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.