Penn State University Libraries - Finance & Investment

Article Databases

• Business Source Premier

  • Essential article database for business research, providing the full text for more than 2,000 periodicals, including about 1,000 scholarly journals
  • Covers virtually all disciplines in business and economics, including accounting, economics, econometrics, finance, marketing, management, MIS, QMM, and supply chain management

• ProQuest

  • Search for newspaper, magazine, and journal articles. Many full-text

Company Research, Financials, and Ratios

• MergentOnline

  • Information on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. public companies
  • Detailed, standardized financial statements
  • Searchable by company name, industry codes, revenue levels, and other characteristics
  • Comparative analysis among companies
  • Access to SEC reports

• Hoover's

  • Proprietary company and industry information, SEC filings, plus reports on money management, career development, news, and business travel

Industry Research, Financials and Ratios

• Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

  • Investor information products
  • Industry Surveys
  • Company profiles and Corporation Records
  • Stock, bond, and fund research

• IBISWorld

  • Over 700 full-text industry reports
  • Over 700 U.S. industry risk rating reports
  • Information on over 8,000 publicly-traded companies
  • Hundreds of economic and demographic profiles

• Plunkett Research Online (Industry Information)

  • Industry sector analysis and research
  • Industry trends and statistics
  • Market research and trends
  • Company profiles

Investment Advisory

• ValueLine

  • Aggregate data and analysis on industries
  • Reports, articles, and company highlights