Databases for Accounting

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Databases for Accounting

• Dr. Craig R. Ehlen

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Databases

• Database sources offer quality, credibility, and
  reliability.
• Approved databases include ABI/INFORM Complete ,
  ABI/INFORM Trade Industry, Hoover's Company
  Capsules Profiles , Business Source Premier,
  and Regional Businessall of which provide vast
  resources. Although our library pays considerable
  fees for these sources, you may use them for
  free.

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Click on Rice Library.
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Choose Databases.
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Choose Business.
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Use the five recommended databases (omitting
Value Line)
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For ABI/INFORM Complete (includes Dateline and
Global) , ABI/INFORM Trade Industry , and
Hoover's Company Capsules Profiles, choose
FULL TEXT and SCHOLARLY from the ProQuest
database.
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Click on your chosen article.
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Read the full text, not just the abstract.
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To create a Reference citation, click on Cite
this.
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Select APA then copy and paste the citation into
your document.
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To include an active link, click on Copy link
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Copy and paste the link into your document.
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• Original Copied Version
• Craig R Ehlen, Nace R Magner,  Robert B
  Welker. (1999). Testing the interactive effects
  of outcome favourability and procedural fairness
  on members' reactions towards a voluntary
  professional organization. Journal of
  Occupational and Organizational
  Psychology,2  72, 147-161.  Retrieved October 2,
  2010, from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document
  ID 42639757).
• Edited Version with Active Link
• Craig R Ehlen, Nace R Magner,  Robert B
  Welker. (1999). Testing the interactive effects
  of outcome favourability and procedural fairness
  on members' reactions towards a voluntary
  professional organization. Journal of
  Occupational and Organizational
  Psychology,2  72, 147-161.  Retrieved October 2,
  2010, from ABI/INFORM Global. (Document
  ID 42639757). https//login.lib- proxy.usi.edu/l
  ogin?urlhttp//proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did42639
  757sid1Fmt4clientId4130RQT309VNamePQD

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Creating Hanging Indentation in Word

• Select the citation.
• Right click and select Paragraph.
• Choose Special/Hanging and Spacing/Double.

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EBSCO-Host Databases

• Business Source Premier (business)
• Regional Business News

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Again, click on Full Text and Scholarly.
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Click on your article.
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Choose PDF files if available. They provide exact
page numbers.
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To add a citation and active link, go to Print or
E-mail.
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Choose APA style from the drop-down menu.
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Copy and paste the citation and active link.
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• Original Copy
• Ehlen, C., Welker, R. (1996). Procedural
  Fairness in the Peer and Quality Review Programs.
  Auditing, 15(1), 38-52. Retrieved from Business
  Source Premier database.
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• Revised Citation
• Ehlen, C., Welker, R. (1996). Procedural
  fairness
• in the peer and quality review
  programs.
• Auditing, 15(1), 38-52. Retrieved from
  Business
• Source Premier database.
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Internet Sources

• The sole benefit of a Google search may be
  timeliness.
• Google Scholar sources are fine, but often dated.
  
• Often you can trust org. and edu. sources.
  Remember, the com extension is trying to sell
  something!
• Wikipedia is not permitted.
• Avoid sources without authors or dates.
• Avoid biased sources.