These selected
resources on Business, Economics and Finance are available in Lehman College
Library or on the Internet. It is not a comprehensive list for all the resources;
however, it is a good starting point for your research.
Encyclopedias,
Handbooks, Dictionaries and Directories
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and The Law
London: Macmillan Reference; New York, NY: Stockton Press, 1998.
Lehman College Library: Reference, K487.E3 N48 1998, Holdings:
v.1-3
Dictionary of Economics and Business: a Thousand Key Terms and People
by Wechman, Robert J.
Champaign, Ill. Stipes Pub. Co., 1997.
Lehman College Library: Stacks, HB61 .W42 1997.
Dictionary of Economics by Shim, Jae K.
New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1995.
Lehman College Library: Stacks, HB61 .S466 1995
Concise Dictionary of Business Management.
New York : Routledge, 1999.
Lehman College Library: Reference, HD30.15 .S73 1999
Encyclopedia of American Economic History: Studies of the Principal
Movements and Ideas.
New York: Scribner, 1980.
Lehman College Library: Reference , HC103 .E52.
An Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics by Cate, Thomas.
Cheltenham, UK ; Brookfield, Vt. : Edward Elgar, 1997.
Lehman College Library:Reference - HB99.7 .E528 1997
The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Economics by Greenwald,
Douglas
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Lehman College Library: Reference, HB61 .E55 1994.
The Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics.
New York: Warner Books, 1993.
Lehman College Library: Reference, HB61 .F67 1993.
International Encyclopedia of Business and Management.
New York: Routledge, 1996.
Lehman College Library: Reference, HF1001 .I53 1996.
Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms by Downes, John.
Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, c2003.
Lehman College Library: Reference, HG151 .D69
Handbook Of Economic Statistics
United States Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O
Lehman College Library:Reference, HA155 .U54a.
Handbook of International Economic Statistics.
United States Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C.: The Directorate of Central Intelligence Agency
Lehman College Library: Reference, HA155 .U54a
Company Directories
Business
and Company Resource Center
Business and Company Resource Center is a fully integrated resource bringing
together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports,
company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find
detailed company and industry news and information. For
Lehman Students only.
Business Filings
Databases
The site provides descriptions and links to business registration information
and databases from individual states.
Chambers of Commerce
A worldwide directory of chambers of commerce. Searchable by name, city, state
or province.
Forbes Toolbox
Links to many of the special features found in Forbes magazine including the
Forbes 500 and the5 00 Largest Private Companies in the U.S. and the Internationa
1800, the Forbes list of Richest People in America and the World's richest
People.
Fortune 500
The Fortune magazine list of the 500 largest corporations in the United States.
Includes various rankings for the 500 and the Fortune 1000.
Fortune Global 500
Fortune magazines annual list of the 500 largest companies in the world. Includes
various ranking of the companies as well as a spreadsheet file of the Global
500 that can be downloaded.
Hoover's Online
Hoover's Online provides Company Capsules for about 12,000 public companies
without charge. These Company Capsules include: Address; Phone number; Link
to the company website; Description of what the company does; Competitors;
Financial data; Key people in the company; SEC filings; Stock quotes and historical
data and links to stories about he company. With a paid subscription the user
has access to more detailed company information and financial data. Users
can also screen stocks that meet any of 20 criteria.
IdeaList
A project of the Contact Center Network. Information about nonprofit organizations
with a searchable directory of over 9000 organizations worldwide. This site
is provided by Action without Borders.
Technology Fast 500
Deloitte and Touche list of the fastest growing companies.
General Business
EBSCO's Business Source Premier
Contains over 2,400 full text scholarly journals and business periodicals
covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business,
etc. For Lehman students only.
LexisNexis Academic
Offers a full-text collection of business, company, financial, and general
news information. For Lehman students only
JSTOR
Jstor Collection includes the following disciplines: African-American Studies,
Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History,
Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population/Demography,
Sociology, and Statistics. For Lehman Student only
Econlit
Indexing and abstracts of articles from academic journals in economics. For
Lehman students only.
Business Law
BusinessLaw.gov
BusinessLaw.gov is an online resource guide designed to provide legal and regulatory
information to America's small businesses. The site also acts as a gateway to federal,
state and local information that affects small businesses.
Find Law
FindLaw is the highest-trafficked legal Web site, providing the most comprehensive
set of legal resources on the Internet for legal professionals, businesses,
students and individuals. These resources include Web search utilities, cases
and codes, legal news, an online career center, and community-oriented tools,
such as a secure document management utility, mailing lists,
message boards and free e-mail.
Hieros Gamos
The Law and Government Portal. This site provides many links to government
and legal information around the world.
Legal Information Institute
The Legal Information Institute is a research activity of the Cornell Law
School and it offers the Legal Information Institute's collection of recent
and historic Supreme Court decisions, its hypertext versions of the full U.S.
Code, U.S. Constitution, Federal Rules of Evidence and Civil Procedure, recent
opinions of the New York Court of Appeals and commentary
on them.
Financial and Market News
BigCharts
Stock quote and charting
tool.
BradyNet
Brady Bond
information.
CBS
MarketWatch
Business news, stock,
mutual fund and market information.
CNN Money
Business and financial news
from CNN and Money magazine.
CNN/Money M&A
Databank
Listing produced by CNN and
Money Magazine on recent merger and acquisitions activity, and the top deals
for the year.
Dow Jones
Indexes
Information about the Dow
Jones averages including historical data.
Emerging Markets
Companion
Source for global
investment information. Includes equity, debt and option exchange information for
emerging market countries, country profiles, market commentary and analyses.
IOMA.com
This site offers links to a
multitude of business sources ranging from mutual funds to
human resources. It's a
good starting point to sample the types of business information
available on the Internet.
International Federation of Stock
Exchanges
International stock market
information. Includes market statistics, listings of market
holidays, news and other
information.
Internet Stock Report
Updates
and news on stock activity of Internet related companies.
Investment Company
Institute
Information on the mutual
funds industry. Includes the Mutual Fund Fact Book which provides an overview and
history of mutual funds, as well as statistical data.
Investment News
Online version of
Investment News magazine. Includes company reports, IPOinformation, statistics
from the magazine and links to other sources of information for
investing.
Investor Protection
Trust
Provides independent,
objective information needed by consumers to make informed
investment decisions.
InvestorGuide
Contains links to sites of
interest for investors. Includes stock and mutual fund quote services, charts,
indices and currency data, business news, market summaries, tips for finding
investment information on the Web, and information for personal finance.
Investors Alley
News on stocks and the
stock market.
MSN Money
MSN MoneyCentral personal
finance center with information on investing, retirement, real estate,
banking, taxes and insurance.
Morningstar.com
News and quotes for stocks
and mutual funds. Allows you to screen stocks and funds by various criteria.
Mutual Fund Investor's
Center
An educational site
designed for investors interested in mutual funds. Includes a
fund selector tool, links
to fund companies and information on getting started in investing in mutual funds.
NAIC Online
National Association of
Investors Corporation, a non-profit organization provides assistance to
individual investors and investment clubs. The web site provides information for
both individuals and clubs on investment strategies and practices.
Standard & Poor's
Indexes
Information from Standard
and Poor's on their indexes. Includes descriptions of the indexes, methodology
for creating the index, lists of constituent companies and
data.
Stock Markets of the
World
Links to international
stock exchanges.
Wall Street Research
Net
Provides company profiles,
stock quotes, industry comparisons, and news. Also compiles links to online
resources for each company, such as SEC filings, analysts'
reports, press releases,
etc.
Yahoo! Finance
Financial news, stock
quotes, investment research and company profiles.
Economics
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Provides a
variety of reports on the U.S. economy and international trade. Includes
articles and data from the Survey of Current Business and the National Income
and Product Accounts (NIPA) tables.
EconData.Net
Links to socioeconomic data
on the web arranged by subject or provider.
Econlib
The Library of Economics and
Liberty. Provides authoritative editions of classic economic texts and articles,
links to commonly used economics databases and bibliographies and reading lists
on various topics in economics.
Economic Policy Institute
A nonprofit,
nonpartisan think tank publishes briefs, paper, and policy statements on its web
site.
Economic Time Series
Economic and
financial time series data. Includes standard economic series as well as some
calculated series such as total returns on the S&P 500 and state and MSA
level employment, unemployment and labor force data.
Information
Economy
The Economics of the Internet, Information Goods, Intellectual
Property and Related Issues. Includes links to a variety of resources ranging
from electronic commerce and electronic publishing to intellectual property and
security, privacy and encryption.
National Bureau of Economic
Research
The National Bureau of
Economic Research is a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose mission
is to promote greater understanding of how the economy works. The site has working
papers relating to their mission, as well as a search engine to find them.
Banking and Finance
AAAdir
Directory of world banks, credit
unions and financial information on the web.
American Bankruptcy
Institute
News, research and statistics on bankruptcy in the U.S.
Bank for International Settlements
Information from the BIS including statistics
on international banking, economic, policy and working papers and other research
from the BIS.
American Banker
online
Source of information for the banking industry. Includes some bank statistics such as the ranking of top 100
banks in the U.S. by assets and the top banks in each state ranked by assets and
deposits.
Bankrate.com
Source for current
information on bank rates by region and nationwide. Includes mortgage, savings, consumer
loans and credit card rates.
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission
Reports, publications and
statistics on commodity futures and options trading.
Emerging Markets
Companion
Source for global investment information. Includes equity, debt and option exchange information for emerging
market countries, country profiles, market commentary and analyses.
Euromoney Online
Online version of Euromoney magazine. Includes articles and regional and market data. Registration required
to access some data, registration is free.
FINWeb
Provides a variety of sites
and links to resources related to economics and financial information.
Fed in
Print
Index to Federal Reserve
economic research.
Federal Reserve System Board of
Governors
Information about the
Federal Reserve System with meeting minutes, speeches, press
releases, reports and other
activities.
FederalReserveEducation.org
Site provides links to tutorials
and educational materials about the Federal Reserve and our financial, monetary
and banking systems.
Accounting and Taxation
AICPA Online
The American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants Web site.
AccountingNet
Information and services
for accountants.
National Association of State Boards of
Accountancy
Provides information on
state boards of accountancy, CPA exam schedule and requirements and other
publications by the Association.
Irs.com
Provides sources for
federal, state and local tax-related developments. Answer general tax questions. This site will provide you with answers to general tax questions, hyperlinks to current
federal and state-sponsored tax sites that will allow you to conduct more detailed tax
research.
Business and Economic Statistics
Bureau of Economic
Analysis
Provides a variety of reports on the U.S. economy and international trade. Includes
articles and data from the Survey of Current Business and the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA)
tables.
Bureau of Labor
Statistics
Information and data from
the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Includes statistics on
employment and unemployment, prices and living conditions CPI, PPI and international
price index, etc.
EconData.Net
Providing links to
socioeconomic data on the web arranged by subject or provider.
FedStats: One Stop Shopping for Federal
Statistics
The gateway to statistics
from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.
Foreign Trade
Statistics
International trade
statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Gallup Organization
Poll data collected by the
Gallup Organization. Includes a search feature to lookfor polls by topic.
Monthly Labor
Review
Online version of the print
publication Monthly Labor Review published by the U.S. Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics. The online version contains the full text of the
articles in PDF format.
Statistical Abstract of the United
States
Statistical information on
social, economic, and international topics from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Statistical Resources on the
Web
A great web site from
University of Michigan Library which provides a searchable, extensive
compiled statistical sources on the World Wide Web.
Statistics: Releases and
Historical Data
From Federal Reserve Bank,
which provides data such as interest, rates, foreign exchange rates, consumer
credit, etc.
U.S. Census Bureau
Provides various reports,
data and statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau including economic,
demographic and geographic information. Site offers searching capability.
Foreign Trade
Statistics
International trade
statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Search Corporate Reports Online
EDGAR
Find and download company electronic filings submitted to the U.S. Securities
& Exchange Commission, e.g. 10K forms.
You may search EDGAR Database
by company name.
Search EDGAR
by type of filing or date.
Search EDGAR
by Central Index Key number.
Online Company Annual Reports
You may search for hundreds of U.S. public companies annual reports up to the
latest three years.
10K Wizard
Provides access to SEC EDGAR data with some advanced search features. Allows
search by keyword in the text of the filing, industry grouping or SIC code.
Also allows search by form, form type and date. Site requires subscription,
but full-time students and teachers can get a free guest pass.
Edgar Online
This is a commercial
site that allows free searching of all filings submitted to The Securities and Exchange Commission. The user can search by: Company Name
or Ticker Symbol; Industry or Sector Name; Type of Filing; or People listed
or mentioned in the filing.
FreeEdgar
FreeEdgar is a service that allows users to easily search and download corporate
annual reports, 10Ks and other SEC EDGAR filings. It includes utilities to download
financial data either as text or as Excel spreadsheets, and an add-in utility
to connect and download the data directly from Excel.
Search Company Web Sites
New York Stock Exchange
Search companies by alphabet or geography or industry, then the site provides links to
NYSE listed company websites.
NASDAQ
NASDAQ composite index which links to listed company's website.
Search IPO Information
Hoover's IPO
Central
Search Hoover' IPO Central by company name or ticker,
underwriter name, industry group, state or metropolitan area.
Edgar Online IPO
Express
Search Edgar IPO filings by company name or ticker, state, underwriter name.
IPO
Central
Search for IPOs by company name, industry, underwriter, geographical location, or
filing date.
IPO Resource Page
Links to articles and information about IPOs and the IPO market.
IPOHome
Site for researching
Initial Public Offerings (IPO). Includes an educational section with an FAQ and glossary,
and information on researching and investing in IPOs. Also includes search tools
to find IPOs by date and underwriter.
