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Friday: 8:00am-1:30pm
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Phone: (803) 535-1262
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Best Bets - Databases
Use these databases to find scholarly articles related to trading and company information.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowProvides information in nearly every area of academic study, including arts, biology, chemistry, computer sciences, ethnic studies, engineering, language and linguistics, literature, medical sciences, philosophy, physics, psychology, religion, social sciences, and more.
- Business Source Premier This link opens in a new windowProvides resources covering business and management topics, including accounting, banking, economics, finance, international trade, marketing, management information systems, and operations management.
- Company Profiles This link opens in a new windowProvides MarketLine profiles on most significant companies in the world. This information includes, ownership, performance, and number of employees.
- Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new windowProvides a full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers and newswires and offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
- Newswires This link opens in a new windowProvides up-to-date news from Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire.
- Regional Business News This link opens in a new window75 business journals, newspapers and newswires covering the US
- Web News This link opens in a new windowProvides near real-time access to thousands of top news feeds from around the globe
Websites
These websites will be useful in your search for company and trading information
- How the Market WorksA game used to teach how the stock market works by practicing trading stock online.
- EDGAR (SEC page to look up company profiles)Free access to more than 21 million filings.
- ForbesProvides ratios and returns for companies.
- Investor.govProvided by the SEC, this website provides guidance in the basics of investing.
- Securities and Exchange CommissionA government commission created by Congress to regulate the securities markets and protect investors.
- Wall Street JournalSearch for a company to find up-to-date stock value, news, and related financial information.
- HooversOffers proprietary business information. (Do not create an account)