A Research Guide for Accounting
About this guide
This guide was created by expert librarians from Steely Library and Accounting faculty, to kickstart your research, guiding you to recommended databases and other resources in Accounting.
Databases
The selected databases are Steely Library and Accounting approved and are your best bets for researching most topics in Accounting.
- ABI/Inform Global This link opens in a new window
Search worldwide business periodicals for in-depth coverage of business and economic conditions, management techniques, theory, and practice of business, advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more.
- Business Source Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive business articles database covering more than 8,500 scholarly, professional, and trade periodicals in all areas of business. Includes books, case studies, Datamonitor company and industry profiles, conference proceedings, country reports (from CountryWatch, EIU, Icon International, and others), market research reports, SWOT analyses, profiles of the most-cited authors, and more. Sole electronic resource for full text Harvard Business Review and California Management Review.
- Checkpoint This link opens in a new windowA full-text tax research tool for accounting and tax professionals and students. It was awarded the 2004 Codie award for excellence in content and functionality. This database provides the information and tools for tax research and preparation including tax laws and regulations, tax court decisions and commentary and tax periodicals.
**Off-Campus Students: Please register for a username and password at Checkpoint Registration before first logging into CheckPoint. - IBIS World This link opens in a new window
Business reports in five categories: industry market research, industry risk ratings, company research, global industry research, and economic and demographic data.
- WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) This link opens in a new windowWRDS provides access to selected databases in the fields of finance, accounting, economics, management, marketing, and public policy. Data sets that are included: Compustat, TAQ, and CRSP.
There are two access methods:
*Day Pass Access: Using the link above, NKU students, faculty and staff can use WRDS via the web. Enter your NKU email and agree to the terms. WRDS will send an email with the Access Pass link. No permanent disk storage is available for this access. Access must be requested each new day that you wish to use the service.
*Individual account: For long-term research projects and access to disk storage, NKU users (NKU email required) complete the registration form. An administrator will review your request and approve account access.
Please note that you may need to check your NKU quarantine file to release WRDS emails.
Looking for more relevant databases? Check out our A-Z list for Business
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