Research Guides: Accounting: Home

Key Accounting Resources

Checkpoint
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Registration required; tax and accounting research tool that includes Federal Tax Coordinator and U.S. Tax Reporter; AICPA Professional Standards, Technical Practice Aids, Audit and Accounting Guides; PPC Tax Deskbooks; BNA Daily Tax Report®, West Employee Benefits Cases and more.
Checkpoint student registration for off-campus access
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UHCL email address required; Checkpoint IDs for students are limited to 160 users and expire on July 31 and December 31
Mergent Intellect
Provides industry profiles, data, and descriptions on worldwide public and private companies from Dun and Bradstreet, U.S. consumer information, and more
Plunkett Research
Analyzes industry trends, including finances, markets, technologies, deregulation, research/development and globalization; also includes industry statistics, company profiles, glossaries, and more
Wall Street Journal
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1983 to present; full text of the newspaper's Eastern edition
RMA eStatement Studies
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Financial ratio benchmarks for over 775 industries, organized by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes
Key Business Ratios
Dun & Bradstreet's competitive benchmarking data of public and private companies