Accountancy & Finance: Article Databases
To find articles...
Below are some great places to start searching for academic literature on your topic.
- ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive business database covering business and economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as well as competitive and product information. Includes access to: ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Dateline and ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry.
- Business Source Complete (via EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowProvides indexing and abstracts for scholarly business journals, from 1886.
- Informit Business Collection This link opens in a new windowCovers all broad business fields, including: accounting, career development, commercial law, commodities, corporate governance, e-business, economics, employment, human resources, labour, management, marketing, occupational health, taxation, and unions, from 1993.
- Emerald This link opens in a new windowIncludes more than 200 full-text, peer-reviewed, commerce journals, from 1899.
- Scopus This link opens in a new windowA multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and web sources, from 1960.
- ScienceDirect This link opens in a new windowFull-text, peer reviewed journals, books, and reference works. Covers a broad range of subjects in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, and, Physical Sciences and Engineering.
If an article is not available in full-text in a database, click Article Link to automatically search other databases the Library subscribes to.
You may see Article Link represented as:
or Otago Article Link
- Library Search | Ketu This link opens in a new windowSearch the journal title to see if Otago holds the hardcopy of the issue you need.
- InterloansIf Otago does not hold the issue in hardcopy, submit an Interloans request for the article. Staff will try to get the article for you from another Library. Article requests are free.
Evaluation Tools
Are the sources you have gathered trustworthy? Are they relevant, appropriate, and authoritative? Evaluation tools can help guide you in thinking critically about your information sources.
Rauru Whakarare is a kaupapa Māori framework based on five strands woven together with whakapapa at the centre. This framework was developed by Massey University staff and is useful for evaluating all types of information including academic and non-academic sources, online and print material. The five strands are:
- Whakapapa (The Background)
- Māramatanga (The Content)
- Aronga (The Lens)
- Orokohanga (The Origins)
- Mana (The Authority)
How do you know what information to trust? Use the questions in the TRAAP test to determine which websites you can trust and therefore use in your assignments:
The CRAPP Test is designed for assessing online information for academic purposes. The tutorial is quick and informative.
Currency
Reliability
Authority
Purpose/Point of view
Another quick tutorial to develop your evaluation skills. The SIFT approach is particularly useful for assessing media sources online.
Stop
Investigate the Source
Find Better Coverage
Trace Claims, Quotes and Media to the Original Context