The Tax History Project: A History of Taxes in the U.S.

The time is near when even the worst of procrastinators will file their tax returns, many of which will be accompanied by a large check.  The Internal Revenue Service website, at www.irs.gov, makes filing free, easy and simple for anyone with an adjusted gross income (AGI) of $57,000 or less.  The site also provides pdf [...]

Sources for Competitive Data

If you’re doing a paper requiring a competitive analysis and you need to find data on leading competitors operating in the same industry, 2 databases–Mergent Horizon and Mergent Online –provide quick and easy ways to locate the data you need.  Mergent Horizon provides comprehensive coverage for over 6,200 companies traded on the NYSE, NASDAQ and [...]

Mintel Oxygen Academic for International Marketing Research

Are you doing research for an international marketing project and getting stuck finding information on marketing a product in a selected foreign country?  Or maybe you’re promoting a new business product here in the United States and you need to know the best customers for the product?  Or are you researching consumer groups and trying [...]

HELIN Trials & New Business Databases

It’s HELIN database trial time again and what that means for Bryant students and faculty is periodic access to awesome business resources.  These are databases the library does not subscribe to at the moment, but might consider if enough Bryant users provide the librarians with feedback indicating a particular resource is very useful for completing [...]

Search for Government Documents Using FDsys

The Government Printing Office (GPO) has a mission to provide perpetual free access to the print and digital collections of the U.S. Government.  Public Law 103-40, passed in 1993, expanded GPO’s mission to include the provision of electronic access to federal government information.  Starting in  June 1994, GPO accomplished this mission using a web platform [...]