LibGuides: Business Research Guide: Accounting

Accounting Research: Introduction

This guide was prepared by the Business subject specialist for the Dalhousie community. These resources have been selected as excellent starting points for academic research in Accounting. For further research assistance, please contact Dr. Joyline Makani

Page Contents:

Core Accounting Journals

Dictionaries, Handbooks, and Encyclopedias

Credo Reference
Credo Reference is an online reference library that provides you with access to a selection of more than 1000 reference books and over 200,000 related images. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, not to mention a range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.

Search for Accounting Related articles

To retrieve the best results think about what your key words are before searching the following databases, e.g. accounting AND "financial reporting"

Tax Suite Premium - CICA
Collection of Canadian tax research materials with commentary from Ernst & Young. Includes full coverage of federal income tax, GST/HST and excise, and provincial taxes plus a daily tax email news service.
ABI/INFORM Collection
Access to abstracts and full text of articles from academic journals, magazines, and trade publications.
Business Source Complete
Access to abstracts and full text of articles from academic journals, magazines, and trade publications. Also includes current company, industry and region reports.
Factiva
The Companies/Markets section of Factiva includes corporate profiles, news releases, financial data and competitor information.
CBCA complete
Provides references, and some full text articles, from Canadian journals, magazines, newspapers and business sources including over 130 Canadian industry and trade periodicals.
NexisUni
NexisUni is the new interface for Lexis/Nexis Academic. NexisUni provides access to more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources.

Company Annual Reports/Financial Statements

Mergent online
Access to financial information for 28,000 public Canadian, U.S., and International companies. Financials for 10 years are "as reported" and can be downloaded to spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel.
Factiva
The Companies/Markets section of Factiva includes corporate profiles, news releases, financial data and competitor information.
NexisUni
NexisUni is the new interface for Lexis/Nexis Academic. NexisUni provides access to more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources as well as access to international company financial filings (e.g., EDGAR, from the USA)
Thomson ONE
Provides reports which contain critical analysis of publicly traded companies from around the world. Reports are prepared by analysts from investment banks and brokerage firms. Please note: Thomson One only works with Internet Explorer (IE). And it works best in versions IE8 and below. It also works with IE versions 10 and 11 for Windows 7 (not compatible on Windows 8 or 8.1). If it is not working in IE v.10 or higher set to compatibility mode IE9. You can do this by clicking F12 once on the ThomsonOne.com login page and choose Internet Explorer 9 in the Browser Mode dropdown; then click F12 again to hide the lower frame.

SEDAR
Provides access to documents filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities by public companies and mutual fund groups. Filings from 1997 to present are available and include annual and quarterly reports, prospectuses, security announcements, etc.

Bloomberg (only accessible from dedicated workstations in the Killam, North Learning Commons and Rowe)

Offers real-time trading data, detailed historical data, customizable market monitors, macro-economic data, news, and much more for stocks, bonds,commodities, and other major markets all in one place.

Datastream (only accessible from a dedicated workstation in the Killam, North Learning Commons.)

Provides access to significant historical time series data including equity, index, commodity, currency, bond, futures, options, and economic data. The Excel add-on allows researchers to download data on multiple securities simultaneously. Also provides access to ASSET4 ESG data which includes 500 metrics on more than 4,700 global companies covering environmental, social, and governance factors.

Ratios/Benchmarking Data

Use the following resources to get benchmarking data at the industry level.

Financial Performance Data
Provides detailed financial and employment data on more than 600 business sectors across Canada, including more than 30 performance benchmarks.
US Quarterly Financial Report
Provides data for the following industry sectors as defined by NAICS: Mining, Manufacturing, Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, and Selected Service Industries

Accounting/Consulting News

To read the selected news articles click on View Feed or open Factiva and under News Pages, Factiva Pages open the industry channel of your choice.