EPOM 407 Engineering Economics and Financial Analysis

Content coverage:

• National & international scope
• Focus on accounting policies & standards, legislation for state & national tax, corporate & individual tax
• Compensation & pension plans
• Corporate financial information & management
• Profiles of accounting firms, CPAs, management consulting firms
• Includes scholarly journals, peer-reviewed journals, trade publications, newspapers, magazines, reference/report titles.
• 1971–present, via ProQuest publishing
• Advanced Search Features:

Search publication title, company/organization, person, location, NAICS/SIC codes

• Options to include document features like charts/diagrams, maps. Include document types like cover story, commentary, retractions, editorial, and to exclude book reviews and other formats.
• Your initial search will return results that you can sort by source (trade publications, scholarly, etc.)
• TIP: "Suggested Topics"

A search result will suggest similar topics. Example: January 2010,"AIG" suggests topics for refining or expanding research with terms like insurance industry, insurance companies, stock prices, bailouts, financial performance, people, investigations & more...

CCH Intelliconnect – More Than Tax & Accounting

Discover a wealth of U.S. and international news & documents, including business and corporate law information. Highlights of the platform news box, top right of the landing page:

• Today's Federal & State Tax News Highlights – stay up to date on government news that can affect your projects
• Tax Briefings – awareness on compliance/revisions for large  or small employers
• Government Resources – IRS, State departments & boards, Other federal & state resources
• Legislation – with law, explanation, analysis, Current Developments smart charts

Menu of Resources (left):

• The "Tree View" gives an easy to browse folder-like organization of sources. Change to "Library View" for a  fast view on where to locate accounting & auditing, environmental compliance, payroll taxes, labor & employment law, OSHA regulations and a wealth of business & legal information sources.
• Use the Search box to quickly identify key concepts.

Tools & Help Features

• Get helpful newsletters
• Take the Tour: watch a quick video tutorial on using Intelliconnect
• Browse the Training & Helpful Tools section  & How to Understand Sources of Tax Law

Intelliconnect a shared CCH platform that is co-funded for Tax & Accounting for WSOM and  that also has legal sources funded by the Case law library.