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This guide was created for accounting and finance majors, as well as others conducting research in accounting and finance. Most of the resources linked in this guide are subscriptions provided by The University of Akron and OhioLINK, and require a UAnet ID and password to access them. Government agency Web pages are predominantly open access.

For a summary of current services and basic resouces provided by the University Libraries click the link below:

Accounting Research Databases

Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) This link opens in a new window
Single source for leading global and research databases in accounting, banking, economics, finance, insurance, marketing, statistics.
Audit Analytics This link opens in a new window
Contains information on over 20,000 public registrants and over 1,500 audit firms. It is the most comprehensive market intelligence tool for the audit industry available today.
Checkpoint: Accounting and Tax This link opens in a new window
The Checkpoint research system offers you fast, effective ways to find answers to your tax and financial research questions.

EDGAR
Use the SEC database to locate filings and forms from U.S. companies.
SeekEdgar

S&P Global Market Intelligence This link opens in a new window
To access content, UA users must register for an SNL account with their @uakron.edu email from either an on-campus connention, VPN, or proxied URL. SNL does NOT support Mozilla Firefox. Please use IE, Chrome, or Safari web browsers for full functionality.

Financial information including, but not limited to, newsletters, real-time news/alerts, news archive, company profiles, documents, events calendar, industry/market data, templated and as-reported sector-specific financials, transcripts, presentations, mergers & acquisitions, credit ratings, consensus analyst estimates, Excel integration tools, and mapping functionality in global industry.

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Forbes
For additional content, access the UA Libraries subscription via the A-to-Z Publications Locator.
BusinessWeek
For additional content, access the UA Libraries subscription via the A-to-Z Publications Locator.
IndustryWeek
For additional content, access the UA Libraries subscription via the A-to-Z Publications Locator.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

Government Data Sources

FRED
Current economic data from the Federal Reserve.
IMF Data and Statistics
This resource includes the World Economic Outlook Database (WEO) and International Financial Statistics (IFS). IMF financial data and exchange rate data are also available.
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
UNCTADstat
World Bank DataBank
View, analyze, and download time series data for countries and country groups. Indicators include social, economic, financial, educational, and environmental topics.

Accounting Empirical Research

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Accounting Research Databases

Government Data Sources

Academic Organizations

Professional Organizations

Major CPA Firms