Selected Resources
Accounting 320
Spring Semester, 2002
Table of Contents
Books
There are two resources that will assist
in locating items in the Lehigh University Libraries. It is:
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ASA,
The Library’s Online Catalog. This lists all the items in the
library and their location. This resource is available on the WWW.
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WorldCat.
This is a catalog that lists over 44 million items including books, journals,
audio-visual, CD-ROMs and software. These resources may be obtained
via Lehigh’s Interlibrary Loan.
Remember: Use ASA to locate books, journals,
A-V materials, and CD-ROMs. Journal articles are NOT indexed in ASA.
Industry
Information
These resources can be used to locate
information on industries. They are:
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Business
and Company Resource Center. This resource has statistics,
trade journal articles, and association information on industries.
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Investext.
It has analyst reports covering more than 11,000 U.S. and international
companies and 53 industries. These reports come from top Wall Street
and international brokerage firms.
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Journal
indexes list articles on industries. See the Journal Indexes
section for a listing of indexes.
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North American industry classification
system, United States. 317.3/U588sa/FM-1-R-Ref.
This is available in print or on the WWW. Its URLs are http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naicstab.htm
or http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html.
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Standard Industrial Classification Manual.
317.3/U5852/1987/Ref. This resource is available in print and on
the WWW. The URL's for the manual is http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html.
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Standard and Poor’s Industry Surveys.
338/S781I/FM-1-Ref (On Reserve). Analyzes specific industries on
a quarterly basis. Trends, financial information, and industry data
are available. Earlier bound volumes are available in the stacks
back to 1976.
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Value Line. 332.6/V215/FM-1-Ref
(On Reserve). Includes quantitative and qualitative information for
industry and company. It rates the companies’ stock as a buy, sell
or hold. Back issues are available on fiche from 1980 at Fairchild
Library.
Industry
Ratios
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Almanac of Business and Financial Ratios.
338.973/T864/FM-1-Ref. Latest on Reserve and earlier editions in
the stacks.
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Dow
Jones Interactive. Company Information Center on DJI has
this information.
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Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios.
338.5/I42/FM-1-Ref. Latest on Reserve with earlier editions in the
stacks. Produced by Dun and Bradstreet.
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RMA Annual Statement Studies.
338/R642/FM-1-Ref. Latest on Reserve and earlier editions in the
stacks.
Statistical
Indexes
These items list sources where statistics
can be located. They are:
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American Statistics Index. 310.016/C749a/Ref.
Covers statistics printed by the Federal Government.
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Statistical Reference Index.
317.3016/S797/Ref. Covers statistics printed by non-Federal Government
agencies, i.e., associations, commercial publishers, states, etc.
Available on fiche since 1980 at Fairchild Library.
General
Statistical Resources
The listed resources will give statistics
on industries, general economy and population that are produced by the
Federal Government. Many of the same statistics are available on
the Web (See the listings under the Web section for the URLs of Federal
Government Statistical Sites.) These are:
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Business statistics of the United States.
338.09/B976a/FM-1-Ref. Biennial publication has historical statistics
that originally appeared in the Survey of Current Business as current.
This publication has the statistics from 1947 to with in a year of its
publication date.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States.
317.2/U58s/FM-1-RRef. Latest edition is in Ready Reference with earlier
editions in the stacks. The URL for the Web edition is http://www.census.gov/statab/www/.
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STAT-USA.
See World Wide Web for a description.
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Survey of Current Business. C56.109:
/FM-2-DOC. The URLs for the Web versions are http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/pubs.htm
or http://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/cgi-bin/pubid?Pub=28352.
Also available on STAT-USA.
Company
and Stock Information
These resources are good for finding information
on companies. They are:
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Annual Reports and 10-K Reports. Reports
are for the Fortune 500 going back to 1979 for the annual reports.
The 10-K reports are available for the past few years through 1997.
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Business
and Company Resource Center. Includes information on financials,
company history, and investment reports.
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Dow
Jones Interactive. The Company and Industry Center has information
from the annual reports and the 10-K's.
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Investext
It has analyst reports covering more than 11,000 U.S. and international
companies and 53 industries. These reports come from top Wall Street
and international brokerage firms.
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Handbook of common stocks (Formerly
Moody's Handbook of Common Stocks) 332.6/M817si/FM-1-Ref). Reports
on over 2000 stocks.
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Lexis
Nexis Universe. See the Journal Index section for a description.
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Market
Guide. Similar to Zacks in providing information on companies.
Its URL is http://www.marketguide.com.
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Mergent Manuals (Formerly Moody's).
332.6/M817a/FM-1-Ref. Financial data on companies including income
statements balance sheets and company history. There are six (6)
parts: Bank and Finance, Industrials, Municipals and Government, Over the
Counter, Public Utilities and Transportation. Earlier editions located
in the stacks.
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SEC Edgar Database.
See World Wide Web for description. Its URL is http://www.sec.gov/.
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Value Line. See Industry Information
section for description.
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Zacks Investment
Research. Provides investment information on a company including
financials, buy/sell/hold/ information and earnings estimates. Its
URL is http://my.zacks.com/.
Company
Directories and Bond Information
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Directory of corporate affiliations.
338/D598/FM-1-R-REF
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Dun & Bradstreet million dollar directory.
380/ D897mia/FM-1-R-REF
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Hoover's handbook of American business.
338.74025 H789a/ FM-1-REF
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Mergent bond record. 332.6/M817ba/FM-1-REF
Journal
Indexes
Locating articles with quantitative and
qualitative information on companies and industries may be found using
these indexes. Some indexes have full text articles. To access
the Web version, click on Lehigh Homepage, at the top right Libraries,
then Electronic Resources and then Databases. (Or click on its URL:
http://www.lehigh.edu/~inref/databases/index.html). They are:
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ABI-Inform.
Indexes over 1400 journals in management and business. Coverage is
from 1987 for most journals. About 45% of the articles are available
in full text.
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Accounting and Tax Index. Available
only in print and is shelved in Index Section, Reference, Fairchild Library.
Formerly called the Accountant's Index, Supplement.
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Business
and Company Resource Center. Has trade journal articles on
companies and industries.
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Dow
Jones Interactive. Its Publications Library is available
on the Dow Jones Interactive. Covers over 6000 publications (full
text) back to early 1980's.
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Econlit.
A good index for the research journals that cover company information from
a business perspective.
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InfoTrac
(a.k.a. Expanded Academic Index). Covers over 1400 journal going
back to 1980. Some articles are available in full text.
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Lexis
Nexis Universe. Provides full text of journals, newspapers,
and wire services relating to business information. It also has full
text legal materials such court decisions, legislation and regulations.
(See the WWW section for more information).
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Periodical
Abstracts. Covers over 1800 journals and newspapers.
Some journal articles are available in full text.
World
Wide Web
Using a search engine, i.e., AltaVista,
Infoseek, etc., you will find information that may be useful. There
are (but not limited to) government, associations, companies and individuals
that have home pages. They provide facts, figures, and reports that
may be important to your research. When searching on the Web, be
sure to use a number of search engines. There are multi-search engines
that search other search engines. These will make searching the Web more
efficient. Dogpile.com is an example of these multi-search engines.
Its URL is: http://www.dogpile.com/. It will search AltaVista, Magellan,
etc., to locate needed resources. An example would be a search for
company home pages listing information on the company and/or product.
Remember: anyone can put up a web page with information. Is the information
on the web page reliable?
Statistical Resources on the Web are:
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Company Web Pages. These are good sources
of financial information BUT the companies that issue the information maintain
these pages.
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FinWeb.
This resource provides web sites and explanations for the given web site.
Its URL is http://www.Finweb.com/
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Lexis
Nexis Universe. This database has its Business section with
divisions including Industry, Company Financial and Business News.
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SEC Edgar Database.
This is available via Dow Jones Interactive and at this URL, http://www.sec.gov/.
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STAT-USA.
This is a compendium of government statistical information on the Web.
It is available through the Article Abstracts and Databases on the Virtual
Library. It gives information on general economic conditions in the
United States, i.e., Consumer Price Index and Leading Economic Indicators.
This compendium contains on the National Trade Data Bank. This gives
information on foreign trade statistics of the U.S., trade opportunities
and information on a foreign country’s rules and regulations.
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Yahoo.com.
It is an excellent site for company information. Its URL is http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/.
These are additional sites for statistics
on the economy. They are:
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Bureau of Economic Analysis. URL is
http://www.bea.doc.gov/.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. URL is http://www.bls.gov/.
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Federal Statistics site. URL is http://www.fedstats.gov/.
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U.S. Census Bureau. URL is http://www.census.gov/.
There are additional resources including web
sites that can assist you in locating information on an industry, legal
information, marketing, statistics, etc. The first two are related
to accounting. They are:
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American Accounting Association. URL
is http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa.
Or for the RAW site, its URL is http://accounting.rutgers.edu/raw/.
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
(AICPA). URL is http://www.aicpa.org.
These web sites are related to industries
and may provide additional information. They are:
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Aerospace Industries Association of America
(AIA). URL is http://www.aia-aerospace.org/.
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American Bankers Association (ABA).
URL is http://www.aba.com.
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Association of Online Professionals (AOP).
URL is http://www.usiia.org (E-commerce).
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Associations
Unlimited. Good for finding the industry's association and other
related associations.
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Chain Drug Marketing Association (CDMA).
URL is http://www.chaindrug.com.
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Grocery Manufacturers of America. URL is http://www.gmabrands.com.
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International Franchise Association.
URL is http://www.franchise.org.
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International Mass Retail Association.
URL is http://www.imra.org.
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International Society of Restaurant Association
Executives.
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Internet Economy Indicators. URL is
http://www.internetindicators.com.
It provides a lot of information about e-business in general and a report
that can be downloaded. Also a listing of additional web sites is
available.
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Market Guide. Its URL is http://www.marketguide.com.
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National Association of Chain Drug Stores
(NACDS). URL is http://www.nacds.org.
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National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC). URL
is http://www.npcnow.org.
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National Restaurant Association. URL
is http://www.restaurant.org.
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Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
(PCMA). URL is http://www.pcmanet.org.
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Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers
of America (PMA). URL is http://www.phrma.org.
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Yahoo.com. It is an excellent site for company
information. Its URL is http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/.
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Resource pages for locating materials in addition
to the library's resources is the Louisiana State University Libraries'
Accounting web page. Its URL is http://www.lib.lsu.edu/bus/account.html.
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Resource pages from Northeastern University
(Boston, Mass.) concerning business and economics. The URL is http://www.lib.neu.edu/nulis/subjects/business.htm
and http://www.lib.neu.edu/nulis/subjects/economics.htm.
There are more resource pages from various entities, example: universities
and societies that can assist in locating information.
LiveRef
If you need assistance with research for
a project , you may click on the LiveRef icon. There, you will have
a real time chat with a Lehigh librarian.
Online Lehigh librarian hours for Spring
2002 (Starting January 15th) are: Sunday-Thursday 7 to 10 pm, and Monday-Friday
1 to 5 pm.
IMPORTANT
NOTE:
The Internet can provide a wealth of information
for size, concentration, market share, growth rate, economy, advertising,
and Internet marketing. REMEMBER the warning in the last few sentences
of the WWW section. A good resource for information on searching
and evaluating the web is http://www.lehigh.edu/library/infodome/infotemp.html.
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