Research Tips for

MBUS 502:

Financial Decision Making

for Managers

Laura Berberian

Stafford Reference Librarian

lberberi@umw.edu

Library Research Tools

Library Catalog –

Titles of Books

Titles of Journals, Magazines and Newspapers

Searches Simpson Library, Stafford Library, and

eBooks

Databases

Articles in Journals, Magazines and Newspapers

Company and Industry information

UMW Libraries

http://libraries.umw.edu/

Subject Guides

Subject Guide

• Click on “Industry and

Company Profiles” or the

“Articles” tab

Subject Guide

• Click on the name

of a database to

begin searching

Can I use the databases from

home?

jsmith

password

• Log in with your

Canvas username

and password

• Contact the

Library if you

have access

problems

• Enter a company

name or ticker

symbol

• Click “Go”

- Company Financials

• Use the Tabs

to navigate to

different

company data

- Company Financials

• Use the drop down menus to find different sets

of information

• Use the sub-tab options to find different sets of

information

- Company Financials

• Click the “Filings” tab to search for SEC

filings

• Click on the icons to retrieve full text

documents

- SEC Filings

• Click on “Reports” to access company

annual reports

• Click on the links to access to the complete

document

- Annual Reports

- Industry Reports

• On the Basic Search screen,

click on “Report Search”

•Select Industry Reports

•Select an industry

Click on the PDF icon to access the report

- Industry Reports

• Locate detailed industry reports

• Search by keyword or industry code

- Industry Reports

• Download the report as a PDF or MS Word

document

- Industry Reports

• Navigate to market segments, market

characteristics, and regulation

- Industry Reports

• To search for company

financial information, click the

“Companies/Market” selection in

the top menu

• On the

“Companies/Markets”

screen, click on the

“Company” option

• Search by company

name or ticker symbol

• Click the magnifying

glass icon to begin your

search

• To view financial information, find key ratios, or

read current news on a company, use the menu

options on the left of the screen

• Provides 5 years

worth of financial

details

• Results can be

printed, saved, or

downloaded into

an Excel

spreadsheet

Business Source Complete

• Enter your keywords

• Consider using some

of the “Limit your

results” options

• Click “Search”

Business Source Complete

• Click “PDF” or “HTML” links to retrieve articles

• Click “Locate Journal Article” if not full text

through the database

• Limit your results further by using the options on

the search results page

“Locate Journal Article” page

• Is the article available in a

UMW database? YES.

• Click the database links to

retrieve articles.

“Locate Journal Article” page

• Is the article available in a

UMW database? NO.

• Request article using ILLIAD

Business Source Complete

• To search for company information,

click the “More” option

• Click “Company Profiles”

Business Source Complete

• Enter the company name

• Click “Browse”

• Click the name of the Company when

it appears

Business Source Complete

• Click the PDF link to access the report

• Full reports usually include a SWOT

analysis

• Use the icons to print, email, format, and

save documents

What if my materials are at the main

campus Library? What if UMW doesn’t have

what I need?

Use interlibrary loan (Illiad) to request materials not

located at the Stafford Library

Create an online Illiad Account

Submit requests through Libraries’ website

Request books, articles, dissertations

Delivered online or to the Stafford Library

$2 fee for articles located at Simpson Library

Illiad: document delivery and interlibrary

loan

From the Library home page,

under “Services,” select

“Interlibrary Loan”

• Try different databases

• Try different keywords

• Use an “asterisk” for multiple

word endings - *

• Phrase Searching - quotation

marks

• Avoid stop words like: in, an,

of, for, on, by

• Ask Librarians for assistance

• Writing Center

Need help? Have Questions?

Come to the Library

Mondays - Thursdays 1 p.m. - 9

p.m.

Fridays 1 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Saturdays 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Contact the Library Staff

cgpslib@umw.edu

540-286-8025

IM: cgpslibrary

Set up a Research Appointment

lberberi@umw.edu

540-286-8057