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Best Bets for Starting Your Research in Accounting
Last update: Oct 06th, 2009 URL: http://librarybestbets.fairfield.edu/accounting  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Multi-Search

Search multiple databases at once

 

Journal Locator

Journal Locator finds specific journals,
magazines, and newspapers

 

Beyond the DNL

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Try Interlibrary Loan!

  • Use materials from other libraries' collections free of charge.
  • Available to current Fairfield University students, faculty, and staff.
  • Articles arrive via e-mail within 3-5 business days.
  • Books arrive within 2 weeks and are held in your name.
  • You will be notified by e-mail when your items arrive.

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Selected Databases

Use databases to find articles on your topic. These databases are the best place to start.

  • ABI/INFORM Full-text articles and citationsto business literature. Useful to get secondary sources on specific companies and industries.
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  • Business & Company Resource Center Full-text articles and citations to the business literature. Also includes company profiles and industry information. Useful to get secondary sources on specific companies or industries.

Tips: When searching databases, use AND, OR, and parentheses to focus your search. Combine synonyms with OR and put them inside parentheses, like this:

(china OR chinese) AND "accounting standards"

Here's another example:

(fasb OR "financial accounting standards board") AND "stock options"

Already have the citation? Find an article with citation linker!

Tips

 

Did you know...

Databases are basically just search engines for articles on specific subjects.

 

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How-to Videos

  • Creating a Basic Search Query  
      
    Watch a quick video demo on keyword searching in a database.
  • From Citations to Full Text  
      
    This concise tutorial shows you how to distinguish between book citations, journal article citations, and book chapter citations, then demonstrates how to find the full text in each case. Take the Quiz to check your comprehension!
  • Using Article Linker to find full text  
      
    Want to get the full text fast? Article linker is the key to finding out if full-text is available. Find out how!
  • Using Journal Locator  
      
    Find out whether you can access journals, magazines, and newspapers - and in what format.
 
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