Finding Journal Articles on a Topic
Checking the Complete List of Journals Available at Albright
Finding Reference Sources
Finding Popular Books and AV Materials
Finding Quality Internet Sites
REMOTE USERS NOTE: Students, faculty and staff accessing these databases from home or off site must log into the remote list of databases. You will need a current college ID card with a library barcode to obtain access. Anyone with problems accessing these databases should call 610-921-7211 or email libraryref@alb.edu for assistance.
The most popular databases with accounting information are listed in alphabetical order. You can find more information on each database and review the online help options for each database by going to our Complete List of Library Databases. Once you find the sources you need, you can see if we own that particular magazine, journal or newspaper by checking a full listing of the serial/journal items that the college can access in print (in the Library) or by reading online.
- ABI/Inform Global, available via ProQuest, premier business journal & newspaper database, much in full text online.
- Accounting & Tax, available via ProQuest, premier accounting journal & newspaper database, much in full text online.
- Business Periodicals Online, available via WilsonWeb, leading English language business periodical database.
- Lexis Nexis Business, available via Lexis Nexis Universe, select the Business section to view business and industry news, financial information and business directories
- Lexis Nexis News, available via Lexis Nexis Universe, select the News section view newspaper wire service and media transcript articles.
Check our list of online and print journals to determine which titles you can access in the library and online. If you cannot find the article you need, request it via interlibrary loan.
Reference sources provide solid background information on a topic or provide a quick and easy access to sources with factual information. You will want to consult them when you either want to get a good background on a topic (e.g., an encyclopedia entry) or to find a quick fact or definition (e.g., dictionary or almanac). The reference sources listed here may be in print or online format. Online database sources with a double asterisk, must be logged into as a remote user -- see instructions below.
REMOTE USERS NOTE: Students, faculty and staff accessing any starred databases from home or off site must log into the remote list of databases. You will need a current college ID card for obtaining access. Anyone with problems accessing these databases should call 610-921-7211 or email libraryref@alb.edu for assistance.
- Accounting Desk Book : the Accountant's Everyday Instant Answer Book [Ref 657 P712a, 2003]
- The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Accounting [Ref 657.03 B632, 1998]
- FASB Interpretation [657 F111i -- on reserve]
- FASB Technical Bulletin [. 657 F111t -- on reserve]
- Hoovers Online, good company information, available at Hoovers**
- Mergent Online, available at Mergent**, strong financial data on companies
- TRANSACC : Transnational Accounting [Ref 657.96 T772 -- 3 vols.]
To find books and AV materials at Albright, check our Online Public Access Catalog (a.k.a. OPAC)
Need some help in using the OPAC? Try scanning our online OPAC instruction guide. If you cannot locate what you need in the OPAC, try these other catalogs to find materials in other libraries, which can be interlibrary loaned.
There are many Internet gateways and high quality resources that provide high quality accounting information. Some of the ones we recommend are:
Accounting Terminology Guide, good glossary from the NY CPA Association
AICPA (Online Publications), links to many publications & drafts, as well as educational information
American Accounting Association a core resource of accounting students and professionals providing a gateway into programs, services, documents and conferences
BEOnline Plus is produced by the Library of Congress's Business Reference Services division to select and catalog business economic, and related Web resources.
Bloomberg.com, source of business and company information
Cpa2Biz, an AICPA portal that provides excellent video conferences on current event topics in accounting
CPA Journal, searching information in CPA Journal
FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board, includes FASB's financial accounting laws, publications price list and summaries of its pronouncements
FASB (Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board), Accounting and financial reporting standards
FedWorld, portal for US government information
GASB (Governmental Accounting Standards Board, governmental accounting laws
IASB (International Accounting Standards Board, international accounting laws
Public Accounting Oversight Board, information about the new requirements for publication accounting firms
PRARS: The Public Register's Annual Report Service, source of free annual reports
Rutgers Accounting Web (RAW) , Accounting portal & cooperative international
venture to provide a forum for accounting, auditing and related fields from Rutgers
Yahoo! Finance, Provides extensive company information including daily quotes and tracking charts.
ZPub, reports from corporations, foundations & public institutions from around the world
