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MEL’s Database of the Week for 4/2/10

April 2nd, 2010

Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).  These weekly database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.

Database name: RIA Checkpoint, from Thomson Reuters.

Link: www.lib.purdue.edu/mel, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases alpha list right below our banner.

Description/focus: RIA Checkpoint is the database for tax research.

Start with this hint: The link for RIA Checkpoint lands at the Research tab.  This is where tax and accounting professionals can search rulings, IRS publications, SEC filings, or accounting standards and regulations.  These can be searched by keyword, code, case, or by clicking on More to bring up specific search templates.  Non-professionals will find documents and publications of interest on the Research page through the link to Form/Line Finder, and on the Newsstand tab.

Why you should know this database: Tax and accounting professionals can use RIA Checkpoint to research supporting cases.  Some publications that might interest non-professionals can be seen at the Home tab which includes a link, for example, to an analysis of the tax and benefits provisions of the 2010 Health Care Act.  The Tools tab has calculators for working out payments for autos, mortgages, credit cards, and other business and personal financial concerns.

How this database can be integrated into the curriculum: Students studying tax and accounting can find cases to support answers to tax questions and can use the handy Citator button to find related cases.

Cost: Paid annually by the Libraries.

Special thanks today to Professor Hatcher for his help in navigating through RIA Checkpoint.  As he says, ”It’s not what you know, it’s what you can find out.”

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