Intermediate Accounting ACC 201

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Intermediate Accounting ACC 201

• Resources and Research Strategies
• November 1, 2007
• Prof. Bill Lynch
• Janice Schuster
• Coordinator of Reference Services
• Phillips Memorial Library
• Providence College
• 401-865-2631 office 401-865-2581 information
  station jschustr_at_providence.edu
• IM AIM, Yahoo PCLibChat

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To be covered today

• About the library collections and services
• Locating books HELIN catalog
• Locating articles
• ABI/Inform Global
• Lexis-Nexis Academic
• Wall Street Journal

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About the library Collections

• Approx. 340,000 books and bound periodical
  volumes
• 1,650 current print periodical titles
• Access to over 32,000 full-text electronic
  journals.
• Over 100 bibliographic and full-text electronic
  databases.

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About the library Services

• Reference assistance 401-865-2581
• Email reference reference_at_providence.edu
• Individualized research appointment
• refappt_at_providence.edu
• IM a PC librarian
• AIM, Yahoo PCLibChat

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Locating booksHELIN Catalog What it is

• Higher Education Library Information Network
• Access to books, journals, magazines, and
  newspapers at 11 academic and 14 health sciences
  libraries in RI
• More about HELIN

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Locating booksHELIN catalog How to use it,
slide 1

• From the library's home page, click on HELIN
  Library catalog under For current users
• Example Search for accounting scandal as a
  keyword
• Click on link for relevant title
• Look at subjects used for that title (example
  Disclosure in accounting)

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Locating booksHELIN catalog How to use it,
slide 2

• Subject search for Disclosure in accounting
• Search only PC
• Browse through the titles

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Locating articles ABI/Inform Global, slide 1

• Premier database of business information,
  including accounting. Many titles link to full
  text articles.
• From library's home page, click on For current
  users, PC databases by A-Z

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Locating articles ABI/Inform Global, slide 2

• Example Accounting scandal (citation and text)
• 1385 citations retrieved
• Narrow down by clicking on suggested topics
  near the top OR click on refine search
• Many articles available full-text in the
  database.

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Locating articles

• Shows options for locating the full text of an
  article
• Full text article might be available
• online
• in print journals at the library
• from other HELIN libraries via interlibrary
  loan

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Locating articles Wall Street Journal

• We have both current 1982- present and historical
  1889-1990
• Good coverage of accounting scandals
• Link on A-Z list of databases from librarys home
  page
• OR within ABI/Inform, click on publications, then
  search for Wall Street Journal

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Locating articles Lexis-Nexis Academic

• LexisNexis Academic covers news, business, and
  legal topics. It contains more than 6,000 sources
  from all over the world, drawn from print,
  broadcast, and online media.
• Tutorialhttp//www.lexisnexis.com/tutorial/global
  /globaltutorial_frameset.asp?localeen_USlbuUSa
  daptationAcademicsPagemenu

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If you need further help

• Janice Schuster
• 401-865-2631 office 401-865-2581 reference desk
  jschustr_at_providence.edu IM AIM, Yahoo
  PCLibChat