Research Guides: Accounting: Overview

Credit

Thank you to Cathy Ogur at Penn Libraries for allowing the re-use of her Accounting Research Guide.

Introduction

Welcome to the Accounting Research Guide.

Use this guide to find links to accounting resources at the UO Library. This guide includes links to resources for company financials, annual reports, and SEC filings, as well as key industry journals, and information on auditing, taxes, and regulations. Use the tabs to the right to navigate through the guide.

UO Campus Virtual Labs
The campus virtual lab is comprised of two virtual labs, a general use, 200-person "main" lab and a high-performance, 40-person lab. Both provide access to specialty software for classes that are traditionally only available in a physical computer lab.
Virtual Lab Software List

Accounting Basics

WRDS - Wharton Research Data Service
WRDS provides access to selected datasets in the fields of finance, accounting, banking, economics, management, marketing, and public policy. Subscriptions include Compustat Capital IQ and CRSP.
WRDS access is limited to faculty, staff, and graduate students.
Click "More" for registration information.

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1. On the WRDS homepage, click "Register" in the upper-right corner of the screen.
2. Register using your @uoregon.edu email address and click "Register."
3. Your registration request will be forwarded to LCB for authorization.

The WRDS services are for academic and non-commercial research purposes only. Users may not use data downloaded from the WRDS database for any non-academic or commercial endeavor.

Mergent Online
Company information database containing profiles for more than 10,000 publicly traded U.S. companies, 17,000 public international firms, subsidiary structures, property holdings, and key competitors.

EDGAR (SEC Filings & Forms)
The SEC EDGAR is a database of publicly-traded U.S. companies' financial filings including 10-K annual reports, 1-A stock offerings, and securities sales disclosures.

IBISWorld
Industry research database covering thousands of industries in the U.S., China, and global economies at the 5-digit NAICS code level.
Mergent Intellect
Contains basic public and private company profiles on more than 20 million North American companies and over 70 million global companies including recent financial information, subsidiaries, key competitors, and executive profiles.
Business Source Complete
Magazines, newspapers and journals in all business disciplines including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics going back to 1886.

Connect to the UO Network from Off Campus

1. Library Proxy Service

Links on library webpages (including in LibrarySearch, Browzine, and Databases A-Z) run through a proxy server which verifies you are a UO member, and are eligible to access library materials. When you click on a proxied link for the first time in the session, you are prompted to enter your DuckID and password to access the resource.

2. VPN (Virtual Private Network) Service

For certain library resources, using the UO's VPN service will be necessary. VPN is not necessary for Canvas or LibrarySearch access.

If the proxied links or bookmarklet aren't working for you, the VPN lets you join the UO's network from off-campus. Using the VPN slows your internet speed, so only connect when you need to access resources, and disconnect once you're done.

For more information on accessing Library resources from off-campus, please check the following links: