dboerner on March 26th, 2009

Here’s a nice website that I came across while going through book review cards (Ironic, isn’t it?).Â
http://www.iii.org/financial2/
It is the Financial Services Fact Book, and the website provides information on the financial services industry including insurance, banking, mortgage, securities, and finance.  I’ll provide a smattering of some of the data they provide:  Mergers, Leading Companies, Educational Plans [...]

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dboerner on March 13th, 2009

Morningstar has provided a guide for money management and investing tips for women and has given permission for it to be posted on blogs.
Report Sections:

Setting a Budget (and Sticking to It!)
How to Set Up an Emergency Fund
A New Financial You in 30 Days
Closing the Gap on the Wage Divide
Advice for the Soon-to-Be-Divorced
What to Do When [...]

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dboerner on March 12th, 2009

FYI: This post/topic is geared towards serious academic researchers.   If you need to discover the impact factor of a journal, here is how to do it. 

Go to the TCU database, Web of Science
Click on the yellow tab at the top of the page titled “Additional Resources”
Click on the link: “Journal Citation Reports”   (under ‘Analytical Tools’ [...]

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dboerner on March 5th, 2009

Just occurred to me that I do not believe I have posted the pathway to get to the TCU databases.  Based on the emails I get, there are at least a few people who don’t know, so here it is.

Go to www.lib.tcu.edu
click on the “Journal Articles & Databases” link on the left side of the [...]

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dboerner on March 2nd, 2009

Doing research on these topics for accounting?  Here are some suggested databases and search terms.
I would look in the following TCU databases (keep in mind that some of these databases have limits on the # of simultaneous users, so if a non-TCU password screen pops up, just wait and try again later):
Business Source Complete, EconLit, [...]

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