Pfeiffer Library: Finance: FIN301 Business Finance

FIN301 Search Strategies

This page will provide you with some tips and tricks to make your research a breeze! If you still can't find what you need, please don't hesitate to contact the library! You can find our contact information and more on the Get Help page.

To get you started, here are some general search strategies:

Keyword Strategies

Use these keywords in a general search in any one of our recommended databases or inside DragonQuest:

Financial Decision-Making
Valuation of Financial Assets
Capital Budgeting
Working Capital Management
Time Value of Money
Sources of Long-Term Capital
Short-Term Financial Management
Financial Ration Analysis
Organization of Financial Markets
Financial Risk and Return
Stock Price AND Intrinsic Value
Profit Calculation
Cash Flow Calculations
Bond Pricing
Capital Assessment Pricing Model

Subject Strategies

Searching for results by subject heading, rather than by keywords, can help you focus your search in new directions. Consider these subject search options:

Financial Market
Capital Budgeting
Time Value of Money
Liquidity (Economics)
Financial Management
Intrinsic Value
Financial Statements
Cash Flow
Corporate Bonds
Capital Assets Pricing Model

The following image shows you how to change your search to a subject search by using the dropdown menu inside DragonQuest:

Research Starters

Need some extra guidance? Try a Research Starter:

What is a Research Starter?

Research Starters are encyclopedia entries, so they are more of an "idea gathering" mechanism than a scholarly source to support your stance on an issue. They provide you with background information on a broad topic and highlight keywords you can use and/or links to source material to get you started on your research.

What's in the News?

These databases will connect you with local, national, and international news stories, company financial data, and case studies:

Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Provides business information, including financial reports, company news and securities data. Contains company data and annual reports for both U.S. and international companies. U.S. company data includes SEC (EDGAR) filings.
NewsBank This link opens in a new window
Full text access to thousands of newspapers in the United States and worldwide.
Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text articles from regional business journals, newspapers and newswires from all areas in the U.S.
SAGE Business Cases This link opens in a new window
A robust digital collection of business cases providing faculty, students and researchers with unlimited access to thousands of authoritative cases from over 100 countries.

Featuring both SAGE Original Cases and cases from twenty global content partners, the collection spans a wide range business and management disciplines from leadership and entrepreneurship, to family business and women in leadership. The platform allows for easy browsing, downloads, and sharing, and most cases include teaching notes and discussion questions to ensure effective classroom use.

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