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Use databases to find articles on your topic. These databases are the best place to start.
- Legaltrac provides indexing for more than 1,400 titles including major law reviews, legal newspapers, bar association journals and international legal journals.
- ABI/INFORM Full-text articles and citationsto business literature. Useful to get secondary sources on specific companies and industries.
 Listen to a fun podcast "interview" with this database: iTunes RealPlayer
- Business & Company Resource Center Full-text articles and citations to the business literature. Also includes company profiles and industry information. Useful to get secondary sources on specific companies or industries.
Tips: When searching databases, use AND, OR, and parentheses to focus your search. Combine synonyms with OR and put them inside parentheses, like this:
(national or federal) AND "tax regulations"
Here's another example:
(IRS or "internal revenue service") AND (reform* OR restructure*)
Already have the citation? Find an article with citation linker!
Did you know...
Databases are basically just search engines for articles on specific subjects.
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Find books using the library catalog. Browse these subjects to get general information on your topic.
- Taxation Law and Legislation
- Tax Reform
- Income Tax
Search the library catalog! Find books, media materials, and more.
Other searches:
Browse | Advanced Search
Tips: When searching the library catalog with keywords, use the dollar sign ($) to search for a word and all of its variations.
For example: tax$ will search for tax, taxes, taxation, taxing, taxable
Did you know...
- WorldCat is a catalog of thousands of libraries around the world!
- If a book isn't in the Fairfield University catalog, search WorldCat and request the book from another library. Just click on the Interlibrary Loan button.
- You can search ReQuest to search just the libraries in Connecticut.
- Contact John Cayer, Interlibrary Services, with questions.
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Reference tools such as Codes and Regulations are good places to start your research because they provide an overview of the topic as well as keywords, dates, and facts.
Databases
- RIA Checkpoint A powerful database that provides comprehensive information on taxation. (Access restricted to the Fairfield University Community. For password, login here).
- Lexis/Nexis Legal Access to federal and state case law, federal and state code and regulations, international legal materials, tax law, patents, legal news, etc.
- US Tax Code Online access the complete text of the US Internal Revenue Code, Title 26 of the US Code (26 USC), regulations and official guidance. See also www.IRS.gov.
Reference Books
- Federal Tax Regulations
Ref KF6301 .4 - located on the Main Level
- Internal Revenue Code
Ref KF6276.526 .A2 - located on the Main Level
Tips: Try looking at the bibliography at the end of the entry for a list of other sources such as relevant journal articles and books.
When you have found books on your topic, look at the books on the shelf nearby to see if they are related to your topic.
- Mergent
Contains extensive data for US and international company data, with a focus on financial information, including annual reports. Financial information is downloadable into Excel.
- SEC EDGAR database
- Almanac of Business & Industrial Ratios
Ref HF5681 .R25 T68 - located on the Main Level
By industry, designated by NAICS codes in the latest edition, SIC codes in older editions.
- Industry Norms & Key Business Ratios, one year
Ref HD2771 .D866
Listed by SIC code. From Dun & Bradstreet.
- Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys
Ref HC106.6 .S74 - located on the Main Level
Published quarterly. Basic analysis of major domestic industries. Each analysis examines the prospects for a particular industry and analyzes trends and problems in historical perspective. Provides comparisons of the growth in sales and earnings of the leading companies in each industry.
Tip - The importance of SIC and NAICS Codes
Many of the resources listed here use SIC (Standard Industrial Classifications) codes or NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) codes to classify information. Searching by these codes can be very effective.
Every industry is assigned a four-digit SIC code, so all companies in the same industry will have the same code. A company may have more than one SIC code if they are in different segments of industry, but usually only one or two are considered the primary SIC codes.
The NAICS system of six-digit numbers is replacing the SIC system. Many of our business databases, such as Business & Company Resource Center, will list the codes for a particular company or industry.
North American Industry Classification System
http://www.census.gov/epcd/
www/naics.html
Includes SIC codes.
NAICS
Ref HF1042 .N6 1998
Ask for this at the Reference Desk.
Standard Industrial Classification Manual
Ref HF1042 .S73 1987
Ask for this at the Reference Desk
Online SIC CODES Search
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