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A Guide To...Accounting

This guide is a starting point for research in Accounting. The guide includes recommended resources and tips for effective research.

Recommended Databases for Accounting

  • ABI/INFORM Complete Best Bet

    Journal articles, working papers, and reports for business research. Click on "Browse" at the top of the page to focus on featured content such as commodity, company, and country reports.

  • Academic Search Premier

    Journal articles, magazines, and news in almost every subject area. 

  • Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection

    Journal articles, reports, conference papers, dissertations and other types of sources covering accounting and tax issues.

  • Business (Gale OneFile)

    Indexes business and finance periodicals. Access academic and trade journal articles, brokerage reports and company directories. 

  • Business Market Research Collection

    Company profiles, reports, and other industry, market and geopolitical analyses, drawn from four respected sources: Hoover's Company Profile; OxResearch (Oxford Analytica); Barnes Reports; and Snapshots. 

  • EconLit

    Journal articles about economics. 

  • Hoover's Company Profiles

    Absorbed by Business Market Research Collection.

  • ProQuest Central

    Journal articles, magazines, and news in almost every subject area. 

  • S&P Capital IQ

    Detailed financial analysis and market data. You must have an account to use this database. Students can create an account using the “New User?” link. Faculty and staff should contact Karen Teitel, Economics Department, for access to the system.

  • Social Explorer

    Visualization, reporting and downloads of U.S. Census Data. 

  • Wall Street Journal

    Date(s): 1984-present
    Text-only articles from the Wall Street Journal.  **Blogs and other website content are not included.**

Search tips

Spend some time brainstorming keywords and search terms. Use subject headings or descriptors to help generate search terms.

When you find a good article, look at its References or Works Cited list. That will often lead you to other useful sources.

If you see an article you'd like to read but you don't see a PDF for the article, click on the purple "Check for Full Text" button. This will open a new window that will allow you to see if HC has access to the article through another database. If HC doesn't have access, try searching Google Scholar (more info about Google Scholar on the first page of your class guide). If you aren't able to get the full text there, you can order the article through Interlibrary Loan. 

Find full-text articles

Do you have an article citation, but need to find the full-text article? Three Steps to Finding the Full Text Article:

1. Check the EJournals List  by searching for the name of the Journal name (not the article title) in the "Find" box. If the journal comes up in your results, look at the years of coverage to make sure that the library has the year you are looking for. If yes, click on the link for the journal and then scroll to the volume you need or search within the journal for the article.

2. If you aren't able to find the journal in the Electronic Journal list, check CrossSearch to find the journal in print by searching for the name of the journal (not the article title).  If the journal comes up in your results, look at the years of coverage to make sure that the library has the year you are looking for. If yes, copy down the call number so that you'll be able to locate the journal in the stacks.

3. If you can't get the article in print or online, order the article through InterLibrary Loan.