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Research Guide - Finance

Axe Online Catalog & Other Book Sources

• Axe Library Catalog

Other Book Sources

• NetLibrary
• WorldCat

Journal Databases

Primary Databases

Multidisciplinary Databases Covering Finance

• Academic OneFile
• Academic Search Premier
• Google Scholar

"Serials Solutions"

Locate all journals available to you by using Serials Solutions. Both print titles and online titles are included. Search by title, title keyword or subject group. The category "Business & Economics" includes Finance

Online Reference Sources

Dictionaries, Glossaries & Encyclopedic Sources

• Financial Services Fact Book - produced by the Insurance Information Institute, this is a handy guide to insurance, banking, mortgage, finance companies, and securities. Five years of data for most entries. Industry overviews included. World rankings of each financial sector
• ReferenceUniverse

Dictionaries, Glossaries & Encyclopedic Sources

• Bloomberg.com Financial Glossary
• Forbes Financial Glossary contains definitions to thousands of financial terms, all cross-referenced so that you can instantly look up the meaning of any unfamiliar words in a definition.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• investorwords.com 6000+ definitions included.
• Reuters Financial Glossary - wiki-based product covering terms from the financial markets.

Selected Sources in Axe Library

Annual Report Files

Located in the hallway by the Circulation Desk are several hundred Annual Reports in yellow file cabinets. These can checked out for three weeks at a time.

Company Financials and History

• Hoover's Handbook of American Business
• Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Business
• Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies
• Hoover's Handbook of World Business
• International Directory of Company Histories
• Moody's Manuals:
  • Moody's Bank & Finance Manual 1963-2000
  • Mergent's Bank & Finance Manual 2001-2002
  • Moody's Industrial Manual 1954-2000
  • Mergent's Industrial Manual 2001-2002
  • Moody's Public Utility Manual 1959-2000
  • Mergent's Public Utility Manual 2001-2002
  • Moody's Transportation Manual 1963-2000
  • Mergent's Transportation Manual 2001-2002

Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Investment Terms
• Encyclopedic Dictionary of International Finance and Banking
• Key Concepts in Accounting and Finance
• 1001 Financial Words You Need to Know

Industry Ratios

• Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios

Internet Source Guides

• Internet Guide to Personal Finance and Investment
• Internet Resources and Services for International Finance and Investment

Newspapers

• Barron's
• Wall Street Journal

Associations and Societies

• American Academy of Financial Management (AAFM) - Worldwide organization. Provides certification training and designations. Education, standards and ethics are a primary focus of the AAFM.
• American Finance Association (AFA) - Promotes study of financial economics
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute - Worldwide membership. Members have the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation or are active in the investment profession. The CFA code of ethics and standards are included.
• Financial Management Association (FMA) - Promotes education and development for financial decision making and financial research and practices
• Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) - Worldwide organization for financial risk managers

Selected Web Sites

Comprehensive Web Sites | Annual Reports | Career & Job Information | Quotes, Stock Prices | Stocks & Bonds | Market Indexes | Mutual Funds | Commodities & Futures

Comprehensive Web Sites

• Financial Services Fact Book - Overview of banking, mortgages, insurance, securities, finance companies and consumer finance. The Fact Book is jointly produced by the Insurance Information Institute and the Financial Services Roundtable provides excellent statistics and graphs. All data sources are credited at the bottom of each chart or graph.
• Ohio State Virtual Finance Library - Comprehensive site for most investment areas.
• Wall Street Executive Library-Financial Market Research, Investment Research - Includes news, exchanges, commodities, SEC filings, quotes, and more.

Annual Reports

• Historical Corporate Reports - Lippincott Library of the University of Pensylvania has posted company annual reports from the early 1800s to 1955. Search by company, year, or industry.
• IRIN - A one-stop location to locate over 12,000 annual reports. Free for viewing and printing. Search by company name or symbol.
• PRARS - Have an annual report mailed to you, free of charge. Reports available from over 3,000 public companies

Career & Job Information

• FINANCIALjobs.com - Covers all types of jobs. "Search Jobs" to link to categories for finance and other related headings.
• Careers in Finance - Includes job options, job listings, links to resources.

Quotes, Stock Prices

• Big Charts - Great source for interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis and intraday stock screens.
• CNN/Money - Good overall coverage of news finance calculators, market information, quotes, and investment advice.
• Investopedia - Provides articles, analysis, tools, guides, stock simulator, preparation for he CFA, and more.
• Yahoo! Finance - Overall investment services include market coverage, statistics, research, tools, and news. Individual companies have historical stock prices; analyst opinions, charts, ownership, current financials

Stocks and Bonds

• Stock and Commodity Exchanges - Worldwide list, including those dealing with futures, and options.
• Bond Market Research-Statistical Data - Handy compilation of research on the bond market. Published by SIFMA.
• Bonds Online - Provides tracking of bond prices, news of the bond market, calculators, searching for preferred stocks and convertible preferred stocks.
• Treasury Direct - Source for information on purchasing Treasury Securities, Savings Bonds, Treasury Notes. For individual investors and managers of company, institutional, or government agency accounts.

Market Indexes

• Dow Jones Indexes - Provides an overview to numerous Dow Jones indexes. Statistics, historical data, articles, methodology and more.
• Russell Indexes - Performance, methodology and fact sheets for the Russell Indexes.
• Standard & Poor's Indices - Fact sheets, methodologies, and performance charts of the S&P Indices.
• Wilshire Indexes - Methodology and history of the Wilshire indices. Includes an "index return" calculator for U.S. and Global markets.

Mutual Funds

• ICI Mutual Funds - As the national association of investment companies, the site provides access to the Mutual Fund Fact Book and other research reports, policy and regulation information and statistics. In addition, it hosts investing education materials.
• Mutual Fund Investor's Center - Includes links to leading fund companies, fund calculators, a fund selector, monitoring tools, and education sources.

Commodities & Futures

• Commodity Futures Trading Commission - The CFTC is an independent agency that regulates commodity futures and option markets in the United States. The site links to exchanges, market regulations and oversight and, market analysis.

Course Related Web Sites

MBA Experience (PDF) an Axe Library "Guide to Business Research Sources" (MGMKT-801)

Investment Resources (FIN-621) (PDF)

PSU Department of Economics, Finance and Banking.
PSU 2003-2005 University Catalog - Economics, Finance and Banking