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Subject Guides
Business & Finance Resources
 
Books       Articles       Web Sites:   accounting
e-commerce
finance/business
law/legal
marketing
tax/taxation

Selected Books in the Library
The Library's online catalog is available by following the link to our catalog.  To locate business or finance related resources within the Library, try subject or title searches with the following terms:
  • Accounting
  • Business
  • Communication
  • Computer programs
  • E-commerce
  • E-business
  • Law
  • Management
  • Marketing
A few of the books in the Library's collection that relate to business and finance are listed below.
  • Black's Law Dictionary
    (REF KF156 .B53 1999)
  • Business Ethics
    (HF5387 .S43 2002)
  • Consumer Behavior
    (HF5415.32 .S65 2001)
  • Contemporary Business
    (HD31 .B66 2002)
  • Creating a Winning E-Business
    (HF5548.32 .C74 2001)
  • Electronic Commerce: A Managerial Perspective
    (HF5548.32 .T87 2002)
  • Financial Accounting
    (HF5635 .W27 2002)
  • The Legal Environment of Business
    (KF1600 .M39 1993)
  • The New York Times Guide to Marketing
    (HF5415 .M87 2001)
  • RMA Annual Statement Studies
    (REF HF5681 .B2 R6 2003)
  • Taxation for Decision Makers
    (KF6369.3 .D46 2003)
  • West's Federal Taxation
    (KF6289 .W47 2004)
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Locating Articles in the Library
Online Databases

Don't forget to go to the many online databases, which provide access to articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers. Some of these articles are provided in full-text, but others are not. The databases also act as a cumulative index to many of the journals/magazines available in the Library. COLLEGE ACCESS ONLY

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Resources on the Web - Accounting

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA)
    Provides career information, news for CPAs, and AICPA news/products links.

  • AuditNet
    The site contains a directory of Internet sites for auditors, accountants and financial professionals, as well as links to free audit programs, a directory of fraud resources, and sample ethics policies.

  • The New York State Society of CPA's Accounting Terminology Guide
    This site provides a glossary of accounting terminology that will help you more fully to understand financial reports.

  • SmartPros
    Resources for accounting professionals including news; some full-text articles; a research library that provides tax and financial listings from state, federal, and international institutions; and the Certified Public Accountant Link Directory. This site also has accounting job postings, and a browsable list of professional résumés.

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Resources on the Web - E-commerce
  • Center for Research in Electronic Commerce
    University of Texas, Austin, provides this excellent research center focusing on research and education in the field of e-commerce. Coverage includes links of electronic web sites, working papers and articles, and news.

  • E-Commerce News
    This news site provides the latest in e-commerce news and links to other news sections, such as infrastructure, storage, developer, wireless, business, etc.

  • E-Commerce Times
    A great web site providing links to e-commerce news and other information on various aspects of e-commerce.

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Resources on the Web - Finance & Business

  • Business.com
    Not only does this site serve as a business search engine, but it also has a directory of companies, products, services, and other business-related information.

  • The Conference Board
    Statistical measures are available here, including Consumer Confidence Index, the Measure of Business Confidence, and Leading Economic Indicators.

  • Corporate Information
    Great site where you can find company profiles for over 15,000 companies, as well as profiles of countries' industries and exchange rates. Each research report analyzes sales, dividends, earnings, profit ratios, research and development, inventory, etc.  This site is provided by Wright Investors' Service.
    Please Note: Registration (free) is required.

  • County Business Patterns
    This annual series includes a separate report for each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and a U.S. summary. Information is available back through 1993.
    Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.

  • Free EDGAR
    Locate SEC Documents by company name or ticker symbol. View in HTML onscreen, and click to each section using the table of contents.
    Please Note: Registration (free) is required.

  • Methven & Associates - Business Law
    A California-based law firm provides links to electronic commerce, U.S. federal and state, Internet, tax, trademark, copyright, and other business law information. There are also articles from the company's newsletters, with such subjects such as electronic signatures, venture capital, and legal checklists for business.

  • Thomas Register.com
    This site provides reports on more than 170,000 manufacturers.
    Please Note: Registration (free) is required.

  • U.S. Business Advisor
    This site, sponsored by the Small Business Administration, provides access to government information that is helpful to businesses.  Topics covered include business development, laws, regulations, taxes, etc.

  • WWW Virtual Library: Economics
    Combining RFE (Resources for Economists on the Internet - courtesy of the University of Southern Mississippi) and WebEc (WWW Resources in Economics - courtesy of the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland), the Virtual Library is a gateway to various web sites and other sources of economic information.

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Resources on the Web - Law/Legal Issues

  • Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice
    Searchable full text access to selected antitrust cases, appellate brief, congressional testimonies, business reviews, and the statutory provisions is available at this official government site.

  • FindLaw
    Resources available on this site are divided by user type: business, consumer, legal professional, student, etc.  News and "Find a Lawyer" searches are also available.

  • LawMoose
    This site is the gateway to the Minnesota Legal Web, the Wisconsin Legal Web, and the World Legal Resource Center.

  • Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research
    Links to most of the searchable legal indexes on the Web are available at this site.  Many of the searchable U.S. legal sources - including searches for case, statutory and regulatory law - are also available.  This service is provided by the Georgia State University College of Law.

  • Minnesota State Court System
    This is a comprehensive law site for the state of Minnesota.

  • Nolo's Legal Encyclopedia
    This site has "plain English" legal information covering wills, estate planning, business, employment, internet law, etc.

  • THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
    Sponsored by the Library of Congress, this site provides access to the full text of bills from U.S. Congresses back through the 101st (with bill summary and status through the 93rd Congress). Search the daily Congressional Record for a term, then read the full text of relevant proceedings and proposed legislation.

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Resources on the Web - Marketing

  • Chambers of Commerce
    This site allows searching for Chamber of Commerce sites or official sites of cities, states, or provinces around the world.

  • Marketing Virtual Library
    A gateway to other relevant web sites, this site offers links to sites with information on marketing basics, market research, Internet marketing, marketing plans, advertising, selling, and more.

  • NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)
    The U.S., Canada, and Mexico have designated 6-digit codes which classify industries so that statistics can be compared easily across countries.  This site, provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, provides NAICS codes with explanations and an alphabetical list of industries next to their NAICS codes, as well as code searches and conversions between NAICS and SIC.

  • US Census Bureau
    Population and household economic topics are indexed at this subpage of the U.S. Census Bureau's web site.  Links to many other great sites with useful social, demographic, and economic information are also provided.

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Resources on the Web - Tax/Taxation

  • target="_blank"Federation of Tax Administrators: State Comparisons
    This web site provides tables comparing the tax rates and structure for all fifty U.S. states. State income, sales, and excise taxes are included. State and local tax presentations include percentage of personal income, per capita, by source, and as a percentage of total revenues.

  • Internal Revenue Service
    A very complete site of links to everything tax related: federal and state tax legislation, forms, filing and refunds, tax news, links to tax code, manuals and bulletins from the IRS, and more.

  • Tax History Project
    Information about the history of American taxation is available at this site sponsored by a non-profit organization.

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