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For General Accounting Articles:

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text covering scholarly business publications and company analyses.
Business Source Complete is a scholarly business database providing bibliographic and full text content. Business Source Complete provides full text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more. Business Source Complete contains indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back to 1886, searchable cited references for many journals, and detailed author profiles for the most-cited authors in the database.
Business Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
This comprehensive database contains the full text of articles from more than 510 key publications dating back to 1995.
Business Abstracts with Full Text offers a multitude of business magazines and scholarly journals: this comprehensive database contains the full text of articles from more than 510 key publications dating back to 1995, and provides access to product evaluations, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, obituaries, surveys, statistical rankings, book reviews and reports from associations, societies, trade shows, conferences and more.
Hoovers This link opens in a new window
The Hoover's database provides information on more than 12 million public and private companies, including companies that have gone out of business, in more than 600 worldwide industries.
The Hoover's database provides information on more than 12 million public and private companies, including companies that have gone out of business, in more than 600 worldwide industries. Information available includes in-depth industry analysis, summary financials, top competitors and officers, SEC filings, and news. Using the Hoovers information customized reports can be created.

For Background Research

Entrepreneurial Studies Source This link opens in a new window
Provides resources for topics such as business planning, communications, innovations, management, marketing, organizational behavior and product development.
Vocational and Career Collection This link opens in a new window
Index, abstracts, and full text for 350 trade and industry related periodicals.
Vocational and Career Collection is designed to meet vocational and technical research needs. The collection provides indexing and abstracts for over 600 journals, and full text for 350 of these trade and industry related periodicals. Full text information in this database dates as far back as 1985.

For Business News & Reference Materials

Regional Business News This link opens in a new window
A full text newswire database that incorporates business wires from all over the world.
Regional Business News is a collection of 75 full text business journals, newspapers and newswires that incorporates news information from all over the world. Information provided by these sources covers business, political, economic and other diverse, international news events.
Claritas 360 This link opens in a new window
This service contains market profile reports, lifestyle analysis reports, demographics reports, and PRIZM reports
Claritas Segmentation & Market Solutions is an intuitive web application that allows you to quickly and seamlessly measure consumer demand and evaluate your locations and markets. This easy - to - use application will allow you to better understand consumers who are more likely to buy your product or service, and the markets where they live, so you can create more efficient marketing strategies and customized messages to more effectively reach them.
Small Business Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Small Business Reference Center offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics.
Small Business Reference Center offers exclusive full text for many top consumer small business reference books, as well as tools to address many small business topics. It includes business videos, a help and advice section and details on how to create business plans. Also included are state-specific resources, start-up business plans, and industry information.

All Business Management Databases

Business Management Databases

Reference Books

Financial Accounting for Undergraduates by J. Wallace; K. Nelson; T. Christensen
Call #: MAIN 657 W191F
Publication Date: 2019-02-01
The Ethical Business by Kamel Mellahi; Kevin Morrell; Geoffrey Wood
Call #: MAIN 174.4 M524E
Publication Date: 2010-06-16

Reference Books

Barron's Accounting Handbook by Joel G. Siegel; Jae K. Shim
Call #: MAIN 657 S571A
Publication Date: 2010-10-01
Managerial Accounting for Undergraduates by Theodore Christensen; Scott Hobson; James Wallace
Call #: MAIN 658.1511 C554M
Publication Date: 2019-02-01

Library Collection Search: Subject Headings

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Websites

American institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
The American Institute of CPAs is the world’s largest member association representing the accounting profession.
American Accounting Association (AAA)
Works to develop new tools and approaches that address key issues in accounting scholarship, education, and practice. Bringing accounting ideals to bear on critical areas of risk/opportunity in today’s economy and society.
Association for Financial Professionals (AFP)
The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) is the professional society committed to advancing the success of treasury and finance members and their organizations.
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Establishes financial accounting and reporting standards for public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations that follow Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
ACCA believes that accountancy is vital for economies to grow and prosper, which is why we work all over the world to build the profession and make society fairer and more transparent.
National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)
NASBA works to enhance the effectiveness of the Boards of Accountancy by creating innovative avenues for accounting regulators, educators and practitioners to address emerging issues relevant to the accounting profession.
Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) is an international professional association and is the internal audit profession's global voice, recognized authority, acknowledged leader, chief advocate, and principal educator.
Discover Accounting
Discover Accounting is an independent, educational resource for current and prospective accountants, providing unbiased accounting career information, education options and guides for entering various accounting career paths.

Format Style

APA

Purdue OWL | APA
These OWL resources will help you learn how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on in-text citation and the References page, as well as APA sample papers, slide presentations, and the APA classroom poster.
APA Quick Guide
Guide created by Centennial Library covering APA topics and how to cite your sources properly.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th Ed. by American Psychological Association
Call #: MAIN 808.06615 P976
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2019-10-01

Research Tips: ACCOUNTING & FINANCE

Tip #1

To begin your research, use OneSearch and Google Scholar to identify current background information, news, and videos, then visit the Business Administration Databases for discipline specific primary sources such as scholarly journals in accounting and finance.
Likewise, become familiar with the Financial Accounting Research System (FARS) database tool as they will be essential in your coursework.

Tip #2

Sign up and begin using a Citation Manager to manage your citations to create a quick bibliography and even quick in-text citations using the ProQuest RefWorks and Zotero add-ons for Google Docs and Microsoft Word.

Tip #3

Sign up for a Research Appointment with your STEM/Business Faculty Librarian for extra support in navigating databases and the research process.

Tip #4

Take time to visit the CU Writing Center for extra support and to sign up for a Writing Session to help improve your writing.

Writing In: ACCOUNTING & FINANCE

Business Writing in the Digital Age by Natalie Canavor
Call #: MAIN 651.74 C213B
Publication Date: 2011-10-20
Those who write well are better able to win opportunities, establish their reputation, persuade others to their viewpoint and build relationships.