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VitalLaw
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Access to federal and state tax libraries; on campus only. Also the latest tax news, analysis, cases and other primary source materials.
Formerly called the CCH Internet Tax Research Network. Includes CCH Standard Federal Tax Reporter (back to 1986); CCH Federal Estate and Gift Tax Reporter; CCH Federal Excise Tax Reporter; CCG Tax Treaties Reporter; the Federal Tax Service; tax citator; state tax reporters for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with archives (back to 1994); and various tax journals,including Taxes: The Tax Magazine, from 1998 to the present. There are several searchable libraries: Accounting/Auditing, Federal, State, Financial & estate, Special entities, Pension & payrolll, International, Perform plus II, and CCH client relate. Also included are Miller GAAP and FASB Original Pronouncements.
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint
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Provides primary tax documents and secondary analysis for federal, state, and local taxation, estate planning, pensions and benefits, international taxation, and payroll taxation.
Tax content includes content from: RIA Federal Tax and State/Local Tax; WG&L Tax Journals and Tax Treatises; and Tax Advisor Planning Series. Accounting content includes COSO Internal Control Framework & Guidance.
Mergent Online
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Database of corporate information covering over 22,000 US and foreign public companies. SEC filings, balance sheets, income statements, annual reports, company histories, broker research reports, business news, and more. Includes access to Investext reports written by analysts at investment banks, brokerage houses, and consulting firms. Reports cover financials and analysis on companies and select industries.
Access to U.S. Company Data and International Company Data. Allows users to access reports on companies based around the world, searching by company name or ticker symbol, or searching across all global boundaries to find companies that match specific financial and/or textual search criteria. Also includes detailed information, such as history, property, subsidiaries, officers and directors, long-term debt, and capital stock. Financial statements are presented in "as-reported" form and in native currencies.

EDGAR (SEC)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database provides free public access to company filings.

Bizminer
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Access to industry and area specific financial benchmarks for over 5,000 industries and market statistics for more than 9,000.
Please note: IUB's subscription includes access to the following series: Industry Financial series ; Business Valuation Multiples ; Vestimate Pro Valuation series ; SWOT-XPRESS series ; Sole Proprietorship Financial Series ; Industry Market Trend Series ; Competitive Market Analyzer series ; 3-ring demographic series ; Sales per Square Foot report.

Articles and News

ABI/INFORM Collection
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Access to thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals, country-and industry-focused reports, and major news sources. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Comprised of ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline. Notable periodicals include The Economist, Sloan Management Review, and the Wall Street Journal.
Business Source Complete
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Regional, national and international business, financial, banking and industry publications.
Provides access to peer-reviewed business journals, covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance, and more. Indexing and abstracts and full text are available back as far as 1886.
Factiva
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Provides full-text access to national and international newspapers, trade publications, business newswires, media transcripts, news photos, business-rich websites, investment analyst reports, market research reports, country and regional profiles, company profiles, and historical market data.

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