Finding Journal Articles
Checking the Complete List FinancialWeb, good finance and economics portal
FRED, An Economic Time-Series Database, time series from the Federal Reserve Board
of Journals Available at Albright
Finding Reference Sources
Finding Popular Books and AV Materials
Finding Quality Internet Sites
REMOTE USERS NOTE: Students, faculty and staff accessing the databases from home or off site must log into the remote list of databases. You will need a current college ID card with a library barcode for obtaining access. Anyone with problems accessing these databases should call 610-921-7211 or email libraryref@alb.edu for assistance.
The most popular databases with finance information are listed in alphabetical order. You can find more information on each database and review the online help options for each database by going to our Complete List of Library Databases. Once you find the sources you need, you can see if we own that particular magazine, journal or newspaper by checking a full listing of the serial items that the college can access in print (in the Library) or by reading online.
- ABI/Inform Global, available via ProQuest, premier business journal & newspaper database, much in full text online. Only source of full text Wall Street Journal.
- Business and Company Resource Center, available via Gale Business Resources, combination of journal articles and reference book information, with much full text online.
- Business Periodicals Online, available via WilsonWeb, leading English language business periodical database, with some full text online.
- Mergent Online, available via Mergent Online, select "Enter Mergent Online" to gain access to financial information on over 10,000 US public companies, many international companies and US and international annual reports.
- LexisNexis Academic is useful for researching news, business, and legal topics. Look at the OVERVIEW and TUTORIALS to see how to do searches.
Check our list of online and print journals to determine which titles you can access in the library and online. If you cannot find the article you need, request it via interlibrary loan.
Reference sources provide solid background information on a topic or provide a quick and easy access to sources with factual information. You will want to consult them when you either want to get a good background on a topic (e.g., an encyclopedia entry) or to find a quick fact or definition (e.g., dictionary or almanac). The reference sources listed here may be in print or online format. Online database sources with a double asterisk, must be logged into as a remote user -- see instructions below.
REMOTE USERS NOTE: Students, faculty and staff accessing any starred databases from home or off site must log into the remote list of databases. You will need a current college ID card with a library barcode to obtain access. Anyone with problems accessing these databases should call 610-921-7211 or email libraryref@alb.edu for assistance.
- The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Finance [Ref 332.03 B632, 1998]
- Business Research Sources: a Reference [Ref 330 B985b 1999 at the Reference Desk]
- Dictionary of Business [Ref 650.03 C699d3 2001]
- Encyclopedia of Business [Ref 650.103 E562 2000]
- Ibbotson's Socks, Bonds, Bills and Inflation Yearbook [Ref 332.63 S865V 2002]
- Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios [Ref 657.3 D897 -- usually on reserve]
To find books and AV materials at Albright, check our Online Public Access Catalog (a.k.a. OPAC)
Need some help in using the OPAC? Try scanning our online OPAC instruction guide. If you cannot locate what you need in the OPAC, try these other catalogs to find materials in other libraries, which can be interlibrary loaned.
There are many Internet gateways and high quality resources that provide high quality finance information. Some of the ones we recommend are:
American Economic Association, organized in 1885, a not-for-profit scholarly organization which promotes economic research, especially the historical and statistical study of economics
Association for Investment Management and Research, information for investment practitioners and educators
Annual Reports Online, in addition to Hoover's, provide connections to many annual reports
Bloomberg.com, a gateway for business and financial information
Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Commerce site
Bureau of Labor Statistics, principal source of labor economics and statistics
CNNMoney, current financial and business news
EconData.net, links to more than 550 sources of regional, states and local socioeconomic data
Economagic: Economic Time Series Database, time series from the Federal Reserve Board
EDGAR, US SEC filings
FED101, history, structure, policies and services of the Federal Reserve
Financial Data Finder (FDF), great source of financial data
FINRA the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority A rich source for all kinds of financial information. Market Data Center essential for CORPORATE BOND DATA
Investinginbonds.com An excellent source for prices and news on government, municipal and government bonds
International Monetary Fund, info about members and international monetary cooperation
McMaster University Archive for History of Economic Thought, primary and secondary documents
OSU Virtual Finance Library, good finance portal
Stock Exchanges - AMEX, New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ
Wachowicz's Web World: Web Sites for Discerning Finance Students, good finance portal
YAHOO! Finance, great source of financial and historical stock statistics
