Accounting & Finance

Starting your research

Starting your Research

Encyclopedias, handbooks and subject specific dictionaries will help provide useful background information, as well as terms to use when searching the databases. For example:

Collin, S. M. H. (2007). Dictionary of accounting. London: A & C Black.	Balakrishnan, R., Sivaramakrishnan, K. & Sprinkle, G. B. (2009). Managerial accounting. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley.
Bonham, M. (2009). International GAAP 2009 : Generally accepted accounting practice under international financial reporting standards. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley.	Gibson, C. H. (2009). Financial reporting & analysis : Using financial accounting information. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.

A GOOGLE search can also help find background information and suggestions for more keywords.

Keywords & OPAC

Keywords & OPAC

Use OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) to find books, journal titles and audio-visual materials in the Library. When searching for information, you need to use keywords. See below for some suggestions.

Accounting	Accounting ASEAN countries	Accounting Asia
Accounting standards	Business enterprises finance	Cost control
Cost accounting	Financial reporting	Financial statements
International financial reporting standards	Managerial accounting

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Finding Articles Online

Finding Articles Online

The articles inside magazines, journals & periodicals are very useful sources of information. Articles are different from books because:

• they are much more up-to-date
• they are shorter (less to read!)
• they concentrate on topics or specific aspects of topics
• there are many articles being published all the time so you have more choice.

The library catalogue, OPAC, does NOT tell you what articles the Library has, only which journals or periodicals, so the easiest way to find articles is to use the online databases.

• Academic Search Premier

• Business Source Premier

• MAS Ultra

Speciality Searches from Business Source Premier

• Country Reports - for reviews of countries, including economic studies and political risk.
• Company Profiles - for Datamonitor reports.
• Industry Profiles - for identifying the competitive landscape, market size, and more.
• Market Research Reports - for news and analyses on major events in specified markets.
• SWOT Analyses - looking at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats within specified companies.

Newspaper Articles

Newspaper articles are also very useful sources of information, and can be found in the LexisNexis Academic and the Factiva databases.

• Factiva (Dow Jones)

• LexisNexis Academic

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Click here for a list of all the databases subscribed to by TP Library.

Recommended Websites

Recommended Websites

Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Singapore (ACRA) - for a searchable directory of business and company names in Singapore.

Business Times Online - offers a range of financial tools and research databases on anything from equities and unit trusts, to currencies and derivatives, up-to-the-minute business news and stock market information on major Asian bourses as well as in-depth analysis by The Business Times editorial.

International Federation of Accountants - a worldwide organization for the accountancy profession. Access the organizations' newsletter, as well as speeches, articles and more.

Ministry of Finance, Singapore - access to current and archived budget statements by the Finance Minister, off-budget measures, figures and charts of government expenditure and tax information. Hyperlinks to related departments (Customs and Excise) and statutory boards (Internal Revenue Authority of Singapore).

Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) - all you need to know about Singapore’s financial industry, featuring major financial sectors such as banking, insurance, equities, futures and fund management. Plus reports of the industry’s performance. A directory of financial institutions is also available.

Singapore Business Toolkit - offers free business management information and training for small businesses / small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on accounting and more.

SGX: Singapore Exchange - integrated securities and derivatives exchange in Asia Pacific. For all-in-one information about listed companies including annual reports, circulars to shareholders, IPOs and warrants. Plus, stock and derivatives prices and statistics.

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