BUS 3401 Corporate Finance

Linda Khan

Library Liaison, Nathan M. Bisk College of Business

From the library’s

website, let’s access the research guide for Corporate Finance.

Select Research Guides.

Then, type in corporate finance and

select the search button.

Click on Corporate Finance.

Each tab contains information and links for library and other scholarly

resources. Let’s explore the Company tab.

Here are links for library databases for

company information. Let’s look at MergentOnline. Log in with

TRACKS.

Enter your company’s name or ticker. Let’s look

at Lockheed Martin (LMT).

Mergent brings back a list of results. Click on

the company name.

Here is a business summary page. Each

tab opens for additional

information. Let’s look at Company Financials.

Company Financials gives

you information for the past five years.

You can also download in Excel.

Let’s go back to the library databases page

of your guide and explore ValueLine

Research Center. Log in with TRACKS.

Enter either the

company name or

ticker symbol.

Here you find a customizable report with

LOTS of great financial

information on your company. Each box can be hidden to allow you to include

the relevant content for your

research. The PDF Reports are quarterly snapshots of

your company’s performance.

On this page of the guide are links to library databases for articles and

other scholarly materials. Let’s explore Business Source Complete.

You have several options for types

of search.

You can use the company name or…

Using the ticker symbol yielded thousands of

results.

The left side of the results page allows you to refine

your results by Source Type, Subject, Publication

Date, and more!

The Citing Sources

section of your guide provides resources for styles such as

APA and others.

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