Research Guides: Finance: Articles & Databases

Research Databases for Finance

Mergent Online
Mergent Online provides detailed profiles of U.S. and international companies (mostly public companies, but some information on private companies).

LexisNexis Company Dossier
Another respected source of information on companies and industries,

Morningstar Investment Research Center
Extensive information and analysis on stocks, mutual funds and exchange traded funds.. While intended primarily as a tool for investors, it also offers company information and analysis, bond information, ratios, and industry information.

EDGAR - Securites and Exchange Commission Database
The SEC database of filings and reports from companies doing business in the U.S.

NBER Working Papers
The full text archive of working papers from the National Bureau of Economics Research (NBER), 1973-present.

ABI/ Inform Global (ProQuest)
Our largest and best database for articles about business, finance, and economics.
Business Source Premier
Popular EBSCO database with a large collection of articles about business and finance.

Newsstream
WKU’s core newspaper database, including international, national and regional papers.

Google Scholar
Free open Web access to Google's scholarly search engine. It identifies articles and other scholarly resources across many disciplines using Google's unique search algorithms.
ALSO: See our Guide to accessing WKU Library resources through Google Scholar.
Mergent Online
Mergent Online provides current profiles of U.S. and international companies. Contains some information on private companies. Includes company background, finances, reports, industry profiles, SEC filings, and more.
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Morningstar Investment Research Center
Morningstar Investment Research Center offers detailed data and information on companies, stocks, mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs),

Newsstream (ProQuest)
WKU’s core newspaper database, including international, national and regional papers.
NexisUni (formerly LexisNexis)
Provides access to full-text news, business, legal publications, and national and regional newspapers.

Morningstar Investment Research Center
Provides analysis on stocks, mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), and companies.
ValueLine
Highly respected information and advice on stocks, industries, the stock market, and the economy.
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