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Reference Books
Government Documents
Journals
Databases
Internet Resources
The Marvin K. Peterson Library offers a variety of sources for students of finance. This guide is a starting point that presents a selection of resources, both ours and useful Internet sources we list.
Some helpful links:
Proxy Connection (allows access to databases from outside the library)
Library Guides (subject, research and style). We have several business guides, including one for economics.
For help writing papers, consult the Center for Learning Resources Writing Lab in Maxcy Hall.
For library help, visit us at the Information Desk, call us at 203-932-7189, or e-mail us: LibraryHelp@newhaven.edu.
Use the Library Catalog to find circulating and reference materials, including books, audio-visual holdings, government documents, and periodical titles. (For periodical articles, see the Journals section.)
Our catalog uses the Library of Congress (LC) classification system and subject headings. LC assigns call numbers (letters and numbers) according to the book's primary subject.
Call numbers for books in economics and finance in the Reference and Circulation Stacks:
- HA (Statistics)
- HB (Economic theory. Demography)
- HC (Economic history and conditions)
- HD (Industries. Land use. Labor)
- HE (Transportation and communications)
- HF (Commerce)
- HG (Finance)
- HJ (Public finance)
Examples of some LC subject headings you might use for a subject search:
- Finance
- Banks and banking
- Default (Finance)
- Finance, Personal
- Financial leverage
- Inflation (Finance)
- Intermediation (Finance)
- International finance
- Loans
- Money
- Supply and demand
Choose the type of search you want by selecting from among the many options offered: keyword, subject, author, title, etc. Then place the cursor in the find this box and type in the words you want to search.
Look for search tips at the bottom of the catalog search page. For more detailed search strategies, consult our guide on Using the UNH Library Catalog.
Reference books can be used only in the library. Please note that some books are also available online. Check the Linked Resources tab in the bibliographic record once you find it.
♦General:
Oxford Dictionary for the Business World. Ref. HF1001 .O96 1993
Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms. Ref. HG161 .D69 1995
Dun & Bradstreet's Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios. Ref. HF5681.R25 I53[most recent edition near the Information Desk; earlier editions on regular reference shelves]
Encyclopedia of Banking & Finance. Ref. HG151 .M8 1991
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Accounting and Finance. Ref. HF1001 .S525 1989
International Dictionary of Accounting Acronyms. Ref. HF5621 .M67 1998
International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market. Ref. HG4551 .I5 1999 vols. 1-2
International Handbook of Corporate Finance. Ref. HG4026 .I57 2000
New Palgrave Dictionary of Money & Finance. Ref. HG151 .N48 1992
Thorndike Encyclopedia of Banking and Financial Tables. Ref. HG1626 .T492
♦Finance:
Business Statistics of the United States. Ref. HC101 .A131222 [most recent edition near the Information Desk; earlier editions on regular reference shelves].
Dictionary of Financial Risk Management. Ref. HG151 .G37 1996
Economic Report of the President. Ref. HC106.5.A273 [older non-circulating editions in circulating stacks; 1964-1970; 1973-1979; 1981-2005]. Also online from the library catalog and directly from GPO Access.
International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market. Ref. HG4551 .I5 1999. vols. 1-2
NASDAQ Stock Market NASDAQ-100, ADRs, Foreign Securities. Ref. HG4009 .N37 1997
Statistical Abstract of the United States. Ref. HA202 [latest at Information Desk, earlier in circulating stacks]. 1933, 1937, 1943, 1947, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1962-67, 1969, 1971-present. Also online at http://www.census.gov/ from the Publications link.
Survey of Current Business. Ref. HC101 .A13 [older editions in Reference; newer editions in GovDocs]. Also online from our library catalog and at the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook. Ref. HC101 .U545 [latest print edition 2000; earlier editions in GovDocs C 61.48; also fee-based access from the International Trade Administration].
♦Country Information/Economic Conditions - International:
Economic Survey of Europe. Ref. HC240.A1 U477
Global Monitoring Report 2005. Ref. HD72 .G56 2005
Monthly Bulletin of Statistics. Ref. HA12.5.U63 (1967-). From the UN. [Older editions on microfilm; current year or two in paper.] Also online from our library catalog -- you will need to ask at the Information Desk for password access.
OECD Economic Surveys. Ref. HC240 .O7. From the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Many are accessible online from the Library catalog from on campus or from EBSCOhost EJS.
International Financial Statistics Yearbook. Ref. HG61 .I57. From the IMF (International Monetary Fund). [Latest edition near the Information Desk.]
Statesman's Yearbook. Ref. JA51 .S7. [Latest edition near the Information Desk. Ask about single-user online access in Library only.]
World Development Indicators. Ref. HC59.15.W656. Limited data online from our catalog, and from the World Bank site.
World Development Report. Ref. HC59.7.W659. We have: 1978; 1980-81; '84; '87; '96; 2002; 2003. Some limited data available online at the World Bank site.
World Factbook. Ref. JA51 .N3 [most recent edition near the Information Desk; some earlier editions in GovDocs (PREX 3.15: year)]. Also available online from our catalog, or from the CIA site.
- Similar data is available in the CountryWatch database.
- The Mergent database includes World Factbook data, with additional information on tax and financial reporting.
- Library of Congress Country Studies also provide overviews of social and economic conditions around the world. You can search for them in our library catalog. Check the date of publication, as these are not updated annually.
♦International Trade: Statistics/Regulations:
Also see the legal databases and the International Trade Administration site. The country information databases include this type of information, as well.
CPI Detailed Report. Ref. HB235.U6 U54c [latest 1 year in Ref.; earlier in Docs (L 2.38/3:)]. Also available online from our catalog or from FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research) or the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers. Ref. HF1456 .U53a (1987-). Overviews of countries internationally and their import/export policies and subsidies, intellectual property rights, e-commerce and other areas. Also online from our catalog.
PPI Detailed Reports. Ref. HB235.U6 A472 [most recent in Reference; earlier in Documents (L2.61)]. Also online from our catalog and at the Bureau of Labor Statistics site.
The Marvin K. Peterson Library has been a Federal Depository Library since 1971 and collects material from the Census, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Labor, Treasury Department, Social Security Administration and others. All currently received documents, and many of the older ones, will be found through library catalog searches. Many resources are available online; click on Linked Resources to check for the online availability of a particular item. For catalog items with the [U.S. Gov't Docs] location that are not online, come to the Information Desk for staff assistance.
GPO Access (Government Printing Office) contains bibliographic citations to documents published by Federal Government agencies from 1976 to the present, with links to the online publications where available. Also see Selected Internet Resources for other online government sources, such as EDGAR.
For more information on government resources, consult How to Find U.S. Government Documents, also available in print at the Information Desk.
Journals and Other Periodicals
Journals at the MKP Library on the home page is a listing of most of the periodical titles, current and historical, to which you have access through the library. Formats of journals include print, microform and electronic (online).
To find:
♦Single journals or articles
Type the title of the journal into the top search box. Results will show which databases contain the journal electronically and give you a list of available issues to search through.
Available UNH Library Holdings are also given to enable you to find and/or copy the article in the library. Current and older issues of most of our print periodicals, interfiled in a single alphabetical arrangement, are on the lower level.
Ask for current newspapers and microform holdings at the Circulation Desk.
♦Lists of journals by keyword or subject
Use the top search option, with the drop-down box set to Title contains all words and search with title keywords (e.g., finance, financ*, international financ*, etc. [*= truncation here]).
You can also select a subject category (lower drop-down search box) and select subjects like Business & Economics and the listed subcategories.
♦A list of articles on a subject
Consult the Databases section.
A sampling of journal titles that may be of interest:
Daily Deal & Silicon Valley News
Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis
Journal of Financial Economics
Journal of Financial Management and Analysis
Business
Provides news, analysis and information on businesses and regional market areas published in hard-to-find local and regional publications.
Abstracts and some full text from national and international business and management journals, as well as company profiles with executive profiles.
Provides articles and information from periodical publications with a trade and industry focus (including market trends) in many market sectors such as finance, construction, computers, transportation, insurance and more.
Business and Company Resource Center
A database of company profiles, brand information, market intelligence, rankings, financials, investment reports, histories and industry news.
Includes reports, articles, and economic data for the United States on management, economic and financial topics.
Directory of Corporate Affiliations
A business directory, this database of company information includes parent/subsidiary relations.
Emerald Fulltext is a collection of articles from important management journals.
National and international coverage. Find industry analyses, information on a company's location, summary financials, top competitors, top officers, and more.
Directory information with histories/profiles. National and international coverage. Includes histories of companies, major competitors, key officials and financials, and information from Disclosure.
Includes SEC data, also available online at the SEC EDGAR site, as well as in LexisNexis - Business. Mergent (formerly Moody's) analyzes corporations and institutions, providing history, properties, management and financial data (updated via news reports).
These timely and useful National Bureau of Economic Research publications can be downloaded. We also have the print publications in the Circulation Stacks. HB1.A2 N3
Directory listings of US companies. Includes parent and subsidiary relations between companies and lists small companies not included in the larger databases.
STAT-USA.
Includes SOTN (State of the Nation), NTDB (National Trade Data Bank) and GLOBUS. Contains domestic and international trade and market information, including country-specific information, industry-specific information and industry-country information, as well as economic indicators. The World Factbook, U.S. Global Trade Outlook, A Basic Guide to Exporting, Background Notes, Business America, and Country Commercial Guides are some of the publications that are available in full text.
Access: Depository. Available in Library only, on Terminals 1 or 2.
USA Trade Online.
A database of domestic import and export information.
Access: Depository. Available in Library only, on Terminals 1 or 2.
Value Line Investment Survey.
Provides information on stocks, including the prices, timeliness, safety ranks, estimated dividends, low and high, P/E stocks, and stock market averages. Ref. HG4501.V26 S4 [Permanent Reserve]: ask at the Circulation Desk. Earlier editions are located in the reference stacks. Current 13-week cycle is available online in the Library via password -- ask at the Information Desk.
Items are image-based and fully-searchable and provide comprehensive coverage from the inception of each publication. HeinOnline has four major library collections: Law Journal Library, Federal Register Library, Treaties and Agreements Library, and the U.S. Supreme Court Library.
An index of more than 1,400 titles including law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals. LegalTrac also contains law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles.
Includes text from law reviews and primary sources of the law.
Multidisciplinary (including business topics)
Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress)
Peer-reviewed journals, working papers and other scholarly information offered for free downloading. Register and create a free account.
Maps, global economic statistical forecasting feature and demographic data by country and region. Full text and data.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Includes journals in Business and Economics.
Gale Virtual Reference Library E-Books
Access to several multi-volume reference resources, including the following Gale encyclopedias: Small Business; U.S. Economic History.
InfoTrac OneFile and Academic OneFile
Two multidisciplinary databases that provide access to citations, abstracts and lots of full text articles from journals and newspapers. IOF includes popular publications, while AOF focuses more on academic titles.
FirstSearch.Provides access to many databases such as Dissertations from North America and Europe, EconLit, and more. Disclosure is also available directly via the database. Available in the library only. Ask at the Information Desk for password, if needed.
IRIS (Illinois Researcher Information Service)
A database of funding, grant and scholarship opportunities in all fields. Includes useful links to other sites, and provides online guides to grant writing. You can sign up for an e-mail alert service.
Includes full text for the following newspapers:
- Boston Globe (1980-current)
- Christian Science Monitor (1988-current)
- Hartford Courant (1992-current)
- Los Angeles Times (1985-current)
- New York Times (1980-current)
- Wall Street Journal (1984-current)
- Washington Post (1987-current)
The ProQuest Historical Newspaper Collection covers these same newspapers for earlier dates, but cannot be searched at the same time as the newspaper collection.
♦Annual Reports:
Annual Reports (Investor Relations Information Network)
CAROL - Company Annual Reports Online
EdgarScan (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
Guide to Filing Types (from the SEC)
Securities and Exchange Commission
- EDGAR and other related links.
♦Associations & Organizations:
Financial Executives Institute (FEI)
Investment Counsel Association of America (ICAA)
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA)
National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)
North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA)
♦Banking:
Bank Credit Analyst Research Group
Bank for International Settlements
Bank Rate Monitor (bankrate.com)
Beige Book: Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District
Center for the Study of Central Banks (New York University School of Law)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Industry Analysis
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Statistics on Banking
♦Bonds/Treasuries:
Bloomberg.com - Bonds♦Rates & BondsBoard of Governors of the Federal Reserve System BradyNet: Emerging Markets Emerging Markets Companion Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Savings Bond Value and Redemption (U.S. Dept. of the Treasury) Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)♦Investing in BondsTreasuryDirect (U.S. Treasury)Current and Historical Press Releases - Treasury Bills, Notes, and Bonds♦Careers:
♦Commodoties/Futures/Options:
♦General:
Center for Ethics, Capital Markets, and Political Economy
- Financial Data Finder (Dept. of Finance, Ohio State University)
FinWeb: The Independent Financial Portal
GPO Access (Government Printing Office's site)
GPO Access' Browse Topics for Financial Institutions
USA.gov is another gateway to U.S. Federal and State Government information.
House Committee on Financial Services
- IPO Central (from Hoover's North America)
An encyclopedia of investment topics.
Investing glossary.
Senate Committtee on Finance
- Morningstar Corporate Web site (now integrated with the Ibbotson Associations Web site)
Stanford Securities Class Action Clearinghouse
Industry Resources Reports.
Wachowicz's Web World: Web Sites for Discerning Finance Students
Produced to accompany a text by John Wachowicz and James van Horne at the University of Tennessee.
♦Hedge Funds:
Baker Library Guide to Hedge Funds (Harvard Business School) Hedge Fund Association Hedge Fund Research (HFR) Magnum Funds Managed Funds Association MAR Hedge Fund ♦Investment Firms:
Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley Technology Research/News PricewaterhouseCoopers Smith Barney Includes a glossary of investing terms.
Standard & Poor's ♦Mutual funds:
Mutual Funds (Investment Company Institute)
Mutual Funds Interactive (Brill.com)
♦Statistics & Analysis:
Federal Reserve Board: Statistics Release and Historical Data
♦Stock Markets:
African Stock Exchanges Association (ASEA)
Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS)
Federation of European Stock Exchanges (FESE)
International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
♦Stocks:
ADR.com (from J.P. Morgan & Thomson Financial)
Big Charts (from MarketWatch)
Depositary Receipts - Bank of New York
Historical Stock Price Data (Expert Software Systems)
PC Quote (from Money Net)
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