Commodity Trading Manual. (Chicago Board of Trade) (Ref. HG6049.C65 1998)
The Dictionary of Banking. (Irwin Professional Pub.) (Online Resource--NetLibrary)
Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms. 4th ed. (Barron’s) (Ref. HG151.D69 1995, and Online via NetLibrary)
Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources. 20th ed. (Gale) (Ref. HF5035.E53 2005).
Fitzroy Dearborn Encyclopedia of Banking and Banking. 10th ed. (Fitzroy Dearborn) (Ref. HG151.E63 1994)
Global Stock Markets Factbook (Standard & Poor’s) (Ref. HG4551.G643 2004)
The Handbook of Financial Instruments. (Wiley) (Ref. HG4521.H2365 2002)
The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities. 6th ed. (McGraw-Hill) (HG 4651.H265 2001)
Handbook of Modern Finance. 3rd ed. (Warren, Gorham & Lamont) (Ref. HG173.H34 1994- )
International Dictionary of Insurance and Finance. (Glenlake Pub. Co.) (Ref. HG8025.C53 1999
International Encyclopedia of Business and Management. (Thomson Learning) (Ref. HF1001.I53 2002)
The International Encyclopedia of Mutual Funds, Closed-End Funds and Real Estate Investment Trusts. (Glenlake Pub. Co.;AMACOM) (Ref. HG4530.M33 2000)
International Encyclopedia of Technical Analysis. (Glenlake Publishing Co.; AMACOM) (Ref. HG4529.I58 2000)
International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market. 2 vols. (Fitzroy Dearborn) (Ref. HG4551.I58 1999)
International Guide to Securities Market Indices. (Fitzroy Dearborn) (Ref. HG4636.S52 1996)
The International Handbook of Corporate Finance. 3rd ed. (Glenlake Pub.) (Ref. HG4027.3.I58 1997)
Introduction to Online Accounting & Financial Research: Search Strategies, Research Case Study, Research Problems, and Data Source Evaluations and Reviews. (Thomson/Texere) (Ref. HF5625.7.I58 2004)
Introduction to Online Investment Research: Search Strategies, Research Case Study, Research Problems, and Data Source Evaluations and Reviews. (Thomson/Texere) (Ref. HG4515.95.I58 2004)
The Irwin Guide to Stocks, Bonds, Futures, and Options: A Comprehensive Guide to Wall Street’s Markets. (McGraw-Hill) (Ref. HG4521.L637 2001)
The McGraw-Hill Investor’s Desk Reference. (McGraw-Hill) (Ref. HG4527.C585 2001)
The Ticker Symbol Book. (Standard & Poor’s) (Ref. HG4513.5.T53 1999) Alphabetical list of companies on the major stock exchanges and their ticker symbols.
The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money & Investing. Rev. and updated ed. (Lightbulb Press) (Ref. HG4910.M67 1999)
Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios. (Ref. HF5681.R25T68—latest in Reference, earlier yrs. in Book Stacks) [annual] Includes CD-ROM for data manipulation.
Balance of Payments Statistics. Yearbook. (International Monetary Fund (IMF) (Ref. HF1014.I5 [annual]
CRB Commodity Yearbook. (Knight-Ridder Financial) (Ref. HF1041.C59) [annual]
Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. (Dun & Bradstreet) (Ref. HF 5681.R25 I525)
The Dow Jones Averages, 1885-1995. (Irwin Professional Pub.) (Ref. HG4915.D6434 1996)
International Financial Statistics Yearbook. (IMF) (Ref. HG61.I57—latest, and earlier years in Book Stacks) [annual]
The International Financial Statistics Locator: A Research and Information G.uide (Garland Pub.) (Ref. HG151.7.B37 1995)
Investment Statistics Locator. Rev. & expanded. (Oryx) (Ref. HG4910.B46 1995) Quick reference for sources of investment information—alphabetically by subject.
Investment Company Fact Book. (Investment Company Institute) [annual—continues Mutual Fund Fact Book (HG4530.M8)—available online at http://www.ici.org/stats/mf/]
NASDAQ-Amex Fact Book & Company Directory. (Nasdaq-Amex Market Group) (Ref. HG4907.N3728 1999)
New York Stock Exchange. Fact Book for the Year ... (New York Stock Exchange) (Ref. HG4571.N57 2001) [latest now online at http://www.nysedata.com/factbook/main.asp]
RMA Annual Statement Studies. (RMA: Risk Management Assoc.) (Ref. HF5681.B2R6—latest, and earlier yrs. in Book Stacks) [annual]
Statistical Abstract of the United States (U.S. Government Printing Office) (Ref. HA202.S8 latest) (Docs. C 3.134: [older]) (Also online at http://www.census.gov/statab/www/)
Statistical Service. (Standard & Poor’s Corp.) (Ref. HG4961.S7513) [This Binder includes latest year of S&P’s Security Price Index Record]
Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation …Yearbook. (Ibbotson Associates) (Ref. HG4915.S6 2005—earlier years in Book Stacks) [annual]
Thorndike Encyclopedia of Banking and Financial Tables. 3rd ed. [and Yearbook] (Warren, Gorham & Lamont) (Ref. HG1626.T49 1987) [yearbook through 2002]
World Economic Outlook. (IMF) (HC10.W7979 2008 [and earlier]) [semiannual]
World Stock Exchange Fact Book. (Meridian Securities Markets) (Ref. HG4551.W67 2006 [and earlier yrs.]
Barron’s [weekly, available in print and online via ProQuest]
Mergent Bond Record (Ref. HG4906.M782 [monthly]; HG4905.M772 [annual])
Mergent Online. [online via Lovejoy Library’s webpage]. Includes information from traditional Mergent print publications, the Mergent/Moody’s Manuals]
New York Times [monthly]
Standard & Poor’s Industry Surveys (Ref. HG4961.S75 [latest in Ref., earlier in Book Stacks] [Also latest online via NetAdvantage]
Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage. [online via Library’s webpage] Includes data from traditional S&P publications, e.g., Bond Guide, Corporation Records, Industry Surveys,Register, Stock Guide, Stock Reports]
The Value Line Investment Survey (Ready Ref. HG4501.V26—two looseleaf binders]
Wall Street Journal [daily, available in print and online via ProQuest (back to 1984]
AAII Journal
ABA Banking Journal
Barron’s
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Financial Analysts Journal
Financial Management
Financial Review / Eastern Finance Assoc.
Financial Times (London) [online via ProQuest Newsstand and via LexisNexis]
Futures
International Financial Statistics
Investment Dealers’ Digest
Journal of Banking & Finance
Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
Journal of Finance
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Journal of Financial Economics
Journal of Financial Research
Journal of Futures Markets
Journal of International Money and Finance
Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking
Journal of Portfolio Management
Journal of Risk and Insurance
Money
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
Review of Financial Economics
Risk
RMA Journal
United States Banker
Wall Street Journal [print and online]
BigCharts / MarketWatch—http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
Source for historical stock prices, charting
Corporate Information—http://www.corporateinformation.com
Drexel Library, St. Joseph’s University, “Good Web Sites for Finance”— http://www.sju.edu/libraries/drexel/biz/bizbank.htm
EDGAR / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission—http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
For 10-K and other reports that corporations are required to file with the SEC
Finance Resources on the Web—http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~igiddy/
Fortune 500 and Global 500—http://www.fortune.com/companies/
Ohio State University’s “Virtual Finance Library”— http://fisher.osu.edu/fin/overview.htm
Researching Companies Online—http://www.learnwebskills.com/company/
Statistical Resources on the Web—http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
Stat-USA/Internet from U.S. Commerce Dept.—http://www.stat-usa.gov/
Available online in Library via password; ask at Library Information Desk
U.S. Census Bureau—http://www.census.gov
Yahoo Finance—http://finance.yahoo.com/
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