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Citation Formatting

 

Quick Guides by Dr. Cook

 

Online Citation Tools

These programs allow you to electronically format your sources and create a bibliography that can be downloaded directly into your paper.

Source Aid

SourceAid’s Citation Builder formats your bibliography in MLA, APA, CMS & CSE styles. You can also save your work for later editing or addition.

Citation Machine

Citation Machine generates works cited entries in MLA and APA formats which are able to be copied and pasted into a word document.

RefWorks

We subscribe to this service! RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic software package that enables you to:

  • Organize your research
  • Include citations while you write your paper
  • Build a bibliography in a variety of style formats (MLA, APA, Chicago)
  • Import references from many data sources (Databases, Catalog
 

FIN314 Financial Institutions -  Dr. Chiou

Research guide for Projects and Presentations.
Resources for accessing authoritative financial market and institutional data.

Research Process

Determine your topic, then follow a process which makes sense to you for gathering relevant information.
Gather financial information about your company. Explore academic journals and trade publications for information about your topic. Find financial staistics and the possible economic outlook for about the commercial banking industry. Search for related current events and news-based items related to your topic.

Academic Journals and Trade Publications

Also, browse these title lists:

Company Financials

Current Events / News

Industry Statistics

Relevant Databases and Resources

  • ABI/Inform Trade & Industry
    Search more than 700 publications for trade and industry information. Database contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, and construction.
  • Business Source Premier (Business Searching Interface)
    Browse or search for country economic data, company profiles, industry information and market research, and then use the results as limiters in a keyword search.
  • EconLit
    EconLit indexes and abstracts more than 450 international economic journals. Its source material includes journal articles, essays, research papers, books, dissertations, book reviews and working papers.
  • U.S. Census, Economic Programs
    The U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census and other economic questionaires provide a snapshot of the state of industry in the United States. Most recent data from 2002.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
    A general information discovery tool with information from reference books covering the Arts, Business, Environment, History, Law, Multicultural Studies, Religion, and Social Sciences.
  • LexisNexis Academic
    One of largest full-text databases. News section: thousands of newspapers, magazines, and broadcast media programs; Legal: comprehensive array of law reviews and federal and state laws; Business: news and trade publications and company data.
  • Mergent Online
    Provides a wide variety of information about public and private companies, industries, countries and more. Also searches company SEC filings and business executive information.
  • Regional Business News
    Full text coverage for regional business publications.
  • STAT USA
    (Email for Password) Provides current and historical economic and financial releases and economic data. Provides current and historical trade-related releases, international market research, country analysis, and the trade library. Available only on the campus network. See Librarian at Lehman Library Info Desk for password. 

 

LexisNexis Academic (Beta)

  • Covers News, Legal, and Business domains
  • Contains full text of newspaper and journal articles, court cases, legal briefs, business information and more
  • Access from on campus or off campus with Ship ID
  • Beta access may occasionally not work off campus

TurnItIn

Many professors use TurnItIn to identify papers containing unoriginal material. TurnItIn also provides tools to review and respond to your classmates' work online using questions that are customized or created by your instructor. Here's how to use TurnItIn: