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Databases

Business Source Ultimate
This is the primary database for accounting articles and management topics in general.

Also includes financial data, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses. Coverage: 1866-present.
Emerald Library
Searches a wide range of management and library & information services journals, as well as a range of engineering, applied science and technology journals. Coverage: 1994 - present, varies by title.
Entrepreneurial Studies Source
Full text to periodicals, reference books, case studies, and videos of interest for business and entrepreneurship from the Harvard Faculty Seminar Series.

Full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, numerous case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Seminar Series and Vator.TV, one of the world's largest social network sites for high-tech entrepreneurs. Subjects include: Business planning, communications, innovations, organizational behavior, product development, and raising capital.
ScienceDirect
Despite the title, this database has full text coverage of management, accounting and finance journals.
Web of Science
Limit your search to the Social Science section of the database for best results.

Also includes BIOSIS Citation Index, Data Citation Index, Current Contents Connect, Derwent Innovation Index. Medline (1950-present), Current Chemical Reactions, Index Chemicus, and Zoological Records.
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint
Checkpoint provides primary tax documents and secondary analysis for federal, state, and local taxation, estate planning, pensions and benefits, international taxation, and payroll taxation. Covers tax, auditing, and corporate governance sources.

Financial Statements

Business Insights: Essentials
Has both industry and company reports and also contains financials.

Coverage: 1980 - present.

SEC Edgar
Securities and Exchange Commission site with financial reports back to the mid 1990s.
Datastream
Has financials from some U.S. and international companies. This can only be accessed on a workstation located in the Government Documents room.

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For additional help with this product, contact Colleen Hailey.

Bloomberg
Bloomberg is a major global provider of 24-hour financial news and information, including real-time and historic price data, financials data, trading news and analyst coverage, emerging market data and more.

Located on data computer in the Government Documents area. Restricted to current BU faculty & students only, and terminal can be reserved using the Libraries' online system.. Use requires registration.

See the How to: Bloomberg Terminal guide for more information.