Library Guides: Accounting at Penn State Harrisburg: Key Accounting Resources

Accounting Databases

Bloomberg Law
Access to federal tax practice and expert analysis materials. To access: (1) Click "Browse," (2) then click "Tax."
Bloomberg Law provides access to legal content and analysis, practice tools, company information, and market intelligence. It includes all content formerly in the Bloomberg BNA Resource Library, as well as case law, statutes, regulations and other legal sources.
Special Access Notes: use the GlobalProtect VPN for access
CCH Cheetah (now VitalLaw)
CCH Cheetah includes full-text primary sources of law with commentary, a variety of CCH and Aspen legal publications, smart charts, practical tools, news, webinars, white papers, and blogs. Practice areas covered include corporate & securities, labor & employment, intellectual property, healthcare, human resources, intellectual property and tax. CCH Cheetah will replace CCH IntelliConnect, CCH Business and Finance Research Network, CCH Health and Human Development Research Network, and CCH Tax Research Network near the end of 2018.
CCH Cheetah (now VitalLaw) includes full-text primary sources of law with commentary, a variety of CCH, Wolters Kluwer, and Aspen legal publications, smart charts, practical tools, news, webinars, white papers, and blogs. Practice areas covered include corporate & securities, labor & employment, intellectual property, healthcare, human resources, intellectual property, and tax. VitalLaw replaced CCH Cheetah in November 2021.
Mergent Market Atlas (replacing Mergent Online)
This corporate information database covers over 50,000 US and foreign public companies, current and historical (past 15 years) firm descriptions, statistics, financial information and ratios, annual reports, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, long-term debt, capital stock, and insider trading. Market Atlas provides tools for both interactive online research and easy predefined report access.
Market Atlas is a corporate information database covering over 50,000 US and foreign public companies, current and historical (past 15 years) firm descriptions, statistics, financial information and ratios, annual reports, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, long-term debt, capital stock, and insider tradingMarket Atlas provides tools for both interactive online research and easy predefined report access. These tools and reports are reflected across multiple product modules including Company, Sustainability, Industry, Country and Economic analysis.
RIA Checkpoint (Accounting and Corporate Finance)
RIA Checkpoint research service provides Internal Revenue Code, Treasury Regulations, AICPA professional materials, FASB accounting standards, international financial standards from IASB, and additional editorial and tax planning resources.
RIA Checkpoint research service provides Internal Revenue Code, Treasury Regulations, AICPA professional materials, FASB accounting standards, international financial standards from IASB, and additional editorial and tax planning resources.
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)
WRDS provides Web access to a number of financial research databases, including Compustat, CRSP (Center for Research in Securities Prices), Dow Jones Averages, FDIC, and Philadelphia Stock Exchange. WRDS is intended for academic, non-commercial purposes only. All databases have been licensed for the non-profit educational use of Penn State faculty, staff, and students. Copyright law and individual license agreements govern their use. Accessing the Database: Users open individual accounts by registering at the WRDS home page. WRDS defines different accounts for users for users depending on their affiliation with the university. Within 48 hours, Penn State WRDS account representatives will verify the users’ affiliation with the university and confirm or deny the account accordingly. WRDS Terms of Use [User Agreement].
WRDS provides Web access to a number of financial research databases, including Compustat, CRSP (Center for Research in Securities Prices), Dow Jones Averages, FDIC, and Philadelphia Stock Exchange. WRDS is intended for academic, non-commercial purposes only. All databases have been licensed for the non-profit educational use of Penn State faculty, staff, and students. Copyright law and individual license agreements govern their use. Accessing the Database: Users open individual accounts by registering at the WRDS home page. WRDS defines different accounts for users depending on their affiliation with the university. Within 48 hours, Penn State WRDS account representatives will verify the users’ affiliation with the university and confirm or deny the account accordingly. WRDS Terms of Use [User Agreement].