To solve challenges, you need answers. But finding those answers may be as difficult as the questions being asked. That is where the search comes in – and not all search is created equal. How you search, and with what tools, can make the difference between solving your problem and creating a new one.
Welcome! The purpose of this guide is to help Accounting 112 students find useful subject links and helpful resources.
Please feel free to contact the your Faculty Librarian, Sue Rionda, if you need more help.
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Online Access to Financial News Sources is possible via PressReader & Access Global NewsBank
Watch this useful video tutorial for help with using Access Global Newsbank.
Access Global NewsBank provides direct access to newspapers such as Business Day, Financial Mail, the Sunday Times, The Herald & The Sowetan as well as to Newspapers & Magazines from around the world.
NewsBank's Hot Topics are current research topics covering key global issues, events & people about business, economics, crime, politics, science, health, sports, the arts and more.
Click here to access Hot Topics in Business & Economics (The latest topics and stories impacting the United States and global economy business trends).
See the latest Hot Topics (pdf) to get an overview of recent current world events.
Please ask your Librarian if you need help
1. Identify Search Terms
The first step in searching for information for your topic is identifying keywords/search terms. Library databases require you to enter keywords into the search box because entering an entire essay topic/question will not be as effective and may likely return poor or even no results at all. The keywords/search terms you use are critical in determining the relevance of the results that you will retrieve. Examples of the keywords/search terms you may use are:
"Financial statements"
"International Financial Reporting Standards" OR IFRS
"Corporate Governance"
"Capital Requirements"
2. Creating a Search Statement
To retrieve the most relevant search results, you will need to construct a search statement.
A search statement is a combination of the keywords/search terms that you enter into the search box of a database. You use Connecting Words to link the keywords/search terms. Connecting Words are AND, OR and NOT.
Connecting keywords/search terms & using phrases to improve your search:
Use * to replace a letter or shorten a word to retrieve all versions of the word.
Search statement examples:
"capital requirements" AND finance
"South Africa" AND "financial statements"
(account* OR "financial statements") AND compan* AND "South Africa"
3. Using Search Statements
These Search Statements can be used to find appropriate textbook sources and articles on Search All as well as on relevant library databases and websites.
To find the information that you need for your writing tasks and course portfolios, try some of the websites suggested on the Accounting Subject Guide
Useful websites will include:
Have a look at the Find books, e-books & theses tab on your Accounting Subject Guide
to find out more about finding and using E-Books on ProQuest Ebook Central, EBSCO eBooks & Search All
You can also search for e-books using the Search All option on the library webpage. Click on More Search Options, select All Fields & enter your keywords. Limit the Content Type to Book/eBook & click on Search. (You can refine your search results further by selecting the options on the left hand side if necessary). Select Full Text Online & follow the link.
Remember and Take Note: Different E-books vendors/Publishers have different Loan policies.
More Information can be found on the E-Books Guide.
The textbook covers all essential topics, including: the accounting cycle; merchandising; assigning costs to inventory; cash and receivables; property, plant and equipment; debt financing; equity financing; statement of cash flows; financial statement analysis; and proprietorships and partnerships.
Citation/Attribution Want to cite, share, or modify this book? This book uses the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License and you must attribute OpenStax.
A comprehensive video series covering principles of financial accounting starting with financial accounting for sole-proprietorship, then partnerships and finally corporations.
Comprehensive series of videos for introductory financial accounting courses featuring sample problems and solutions.
This course introduces the viewer to the most important principles in accounting. This course is also designed for corporate or legal professionals to be able to better work with corporate accounting departments.
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