FiRST 2.0 Finance Research Scholars' Toolbox  Tags: business_and_economics finance bonds banking corporate_finance  

This web page has been created for Department of Finance, College of Business at the University of Illinois.

The purpose to showcase resources and higlight library services for faculty and students in the area of finance and related fields at Illinois. The emphasis is online, although many resources are still in print and microform.

Where to find resources:

Print: go to the library specified, and find them by call number.

UIUC Online Research Resources: available to all UIUC affiliated faculty, staff and students. You will be prompted to log in with your NetID and password if you access them outside the UIUC campus network. You can access them from Online Research Resources or via the Alphabetical List of Databases.

WWW: general websites (some come with our subscription).

BEL: Data * Knowledge * Service

This guide was created by Becky Smith, who is the Head of the Business and Economics Library

Her expertise is selection, evaluation, and dissemination of information in management, finance, accounting, as well as providing advice on search strategies and historical time-series data location.

Contact Becky via e-mail or by phone at 333-3619 to set up an appointment.

Summer 2 2009

June 15-August 9

Monday - Friday
8:30am-5:00pm

Saturday
1:00-5:00pm

Sunday
closed

Interim 

August 10-21

Monday -Friday
8:30am-5:00pm

Fall Semester
Mon - Thur
8:30am - 9:00pm

Friday
8:30am - 5:00pm

Saturday
Closed

Sunday
1:00-9:00pm

Labor Day
Closed

The University Libraries strive to provide as many resources via the web for your searching convenience at any place or whenever you would like to do research.

For simple searching, BEL (in conjuction with the Engineering Library) offers Business & Technology Quick Search. This is a good place to start when you aren't certain where to go first. It is best for looking for literature in the area Technology Management.

BEL also has Fast Answers, a database of frequently asked questions on a topic level. You can search the entire database or click on one of the areas of finance, accounting, economics, labor, companies, industries, etc and look at the lists of questions. NOTE: this is not the place to do a company search on a specific company. Instead, it is a tool which will lead you to sources on how to find information on companies.

For searching across a broad range of databases, go to the Library's Easy Search/Gateway page.

To renew books you have checked out, go here.

You can also request books from other libraries here.

Answers to other frequently asked questions, such as fines, computer labs, photocopying, etc, go here. Other Do-It-Yourself services for graduate students can be located here.

If you are a Research Assistant for a professor, please read through the FAQ's on services for RA's.

Illinois Libraries: Uncover and Discover

BEL Homepage leads one to the drop down menu of our most used resources. Resources are listed alphabetically.

BEL also has tutorials for some databases.

In addition, there are guides to other areas of interest for pedagogy and research:

Accounting Research Toolbox

Business Policy and Strategy

EMBA Introduction to Business and Economics Databases

Insurance

International Business

Scholarly Management Research Toolbox