Henry Buhl Library: Masters of Accounting: Articles & Dissertations

Journal Article Databases

Journal Article Databases:

Business Source Premier This link opens in a new window
Covers all disciplines of business including marketing, management, accounting, finance, and economics, with full text of 2,300+ popular and peer-reviewed journals back to 1886.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Covers a wide range of subject matter in both popular and scholarly periodicals back to 1975.
Academic Search Complete is a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,500 journals and nearly 10,000 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers unmatched full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: animal science, anthropology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, materials science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, pharmaceutical sciences, physics, psychology, religion & theology, veterinary science, women's studies, zoology, and many other fields. Academic Search Complete offers critical information from many sources unique to this massive collection. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for 1,000 journals.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archival Database of full text scholarly journal articles, with most publications have a moving wall of 3-5 years.
Social Science Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to bibliographic and citation information from 3,000 of the world's leading social sciences journals.

Using Social Science Citation Index video
Access this brief video for more info on searching Social Science Citation Index.

Newspaper Databases:

US Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to several important US newspapers back to 1980, including The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Full-text coverage of 400+ US and international newspapers including the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Philadelphia Inquirer, plus select television and radio news coverage.
Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis.

Dissertation Database:

Open Dissertations This link opens in a new window
Index to US and international historic and contemporary academic dissertations and theses, some with full text

Journal articles are very specific. Locating relevant articles is always easier after you have completed your background reading and examined quality books on the subject.

Use more than one article database. Each database indexes a set of journals, conference proceedings, books, etc., but there is no database (not even Google) that indexes everything. To find as much as possible, you will need to use more than one database and try a variety of search terms.

To complete a thorough search of the existing literature, you will need to use more than one database and try a variety of search terms.

A to Z List of Journals
Always check the A to Z list to see if we have access to the journal title and date of publication you need!

Need an article that isn't full text? Access the request form below.

Student Document Delivery Form

And don't forget, make sure you:

List ACCT 5XX as your course (fill in the specific course number e.g., ACCT 555)
Check Yes when asked about a class list

Find Articles using Citations

Option 1: Using Science Citation Index or Social Science Citation Index

1. Locate an article in Science Citation Index or Social Science Citation Index.

Science Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Part of Web of Knowledge/Web of Science. Daily updates make it a good source for recent information. Gives the number of times each article has been cited. Use Journal Citation Reports (JCR) to find impact factors for journals in science, social sciences, and technology.
Social Science Citation Index (Web of Science) This link opens in a new window
Access to research data from 3,000 of the world's leading social sciences journals across 50 disciplines.

Intro to Science Citation Index video
Introduction to searching Science Citation Index, accessing full text, and expanding your research with citations.

2. Click on the:

Citations button for a list of articles that your article (published after your result) OR
References button to access to the article's bibliography.

Option 2: Using Google Scholar

1. Enter the title of a known article into Google Scholar.

2. Click on the Cited by link.

3. (Optional) Limit by date or sort your results.

4. Review the abstracts or full text provided to find more articles!