Guides: FIN 3400 Principles of Finance: Find Research

Internet Resources

SEC Filings
Search for company filings from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
FASB Codification Research System
Search for codification content.

Business Databases

Company and Industry Information

Use the databases listed below to search for company profiles, SWOT analyses, legal cases, and literature. Type the name of the company you are looking for into the database search bar. You can also type in keywords for topics you are interested in to find relevant articles and literature.

Business Source Complete
Business Source Complete covers business, management, finance, accounting, international business, and economics topics from academic journals, magazines, and trade publications dating back to 1886. Also included are current company, industry and region reports.

Subjects: accounting, actuarial science, business administration, MBA, finance, marketing,
organizational management, professional selling, servant leadership, strategic communication
Content: journals, financial data, books, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses. Publication dates: 1922 - present
Nexis Uni
Subjects: accounting, actuarial science, business, criminal justice, finance, international studies, marketing, professional selling,
Content: company profiles, legal cases, newspapers
Publication dates: varies

Nexis Uni, the successor of LexisNexis Academic, provides full-text access to over 15,000 news, business, and legal sources.
Regional Business News
Subjects: accounting, business, finance marketing, organizational management, professional selling
Content: magazines, newspapers
Publication dates: 1990 – present

Search Tips

Keywords

Identify keywords for your topic and brainstorm narrower, broader, and related terms.

Example: Factors that affect academic performance in first-generation college students.

Academic Performance	College	First-Generation Students
Student Success	Higher Education	Children of Immigrants
Student Achievement	University	Minority Students
Learning Outcomes	Community College	Nontraditional Students

Boolean Operators

Typing the Boolean Operators AND, OR, and NOT into the library catalog or databases allow you to broaden or narrow your results.

Found too many results?

Add more keywords.

Adding additional keywords to your search can help to further narrow your topic.

Example: college AND first-generation students AND academic performance

Found too few results?

Use OR.

Broaden your search by using OR to link your terms.

Example: (college OR higher education OR university) AND first-generation students AND (academic performance OR student success)