Accounting and Corporate Governance Subject Guide

Where do I start my research?	Company information
How do I find books on my subject?	What are some good Web sites?
How do I find journal articles? (Databases)	How do I cite and manage my sources?
Past exams

For help: Email: Cent.Reference@utas.edu.au Phone: 6226 2229 Ltn.Reference@utas.edu.au Phone: 6324 3299	Go to: Morris Miller Library Launceston Library School of Accounting & Corporate Governance
Liaison Librarians Contact: Juliet Beale [Hobart] or Vanessa Warren [Launceston]

Where do I start my research?

A good way to start your research is to define your topic by using subject dictionaries and to find background information in encyclopaedias and Handbooks such as :

Accounting and Auditing Handbook	CentRes HF 5601 .A27 2005 vol.1 & 2 LtnRes 657.021894 ACC 2005 vol.1 & 2 Cradle Coast 657.021894 ACC 2005 vol.1 & 2
Australian Accounting Standards	From the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB)website
Australian Auditing Standards	From the Auditing and Assurances Standards Board (AUASB) website
Blackwell encyclopedia of management: (vol. 1- Accounting; vol. 4- Finance)	Cent Ref HD 30.15 .B643 2005
Business Who's Who of Australia	Search Australian company information, tradeneames, who owns whom, directors, revenue, employee numbers, rankings, contacts. Username/password
CCH Macquarie dictionary of accounting	Cent Ref HG 4551.I58 1999
Collins Dictionary of Business
Corporate governance and globalization (Vol I, II & III)	Cent Ref HD 2741 .C677 2006
Credoreference	Online reference books: over 160 dictionaries and encyclopaedias. Includes business and finance dictionaries.

International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences	Cent Ref H 41 .I58 2001
Oxford Dictionary of Accounting	Cent Ref HF 5621 .D53 2005 Ltn Ref 657.03 D554 2004
TaxPoint - ATP TaxPoint database	Tax Rulings, Handbooks and Legislation

How do I find books on my subject?

To find books on your subject you can:

search the Library Catalogue using the 'subject keyword' or 'general keyword' option.
OR
browse the bookshelves using these call numbers:

Morris Miller, Hobart:

HD 2741	CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
HF 5601 - 5689	ACCOUNTING
HG 1 - 9999	FINANCE
HG 4001 - 4280.7	.....Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance
HJ 9 - 9995	PUBLIC FINANCE
HJ 2240 - 5957	.....Revenue. Taxation

Launceston Library:

332	Financial economics
332.1-332.3	...Banks/financial institutions
332.6	...Investment and investments
336	Public finance
343.04	Tax law
346.066	Corporate law
346.08	Banking and insurance law
657 - 657.9	Accounting
657.3	...Financial statements
657.45	...Auditing
657.46	...Tax accounting
658.15	Financial management

How do I find journal articles?

Use the databases listed below to search for articles. Some databases will have direct links to the full-text article. When you find an article you want to read, use the Library Catalogue and the E-journals list to see if we hold a print copy or have access to the electronic copy in full-text.
The Library holds journals in print and electronic formats.

Subject-specific Databases | Multi-discipline databases | | Company information

Accounting & Finance Databases:

ProQuest	Full text database including Accounting, Taxation and Finance journals and news Help sheet
Informit Business Collection	Links to a collection of Australian full text and abstract databases. Includes AATD.
AATD: Australian Accounting & Taxation Database	Subject coverage includes accounting, auditing, taxation, insolvency, financial management, corporation law, banking, electronic data processing, management and superannuation Informit Help
Business Source Premier via Ebsco	Over 1100 full text scholarly and trade journals in Business, with many accounting and tax journals. Contains Accounting Review, Corporate Governance, Journal of Accounting Research

Multi-discipline Databases:

ANZ Reference Center	Australian and N.Z. Newspapers, Business and Finance Magazines; Company Information and regional news. Including: The Australian, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Bulletin with Newsweek and BRW.
APA- FT	Australian Public Affairs- Fulltext. Subjects include business, current affairs, law, economics, politics and social sciences. Informit Help
Current Contents Connect	All subject areas. Backfile of 4 years. Help sheet
EconLit	All aspects of economics. Articles, books, proceedings, working papers. CSA Help sheet
Laws of Australia	Each principle of Australian law illustrated with examples. Usually includes the relevant leading case and/or legislative provision.
Scopus	Large database indexing over 13 000 titles. Includes economics, business, and management journals. Abstracts back to 1966. Some links to full text.
Web of Science	Index of 7000 high impact journals in all subject areas. Articles indexed since 1991 have links to articles cited by and citing that article. Includes the following databases: -Science Citation Index -Social Sciences Citation Index; -Humanities Citation Index. Help sheet

Useful Web Sites

Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand	AAANZ
Auditing and Assurance Board	AUASB
Australian Accounting Standards Board	AASB
Australian Stock Exchange	ASX
Business and Economics Resources [Nanyang Technological University Library]	This site provides links to both international and Asian finance, banking and stock exchange information.
CPA Australia	Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants
International Accounting Standards Board	ISAB: IFRS and IAS Summaries
Project Finance portal	Produced by the Baker Library at the Harvard Business School, the site lists resources in two sections: Research and Publications and Project Finance Links. The latter includes over 800 annotated links to related Websites.
SOSIG: Business	The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. This site is a gateway for numerous business related web sites.
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia	ICAA
Australian Financial Services Directory	AFSD

How do I cite and manage my information resources

Ask your lecturer which citation style to use in the School of Accounting.
Endnote bibliographic software is available from the Library. The Library provides training in EndNote.

Harvard Referencing System	Utas Library Helpsheet
Citation styles for online resources	This site includes examples of citing sources from the Web using MLA, APA, and Chicago style guides.
EndNote Introductory Guide	The purpose of this guide is to accompany workshops and outline the most basic functions of Endnote for the beginner.

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