BUSINESS DATABASES

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ABI / INFORM (ProQuest)
Description: Use this database to find articles gathered from major business publications, magazines, daily newspapers, wire services, and city, state, and regional business publications. This database defaults to the advanced search interface. To refine your results, click the advanced search tab and search on "company/org" or "NAICS Code" or "product name" among others.
Tip: Use ABI/Inform to read today's online version of the Wall Street Journal.
Coverage:1985 to current; Contains Dissertations, Theses, and EIU Viewswire.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Description: Use this multidisciplinary database for general background research on a wide variety of topics.
Coverage: Includes 4,650 titles, full text for over 3,600 titles, selected coverage from 1975 forward, updated daily.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

Accounting & Tax with Standards (ProQuest)
Description: A unified platform that combines the FASB, GASB, & IASB standards with results from current accounting & tax journals.
Tip: Use the "Browse Accounting Standards" link in the "Tools" menu to drill down to specific standards.
Coverage: Standards: Most Recent Interpretations / Journals: 1972 - Present
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

Associations Unlimited (Gale)
Description: Use this database to locate associations that may provide useful data via their websites about industries and about social and economic issues.
Coverage: Includes 22,000 national associations; 22,000 international associations; 110,000 regional, state, and local associations; and IRS data on 300,000 non-profit organizations.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

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Bloomberg
Description: Provides real-time and archived financial and market data, pricing, trading, news and communications tools in a single, integrated package to corporations, news organizations, financial and legal professionals and individuals around the world.
Help: Tutorial is available within database.
Off Campus Access: [RESTRICTED] A librarian will log you into the dedicated computer within the BIC.

Board Analyst (The Corporate Library)
Description: Use this database to identify the relationships between company management, boards and shareholders. Find effectiveness ratings and reports for key people in the corporate world.
Help: Welcome Page and Tutorial.
Off Campus Access: [EZ] or [PPP] to use the Director Interlock tool.

Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
Description: Use Business Source Complete (BSC) to find articles from major national publications, trade journals, and regional sources. Also, find market research reports, industry profiles, and country reports. This database defaults to the advanced search interface.
Tip: Use Business Source Complete to read the Harvard Business Review. BSC includes Datamonitor reports and SWOT analyses.
Coverage: Selected articles prior to 1960, selected full text available from 1965 forward; updated daily.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

Business & Company Resource Center (Gale)
Description: Look in Business & Company Resource Center (BCRC) to find company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and industry overviews.
Tip: Use "Advanced Search" for more complete research.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

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CCH Business & Finance Group Publications (Wolters Kluwer)
Description: Includes national and international regulatory publications including securities law, banking and financial services, trade regulation, government contracts, energy, and general business.
Tip: Click the "enter" button to start.
Note: Please log out after using this database.
Off Campus Access: [RESTRICTED] IP connection is available only within the Cox School of Business facilities.

Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
Description: Use this database to research topics related to advertising communication and mass media.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

Custom Newspapers (InfoTrac)
Description: Find articles from newspapers across the U.S. and internationally. Use the Publication Search to see which newspapers are included.
Tip: The database defaults to a basic search; use "Advanced Search" to confine searching to a specific field.
Coverage: 1996 to present.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

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Dallas Morning News (NewsBank)
Description: Use this database to find articles that are written in the Dallas Morning News.
Coverage: 1984 to present; articles appear approximately 48 hours after publication. Photos, charts, and graphics are not part of this database.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

DataStream (Thomson)
Description: Contains economic, company, and financial data. Data series include bonds, commodities, equity, futures/options, economic indicators, and derivatives and are supplied from both national and international markets.
Off Campus Access: [RESTRICTED] A librarian will log you into the dedicated computer within the BIC.

Dissertations & Theses included as a subset of ABI/Inform

D & B Million Dollar Database (Dun & Bradstreet)
Description: Use this database to locate information about a specific company, industry, or executive. This is a good place to start your research about a company.
Tip: This database may be searched by NAICS code or SIC code.
Help: FAQ Page
Coverage: Approximately 1.6 million U.S. and Canadian businesses.
Note: Please log out after using this database.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

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EconLit (EBSCO)
Description: The American Economic Association’s electronic database.
Coverage: 1969 to present.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

Factiva (Dow Jones Reuters)
Description: Business news and research solution, integrating content from top national and international newspapers, Dow Jones & Reuters newswires, business journals, market research reports, analyst reports and web sites from around the world.
Tip: Includes access to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Help: Library Guide to Factiva
Note: Internet Explorer is the preferred browser. Please log out after using this database.
Off Campus Access: [RESTRICTED] IP connection is available within the Cox School facilities.

Global Market Information Database (GMID) (Euromonitor International)
Description: International business intelligence database. Find market research reports, country profiles, consumer information, forecasts, and more.
Tip: On the 'Menu Search' page select search items from two tabs, 'Geography' and 'Category', to begin each search. Other search options available from the green bar at the top of the page include 'Browse Reports' and 'Keyword Search'.
Note:Each time the database opens users must accept the usage policy.
Help: Click on the Help/About menu to view a "Getting Started" and a "Charting" guide
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

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Historical Annual Reports (ProQuest)
Description: Annual reports for over 800 U.S. companies dating back as far as 1844.
Tip: Cross search this database with ProQuest Historical Newspaper products.
Coverage: 1844 - Present
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

Hoover's Online (Dun & Bradstreet)
Description: Includes more than 13,500 brief company overviews, and more than 3,500 full company profiles featuring global industry overviews, SIC/NAICS Codes, ticker symbols, and basic financials. Use Build-a-List to identify companies that fit various criteria selected.
Tip: A great place to start general company or industry research.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

IEEE Xplore (Inspec)
Description: Find full text technical literature in electrical engineering, electronics, and computer science. Through IEEE Xplore, SMU users have access to full-text electronic versions of 106 IEEE journals, standards, and transactions. Titles include all IEEE Transactions as well as IEEE Spectrum and Proceedings of the IEEE. The collection does not include IEEE conference proceedings.
Coverage: 1998 to present.
Help: User Guide
Off-Campus Access: [EZ]

InfoTrac OneFile (Gale)
Description: Provides electronic access to databases on a variety of topics. Updated daily.
Off-Campus Access: [EZ]

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JSTOR
Description: Full text searchable archive of research journals in international business, economics, accounting and finance, public policy, marketing, business law and psychology. Plus, contains research collections in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. JSTOR is an independent not-for-profit organization serving member academic libraries with backfiles of journals and other scholarly publications.
Tip: For articles with recent dates of publication, search for the title using PONI, the online catalog of the SMU libraries.
Coverage: From original date of publication through three to five years ago.
Help: Tutorial or Download JPRINT
Off-Campus Access: [EZ]

LexisNexis Academic (LexisNexis)
Description: Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information.
Help: Search Tips
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

LexisNexis - Statistical Data (LexisNexis)
Description: Provides the full text or tables of selected U.S. federal and state documents. The service also has links to other web sites that provide access to statistical information.
Tip: This service includes ASI: American Statistics Index, the latest edition of Statistical Abstracts of the United States, SRI: Statistical Reference Index, and IIS: Index to International Statistics.
Note: Many tables in Statistical Abstracts are from non-governmental sources and are not available in full text as they are protected by copyright. Many of the tables included in Statistical Universe are GIF or PDF format (image only), however some are in XLS and CSV format for easier manipulation in spreadsheets and tables.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

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Mergent Online (Mergent, Inc.)
Description: U.S. and International company data, SEC filings, and annual reports, some with color images.
Tip: Once you are connected, click on the "Enter Mergent Online" button.
Note: Please log out after using this database.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

Mintel Reports (Mintel Group)
Description: Business-to-consumer focused market research reports. Find reports covering consumer packaged goods and the finance industry as well as special interest Lifestyle Reports. Mintel reports are mainly US focused but the International section covers Western Europe.
Tip: To access this database, users will be required to set up a personal login using their SMU email address .
Note: Each time the database opens users must accept the usage policy. Please log out after using this database.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

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NetLibrary (OCLC)
Description: Find books in electronic format that are available in full text for browsing or online checkout.
Note: Users may browse an ebook on a short term basis. For reading, it is suggested you set up your own account. Users must first open a personal account from a computer on campus; thereafter, you may "check out" and read entire ebooks from anywhere.
Off Campus Access: [EZ] after initial sign up.

Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Description: Selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers and over 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers, including selected full text access to the Fort Worth Star Telegram. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts. Updated daily.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

Project Muse (John Hopkins University Press)
Description: Electronic access to the full text of 300 scholarly journals and 60 publishers.
Help: Project Muse Information Page
Off Campus Access:[EZ]

PsycINFO (EBSCO)
Description: The comprehensive international database of psychology produced by American Psychological Association. Covering the academic, research and practice literature in psychology.
Tip: A key resource for organizational behavior and management information researchers.
Coverage: Includes over 1,125,000 records from over 45 countries in more than 30 languages.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

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The RedBooks Online (LexisNexis)
Description: The "bible" of the advertising industry. The Agency Database contains detailed profiles of nearly 13,500 U.S. and international advertising agencies including accounts represented by each agency, fields of specialization, breakdown of gross billings by media, and contact information for agency personnel.
Off Campus Access: [PPP]

Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Description: Full text coverage for U.S. regional business publications. Coverage includes 75 business publications representing both metropolitan and rural areas. Updated daily.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

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Science Direct (Elsevier)
Description: Search the entire ScienceDirect database for full-text access to Elsevier journals which are part of the SMU subscription.
Tip: Click on "Group wide login" to begin your search. Users may browse a list of journals covered by this service. Green icons indicate full text electronic access; white icons indicate the journal is not part of the SMU subscription.
Help: If you need the full text of an article in a journal to which SMU does not subscribe, contact a BIC reference librarian for assistance.
Coverage: Contains all 175 Academic Press journals; citations and abstracts for all Elsevier journal articles; abstracts for non-Elsevier scientific, technical and medical journals.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage (Standard & Poor's)
Description: Nine popular S&P publications are searchable: Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, Register, Stock Guide, Bond Guide, Earnings Guide, The Outlook, and Dividend Record.
Off Campus Access: [PPP]

Stat-USA (U.S. Department of Commerce)
Description: Provides authoritative business, economic and trade community information from the Federal government.
Tip: National Trade Data Bank is located in this database.
Off Campus Access:[EZ]

Thomson ONE Banker(Thomson)
Description: Offers "...access to quotes, earnings estimates, financial fundamentals, market moving news, transaction data, corporate filings, ownership profiles and research from industry-leading sources." The Worldscope database is included in Thomson ONE Banker.
Tip: Includes Thomson Research database; click "Filings" from menu on left for access.
Note: Internet Explorer must be used to access database and spreadsheets.
Special Features: Install the Excel Add-In (Use of the Excel Add-In is restricted to current SMU students, faculty, and staff. Certificate students, alumni, and visitors do not have permission to use this feature.)
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

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Web of Science [in Web of Knowledge] (ISI)
Description: For academic researchers, this citation index makes it possible to see what recent journal articles cite a particular earlier article or author. By tracing citation relationships, it is possible to understand the development of a research field or topic and the collaborators in the topic.
Tip: Within the Web of Knowledge interface, users may select or deselect which databases are searched. The three citation index databases are: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Help: Video Tutorials
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

Wiley Interscience Journals (Wiley)
Description: Full text journal articles provided by a major publisher.
Off Campus Access: [EZ]

WRDS [Wharton Research Data Services] (The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania)
Description: Business intelligence databases with financial, accounting, banking, economics, management, marketing and public policy data.
Help: About WRDS or Tutorials
Off Campus Access: [RESTRICTED] IP connection is available only within the BIC facilities.

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KEY TO OFF CAMPUS ACCESS

[EZ] Off-campus access will be authenticated by EZ Proxy software for any SMU faculty, staff, or student that has current status. After selecting one of these resources, enter your last name and 14-digit SMU ID barcode number.

[PPP] These resources are available based on the vendor's software detecting an SMU IP address. To enable your off-campus proxy access, use Information Technology Services' (ITS) directions (http://www.smu.edu/help/docs/) for dial-up (PPP) service or VPN for high-speed connections.

[RESTRICTED] These resources are not available off campus. They are restricted to current SMU students, faculty, and staff. Certificate students and alumni do not have permission to use these resources.

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Updated: March 2007