Accounting and Business Research Guide


	Accounting and Business Research Guide
	Blue Ridge Community College Houff Library

Reference Resources - the first place to start research

1stHeadlines-Business - provides a central location where a user can quickly scan headlines from the Business sections of top online news sources. 1stHeadlines-Business checks each source for updates on a continuous basis, 24 hours a day.
ABC News Business Index
American Accounting Association

American City Business Journals - 41 weekly business journals around the country with searchable archive and daily updates of Top headlines from around the nation.
BizSeer: An academic business search engine and digital library - Developed by C. Lee Giles, College of Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University
Business, A Dictionary of
Center for Business Ethics - University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas. Publishers of the Online Journal of Ethics (ISSN 1092-8286) with archives from 1995-2000
CSRwire - "The newswire of corporate social responsibility."
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) - Their mission is "to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of financial information." Hosted by the Rutgers Accounting Web which has a Database of Accounting Literature (free registration).
Librarian's Internet Index section on corruption and fraud
Wall Street Journal - Although a subscription site, more and more WSJ content is becoming available to all users. Use the Resource Center Search Page

or Google to locate stories. se Google to locate the articles).


Books - no limit on how many books you can check out at one time. Our checkout period is four weeks. Library cards are free at the Circulation Desk.

-	To find books in the Library, search the BRCC Online Catalog
	Quick Book Search:
	SEARCH EXAMPLES computers and history techology computers and society

Resources for locating books from other libraries.

Safari’s business and information technology eBook collection Safari eBooks includes titles from publishers such as O’Reilly, Addison-Wesley, Sams, Que,Cisco Press, Microsoft Press, and some 20 others. These publishers represent the leaders in the IT publishing industry, and we have access to over 3,000 of their titles

WorldCat 88+ million books worldwide
James Madison University
University of Virginia

If you find a title you would like that BRCC does not own, use the Library's free interlibrary loan service. Print, or write out the information and e-mail the Library, bring it in (our hours) or call (our phone numbers).

Databases/Periodical Indexes (Magazines, Journals & Newspapers) - this is where you can print articles from actual magazines, journals and newspapers. For free.

Indexes Containing Full-Text Articles be sure and follow all the steps on our
Remote Access Directions page to be able to access these databases from your home computer.

Boolean Searching - handout explaining how to do advanced database searching

Academic Search Complete Full-text articles available (a database that does the citations for you!)
Associates Programs Source Full-text articles available (a database that does the citations for you!)
Business Source Complete Full-text articles available
Chronicle of Higher Education - call the Library (453-2247) for login and password
CQ Press - great research on today's issues
Factiva (must use Internet Explorer) - great for international viewpoints
IDEAL Business & Law, Economics & Finance (VIVA) Full-text articles available
Issues and Controversies
Opposing Viewpoints - (a database that does the citations for you!) has a nice list of topics if you are having a difficult time deciding on a subject. Also carries primary documents, viewpoints, statistics, images, and links to reliable websites.
Regional Business News Full-text articles available
Wiley InterScience - over 3 million articles across 1400 journals

Internet

Google Scholar - many articles are not full-text, but we can show you how to find the articles in the Library's databases or on the Internet. Click here for detailed instructions.

Web Evaluation

Web Site Evaluation Information - very important to do for each and every Internet search

Style Guides - for MLA and APA citations for your bibliography

Citation Builder (MLA, APA, Scientific Style) **Shenandoah Valley Governor School conducted a research study on our online citation builders and determined that the Citation Builder was the one most error free.***
Citation Machine (MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian) *Click More Resources at the top of the MLA or APA page to bring up Work from a Subscription Service Accessed through a Library - one or more authors which is what you need to cite an article from one of the library's databases
BibBuilder (MLA)
Citation Wizard (APA, Chicago, CBE, ISO, MLA)
EasyBib (MLA)
Knight Cite - MLA, APA, Chicago)
Noodle Tools (MLA)
SourceAid (MLA, APA, Chicago. CMS, CSE)
Student ABC Citation Machine (APA, MLA)
UTEL MLA-Style Bibliography Builder 1.0b (MLA)

Cheat Sheets (to check your results from the sites above because they are not 100% accurate)
APA Cheat Sheet
MLA Cheat Sheet

Assistance - just in case

Question? E-Mail a Librarian - online form to ask a quick question of the Librarian.
LRC Live - 24/7 real time online help from librarians across the country.
Online Suggestion Box - your tuition and fees help pay for the library so let us know what we can do for you.

9/23/08