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We’ve done our best to select the most pertinent materials for these Course Resources pages, but if these are not helping with your topic/project, we encourage you to use the Schedule an Appointment link in the Profile box on this page.

Resources for this class

Managerial Accounting ebooks from Business Expert Press
This link will take you into the Business Expert Press ebook collection and show you just the titles with a Subject of: managerial accounting. You can then search for others using your own keywords.
More managerial accounting books/ebooks
This link automatically runs a search in the library's catalog, and will show you all the more recent titles we have that include 'managerial accounting' in the title.

To find financials for a particular company try OneSource and/or PrivCo:

OneSource This link opens in a new window
20M+ companies, US/int’l; financials, SWOT analysis, analyst reports, news articles. Search by region, sector, business size, more
PrivCo This link opens in a new window
Private company profiles and financial data (revenue, income statement, balance sheet, etc.), venture capital funding deals and investors, M&A, more.
Each user must create a login using a UR email address.
Yes – you CAN get financial data for private companies! Also very useful for creating lists of companies by geography, industry – with more granular detail than by NAICS or SIC, although those are available as well – rate of growth in revenue or employees, and whether or not the companies are PE/VC backed or not. Useful for career searches or entrepreneurial searches (who else makes this product? How many [x] are located within 50 miles of [place]? Etc.)

To find financial ratios (especially averages or comparisons to the overall industry), try the following:

Key Business Ratios (Dun & Bradstreet) This link opens in a new window
Contains financial ratios for industries and services, arranged by NAICS and SIC industry codes.
To find key ratios for the industry of your company: look up the company. 1) Click "Industry Classification" in the left hand panel. 2) click the most appropriate line of business in the tree structure. 3) Click "Key Stats & Ratios" in the left hand panel.
RMA eStatement Studies This link opens in a new window
Contains corporate financial ratios and other financial data aggregated by industry.

Almanac of business and industrial financial ratios
by Leo Troy; Book and CD- ROM in the Business Library in Rush Rhees: call number HF 5681 .R25 T68. Can be used instead of Key Business Ratios database (should we have an access problem with that db).

FASAB - Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board This link opens in a new window
Includes all accounting statements and standards from FASAB.
FASB - Financial Accounting Standards Board This link opens in a new window
Includes summaries of accounting standards from FASB. Students get complete access from accounting faculty.
Includes summaries of accounting standards from FASB. Students get complete access from accounting faculty. Complete access not sold to libraries.
IntelliConnect This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive source for U.S. accounting rules and corporate capital changes; includes full text of the GAAP Guide.
To get to the US Master GAAP Guide, once in the database, click on the Titles A-Z button, then "U" (for "US..."). The title will appear, click on it and it will appear as a source on the left. Browse or search as desired.

AICPA Standards
Access to all standards from the AICPA, including auditing, tax, etc.
PCAOB Standards
Auditing standards for public company audits.

IBISWorld This link opens in a new window
Industry research reports; US & Global. Search by keyword or NAICS code. Market size, competitors, forecasts, valuation, & more. Includes Industry Wizard. The U.S. Spotlight Industry Report collection offers titles focused on ultra-niche industry categories that feature insights in condensed format focused on providing more charts, tables, and graphs

All Industry & Market Research Databases
Use this link to get to a complete list of all the databases available for industry and market research.

If you need to find current news...

Here are your best bets for business news, first, and then articles, in the order in which I would try them:

Factiva This link opens in a new window
Contains articles on business, news, and companies worldwide, current and historical financial quotes, and company profiles.

Factiva Search Tips
Improve your search experience in Factiva with these useful tips. Really. You NEED to look at this, trust me!

ABI/INFORM Complete This link opens in a new window
Articles from academic business journals and business trade publications; plus industry reports, some market data, and company profiles from the Experian Commercial Risk database.
For alumni access, see link to Proquest Alumni Edition on the Alumni Library Gateway.

If you need to find scholarly articles on accounting topics, these are the databases to try:

ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
Journals from Elsevier Science and other publishers. Browse or search tables of contents, abstracts and full text of articles in all disciplines.
Includes the sciences, engineering, humanities, social sciences, and clinical medicine. Full text from 1995 on, except as indicated.

Note: don't be put off by the "Science" in ScienceDirect: this database includes all the journals published by Elsevier, a premier scholarly publisher, and include Finance, Accounting, Economics, etc., as well as science topics.

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Contains articles, company and industry reports, marketing reports, and country reports. Includes Harvard Business Review.

The resources provided here are my "best guess" for what you might need. And it may be that everything you need is supplied to your by your professor, no need for library resources at all. But if there's something else you need, please let me know, and together we will improve this resource guide!

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