Transcript Online Periodical Databases

Online
Accounting Resources
Dr. Jun Wang
Librarian & Coordinator of Bibliographic
Instruction and Information Literacy
Goleman Library
San Joaquin Delta College
A Virtual Tour of the Library Resources
*Reference Collection;
*Online Catalog;
*Online Databases;
*Internet Resources.
A Virtual Tour of Online Catalog
Search the Holdings of Goleman Library
-89,091 titles
-Books
-Periodical titles
-Audio-visual materials
-Reserve room
-Connect to the Library of Congress Database
New Features
-Place a request on a title with your library card
Online Catalog Sample Searches
 Subject:
Accounting
 Title:
 Fundamental Accounting
 Financial Accounting
 Author:
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Larson, Kermit D
 Keyword:
financial
accounting
Principles
Limit Search
Search by subject or title or author;
 When the preliminary search result is
displayed, press Return or Enter key
and select LIMIT from the menu;
 You may type any underlined letter
from the limit search options to limit
your search;
 The options include Date (limit by
year), Type of Materials, Language,
and Location.
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Limit to Audiovisual Material
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Select Limit Search from the pull-down menu under
Find;
Select Type of Materials by typing T which is underlined;
Make a selection of the type of audiovisual material you
want from the list;
Press Return or Enter key to okay the selection;
Items displayed afterwards are audiovisual materials.
Search Items from a Specific Location
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Select Limit Search from the pull-down menu under
Find;
Select Locations by typing L which is underlined;
Make a selection from the location list;
Press Return or Enter key to okay the selection;
Items displayed afterwards are items from that location.
Search for Reserved Items
 Select Reserve Room from
the Find menu;
 Search by either a course number or the
instructor’s name;
 Enter course name and number or, best
yet, instructor’s last name and first name
and press Return or Enter;
 Select an appropriate item by pressing
the line number to find the call number
and bibliographic information.
Online Databases:
General Trend
• Web-based;
• Increasingly popular:
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Frequent updates;
Full-text articles;
E-mail delivery;
Down-load capability;
Cross references/links;
Accessible from a remote, networked computer.
Databases Periodical Databases
• InfoTrac Searchbank Databases:
– Expanded Academic ASAP (1980-);
– Health Reference Center--Academic
(1995-);
– Business Index ASAP (1997- );
– SIRS Researcher(R) (1988- );
– Gen’l Reference Ctr (Magazine
Index).
• NewsBank NewsFile.
InfoTrac SearchBank
Business Index
• Indexes more than 1,730,640 periodical articles
from more than 900 publications on the subjects of
– banking;
– investment;
– companies;
– industries;
– new technologies and products.
• Coverage: past 3 years (with backfile extending as
far back as 1980);
• Updated daily.
Business Index
Search Demo
• Subject Search:
– General Accepted Accounting Principles
– Financial Accounting Standards Board
• Keyword Search:
– FASB and merger*
– (FASB or financial accounting standards board) and
merger*
• Journal Title Search:
– Wall Street Journal
Search Tips
• Subject Search:
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Type a brief subject search term;
Select a subdivision term by clicking on Narrow;
Click on View text to read the full-text article on screen;
Asterisk at the end of a citation indicates that Delta has
a hard copy of the periodical;
• Keyword Search:
– Use important words;
– May use * as a truncation key;
– May use “and” to combine search terms to narrow the
search and “or” between words to broaden your search.
Using the Internet As
a Research Tool
Ways of Searching the Net
• Subject:
– search for information on a particular topic.
• Keyword:
– Search for resources that contain the keyword.
• Direct search of a Web site:
– Log on to a particular Web site with a Web address.
• Natural language:
– Type a sentence in natural language and let the expert
generate answers for you.
Go Directly to a Web Site
• Highlight “Location” field and type
in a Web site address:
http://www.fasb.org
http://www.accountinginfo.com
http://www.ucdavis.edu
http://library.deltacollege.org (Delta
College Library’s Web page)
http://www.refdesk.com (Online
Reference)
Search Tips
• Consult online Help screen
– to find search commands and search options unique of the
database;
– to find online instructions.
• Keyword Search:
– Exercise your critical thinking skills;
– Identify keywords and their synonyms before your search;
– Use Boolean Operators (e.g. AND, OR, NOT) or other
parameter search operators (e.g.: + or - or “…” or quotation
marks) to nest your search terms;
– Use truncation keys, such as * or ? as needed.
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