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ACCT 305 & 640
Dr. ROBINSON-BACKMON
Spring 2003

Individual course index / ACCT305_robinson-backmon_sp03.htm

Introduction:
This guide will provide information on using Langsdale Library resources for accounting research.
For questions,email langref@ubalt.edu or phone (410) 837-4274.

Print Resources:

Databases useful for accounting research

Academic Search Premier  [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1990 - present. Provides full-text for over 3,400 scholarly journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, sciences, and more. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

Business Source Premier [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies– present. Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8,350 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,100 scholarly business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL). Includes company profiles, many of which contain SWOT analyses.

Lexis-Nexis Academic [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: 1970 - present. Features full text of many newspapers and periodicals.  Also offers business news, legal materials such as federal & state codes, case law and legal journals.

Book catalogs:
Use these to locate books, journals (not individual articles), videos, and government documents.

Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of
Maryland, including UB. You may search up to six individual locations or the entire system.

WorldCat [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. International database of collections (including books, journals , dissertations, documents, and other materials) held by libraries worldwide. Maryland libraries that own copies of the items display at the top of the list of libraries so you can easily determine if local libraries own the material needed. Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

Suggested websites:

Langsdale's Accounting Research Links

General reference tools:
T
hese may assist you in your search for material or in evaluating and citing material found.

Use Citation Linker to locate an article in hard or electronic copy when you already have the citation. This feature is under development and all titles may not be found. Use our full text periodical list to double check. You may need to use our Interlibrary Loan service to get some materials.

Full Text Periodical List
Provides a listing of database locations for print and online periodicals accessible through Langsdale Library.

Help Series
Series of subject bibliographies and tutorials

Evaluating Web Resources
Guide to evaluating material obtained via the Internet

Citation Styles
Guides to MLA, APA, and other citation styles.

Other helpful information:

Accessing materials from home (Researchport)

Library barcodes and UB computer accounts



For more information, email langref@ubalt.edu or call (410) 837-4274.

 

 

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