Business and Accounting Resources
Spartanburg Community College Library

Use this site to locate SCC Library reference books, corporate information (print and online), legal information, search for stocks, and link to workplace issues

Reference books are a good place to start...

Blacks Law Dictionary REF. KF 156 .B53 2004
Business and Industry REF. HF 1001 .B796 2003 11 vols.
Business: The Ultimate Resource REF HD38.15 .B878 2002
Company Profiles for Students REF HG4057 .C65 1999-2001 3 vols.
Hoover's Handbook of American Business REF HG4057.A28617 2002  2 vols.
Mission Statement Book  REF HD30.285 .A27 1999

Accountant's Handbook REF. HF 5621 .A22 2003 Vol 1, 2
Penguin Dictionary of Accounting REF. HF 5621 .N63 2002
Ultimate Accountant's Reference REF. HF 5616 .U5 B713 2005
 

To search for books...

Library catalog: UNICORN
        Suggested subject terms:  accounting, business

Full text books online: eBooks

Online Encyclopedias

To search for company information...

Hoover's Business Online (company history, key people, financials)
 Business Databases (journal, magazine and newspaper articles; company profiles, etc)
 

To search for journal, magazine and newspaper articles...
Note - Off campus users should access using the A-Z database list

Business Databases (journal, magazine and newspaper articles; company profiles, etc)
 Career and Technical (magazine articles)
Culture Briefings (country profiles)
 

MLA Format...

MLA Format Handout
 

Internet sites...

  • Corporate Information Online

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500
Fortune 500 list put out by Fortune Magazine.

http://library.sccsc.edu/_remote/oc_fortune.htm
SCC Library's Online Reserves. Includes link to Fortune 500 list. You will need the library's off-campus password to access.

http://www.fortune.com
 Fortune Magazine website. Includes a link to Hoover’s and a search for related articles.

http://www.businesswire.com
 "Corporate News on the Net" section contains links to several hundred company web sites. Searchable by industry and keyword.

http://www.sec.gov
 Known as EDGAR. Provides access to corporate information that has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Keyword searchable.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/glossary/glossary.htm
 Business glossary with over 1250 business terms defined.

http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
EDGAR database of corporate information.  Maintained by the SEC, Corporate annual reports and other filings

http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/outlook
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook--used to be called the U.S. Industrial Outlook

http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/td_home/tdhome.html
Manufacturing and Services homepage. Offers sector-specific trade statistics, background documents, current trade updates, and links to further industry information. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

http://ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/
Office of Trade and Industry Information. Offers recent data on foreign trade and domestic production. Includes Trends Tables (click on "U.S. Industry Sector Data") covering hundreds of industries, sorted by NAICS or SIC code.

  • Accounting Information Online

http://accounting.smartpros.com/
Accounting Net--The Complete Online Resource for Accounting Professionals

http://www.aicpa.org/index.htm
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

http://www.ustreas.gov
United States Department of Treasury

http://www.llr.state.sc.us/pol/accountancy/
South Carolina's CPA Licensing Board

http://www.pcaobus.org/
Public Accounting Oversight Board due to Sarbanes Oxley

http://www.financialcertified.com/
World-wide recognized certifications for financial professionals

  • Legal Information Online

http://supreme.findlaw.com
Findlaw Constitutional Legal Center

http://dictionary.law.com
Law.com Dictionary

http://www.law.cornell.edu
 Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute (For students looking for court cases on specific subjects and dates…)

  1. Try “Court Opinions” (Supreme and Other Federal Courts)

  2. You can browse Supreme Court cases by subject

  3. Other Federal Courts you must enter your search terms.

  • Searching for Stocks on the Web

http://www.nyse.com
New York Stock Exchange. Includes Symbol Lookup, links to listed companies, and company news. 

http://www.Quicken.com
 Quicken.com. Look for Symbol Lookup and Charts. Good site for five year charts.

http://www.investopedia.com/
One of the best financial education links

http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
 Big Charts. Get current and historic quotes with lots of charting options.

http://www.moneycentral.com
 "Best Online Chart Program."  You can pick your own dates or choose from ten time periods for various stock quotes.

http://finance.yahoo.com
Yahoo Finance. Has current and historic quotes.

  • Workplace Issues

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/wit/default.html
Workplace Issues Today--Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations

http://www.hronline.com
HR-Online--The Network for Workplace Issues

  • Industry and Trade Information

http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/outlooknews.htm
U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook--used to be called the U.S. Industrial Outlook

 

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