UCF Research Guides: Accounting Databases: Accounting

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-Information about the law of business and finance, plus federal and state tax laws, rules, regulations, cases and forms.
-All content has migrated from Intelliconnect to Cheetah. Intelliconnect is no longer available.
- Tax News, Journals, & Newsletters
- Federal Tax, including Primary Sources, Legislation, and Federal Tax Archive (1913, 1939, 1954, 1978+)
- State Tax, including (1) Tax Reporters for each State, and (2) Multistate Tax Guides: business formation & qualification; franchise or capital stock taxes; corporate income taxes; personal income taxes; property; miscellaneous taxes; motor fuels; cigarettes, tobacco products; sales & use; public utilities; practice & procedure
- International Tax: Tax Treaties
- Accounting & Audit
- Advertising Law
- Antitrust & Trade Regulation
- Banking (Federal & State)
- Bankruptcy Law
- Commercial: Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
- Commodities & Derivatives
- Consumer Financial Services
- Corporate Governance
- Energy & Natural Resources
- European Union Financial Services
- Exchanges & SROs
- Financial & Estate Planning
- Franchising & Distribution
- Government Contracts
- Health Care Compliance & Reimbursement
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Intellectual Property (Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights)
- International Securities & Business
- Investment Management
- Labor & Employment Law, including Case Law, Disabilities Management, EEOC Compliance, Employment Practices, Labor Arbitration Awards, Labor Relations, NLRB Case Handling, OFCCP Compliance, Wages-Hours
- Labor & Employment Law (State)
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Privacy Law
- Products Liability & Safety
- Secured Transactions
- Securities (Federal & State)
- Transportation Law
RIA CheckPoint is now called Checkpoint Edge
State and Federal tax law information.
- Tax News
- Federal Library
- Pension & Benefits Library
- State & Local Tax Library
- Payroll Library
- Federal Archives (1939, 1954, 1986+)
- State & Local Archives (example: Florida Statutes 1994+; Florida regulations 1997+)
Tools: Calculators
- Auto
- Business
- Credit Card
- Investment
- Loan
- Mortgage
- Personal
- Retirement
- Savings
- Tax
NetAdvantage (S&P)
Database for searching information on stocks, companies, industries and mutual funds. Access to nine of the most popular S&P publications including Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, and The Outlook.
Nexis Uni - Business
Company Dossier -- Company Search -- Recent Business News -- Recent Supreme Court Business Opinions -- Recent Law Review Articles -- Recent Business Blog Posts -- Featured Publications
Accounting & Tax Index / Accountants Index (1890s-2011)
These print volumes index accounting literature by subject, author & title, including periodical articles, books, essays within books, reports and authoritative literature (e.g., standards). The 1921 volume indexes literature in English on the subject of accounting published between the 1890s and 1920.
UCF Main Library ARC - HF5601.A4472 (1992-2011) Request via the library catalog
UCF Main Library ARC - HF5601.A447 (1948/49, 1965-1991) Request via the library catalog
UCF Main Library ARC - HF5635.A23 1921 (1890s-1920) Request via the library catalog
Sage Skills: Business Skills
Interactive instruction, self-assessment, virtual scenarios, downloadable data, and expert insights to empower users to develop and practice real-world skills needed to successfully transition from campus to the modern workplace. Business Skills modules include: Data Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Organizational Communication, and Professionalism.

Accounting Databases

Business Databases

ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) (1971+)
The most comprehensive ABI/INFORM™ database, this comprises ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline. The database features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals such as the Economist, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world
Accounting Articles (CCH - Commerce Clearing House) (1971-2003)
UCF Main Library ARC -- HF5601.C64
This print index provides monthly reports that summarize accounting articles, notes and comments appearing currently in accounting news and business periodicals, with Report Letters highlighting new developments for quick reference. Articles are arranged by accounting area and indexed by topic.
Business Search Interface
A specialized search interface with access to Business Source Premier, EconLit, Hospitality & Tourism Complete, and Regional Business News.
Business Commons (Digital Commons)
Brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges.
Business Expert Press (BEP)
Full text ebooks covering specific areas of business, including supply and operations management, international business, social media, finance, accounting, public relations, and marketing strategy.
Subject areas include:
- Analytics
- Business intelligence
- Business logistics
- Consumer behavior
- Decision making
- Decision support systems
- Economic conditions
- Entrepreneurship
- Forecasting
- Globalization
- Information services
- International business enterprises
- Leadership
- Lean manufacturing
- Management
- Marketing
- Planning
- Public relations
- Strategic planning
- Strategy
- Supply chain management
- Sustainability
Business Insights (Gale) (1980+)
A collection of company & industry information, including articles, financials, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and chronologies
(formerly Business & Company Resource Center)
Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)
Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
EconLit (EBSCOhost) (1969+)
EconLit, the American Economic Association's electronic database, is the world's foremost source of references to economic literature. The database contains more than 1.1 million records from 1886-present. EconLit covers virtually every area related to economics.
IBISWorld - Industry Market Research
A collection of Industry Market Research. Includes Industry Reports (NAICS) and Industry iExpert Summaries for the United States.
JSTOR
Full text of research journals and eBooks from numerous publishers. For most of the journal content, we can access all but the 3 to 5 most recent years of the journal.
Nexis Uni - Company Dossier
Links to Nexis Uni homepage. Select "Find a Company" below the search box.

Search for information about specific companies, executives, or industries. Create a company list based on criteria such as NAICS industry classification or geographic location.
Company Dossier is part of Nexis Uni business information solutions including: legal, corporate, government, law enforcement, tax, accounting, academic, and risk and compliance assessment.

See also Mergent Intellect and Business Market Research Collection
NetAdvantage (S&P)
Database for searching information on stocks, companies, industries and mutual funds. Access to nine of the most popular S&P publications including Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, and The Outlook.
ProQuest Databases
Search platform for over 20 databases and over 75 sub-databases, including full text eBooks, dissertations, company profiles, and article indexing in multiple disciplines.
See the list of all ProQuest databases available at UCF
Regional Business News (EBSCOhost)
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
"Included in this database are Arizona Business, Business North Carolina, Crain's New York Business (and other Crain Communications editions), Des Moines Business Record, Enterprise Salt Lake City, Fort Worth Business Press, Orange County Business Journal, Westchester County Business Journal, etc."
See also a different publisher's database which includes the Orlando Business Journal and over 35 other U.S. cities.
Sage Business Cases
Cases designed to suit a range of academic uses: from short vignettes to narrative long form, written using both field research and publicly available sources.
-browse by subject, content partner, or academic level.
-Thousands of authoritative cases (published 2016-2024) from over 100 countries, designed to engage students in applying core concepts to practice through the use of examples from the global business environment.
Includes curated SAGE Originals case series such as Social Impact, Sustainability, Music Marketing, Ancient Leadership and additional cases on public policy, tech, accounting, health management and more.
Sage Research Methods
Sage Research Methods is the ultimate methods library with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The site is designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research. Built upon Sage’s legacy of methods publishing, Sage Research Methods is the essential online tool for researchers.Full text of book, journal, and reference content to aid as students research design methodologies, understand and select methods, conduct research, and write findings.
Includes tools such as:
- Project Planner: find step-by-step guidance to complete your research project
- Which Stats Test: answer questions to see which statistical method is best for your data
Includes the complete series of:
- Little Green Books -- Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences
- Little Blue Books -- Qualitative Research Methods
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
"is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences"
Research Networks
- Humanities:
- - Classics (CRN)
- - Literature (LIT)
- - Music & Composition (MRCN)
- - Philosophy (PRN)
- - Rhetoric & Communication (RCRN)
- Accounting (ARN)
- Anthropology & Archaeology (AARN)
- Biology (BioRN)
- Cognitive Science (CSN)
- Corporate Governance (CGN)
- Economics (ERN)
- Entrepreneurship (ERPN)
- Finance (FEN)
- Health Economics (HEN)
- Hebrew (HRN)
- Information Systems & eBusiness (ISN)
- Innovation (IRPN)
- Law (LSN)
- Leadership (LRN)
- Management (MRN)
- Marketing (MKT)
- Negotiation (NEG)
- Political Science (PSN)
- Social Insurance (SIRN)
- Sustainability (SRPN)

Company & Industry Research

Business Insights (Gale) (1980+)
A collection of company & industry information, including articles, financials, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, and chronologies
(formerly Business & Company Resource Center)
IBISWorld - Industry Market Research
A collection of Industry Market Research. Includes Industry Reports (NAICS) and Industry iExpert Summaries for the United States.
Nexis Uni - Business
Company Dossier -- Company Search -- Recent Business News -- Recent Supreme Court Business Opinions -- Recent Law Review Articles -- Recent Business Blog Posts -- Featured Publications
GlobalData Explorer
International industry and company information, including SWOT profiles.
Additionally, some MarketLine reports are available via Business Source Premier.
To manually search MarketLine reports via EBSCOhost, connect to Business Source Premier, search for "Marketline" and then use the left column filter to limit Publisher to "Marketline"
Mergent Intellect by FTSE Russell
"Mergent Intellect is a highly flexible web-based application that features a deep collection of worldwide business information that enables companies to generate insightful business intelligence."
See video tutorials
"Coupling Mergent's expertise in developing products for the reference marketplace with D&B®'s private company database, Mergent Intellect offers new and existing clients a unique opportunity to access private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, the ability to access industry profiles and much more.
Additionally, through Mergent’s partnership with Whitepages Pro, clients now have immediate access to contact information for over 250 million U.S. consumers. This enhanced search tool features specific information - name, address, previous address, age, number of household members and reverse phone number lookup capabilities - another valuable source of business insight."
Mintel Academic
Contains full text market research reports covering U.S. and global consumer markets, with an emphasis on European and U.S. markets.
Each report analyzes market share, segmentation, and trends along with providing comprehensive demographic profiles and consumer patterns.
NetAdvantage (S&P)
Database for searching information on stocks, companies, industries and mutual funds. Access to nine of the most popular S&P publications including Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation Records, and The Outlook.
SBRnet: Sports Business Research Network
Statistics, market research, and publications on sports business, sales, and participation.