Doing research on these topics for accounting? Here are some suggested databases and search terms.
I would look in the following TCU databases (keep in mind that some of these databases have limits on the # of simultaneous users, so if a non-TCU password screen pops up, just wait and try again later):
Business Source Complete, EconLit, General Business File ASAP, Promt, Business Reference Suite (2 users), and Factiva (5 users).
Here is how I would structure my basic search if you have multiple boxes on the page:
Box 1: iasb OR “international accounting standards board”
Box 2: fasb OR “financial accounting standards board”
Box 3: differences
In box 3, you may need to replace the word ‘differences’ with a keyword from some of the other criteria for your assignment (someone needs to post the questions being asked for me to give better suggestions here- my feeble mind cannot recall the entire assignment from my one glance at it). In some databases, you need to NOT use the word differences in order to get results. Try some variations and don’t give up on the first attempt.
If the database has a single search box, construct your search like this:
(iasb OR “international accounting standards board”) AND (fasb OR “financial accounting standards board”) AND differences
Good luck!
Someone sent me the assignment- yeah! Here are some more suggestions for searches.
- I am numbering my searches to match your assignment
- I will put the search in black and any personal commentary/explanations in blue
- I will structure the searches as if I had one search box on the database page (if you have multiple boxes, put the items in parenthesis in a single box, together)
- Feel free to post your own suggestions for classmates in the comments
- Same databases mentioned above.
1. (ifrs OR “international financial reporting standards”) AND (advent OR history OR emergence OR development) You may want to delete the word, development, from your search since it will pull up lots of articles talking about the effects of IFRS on business development. Play around with it.
2. (ifrs OR “international financial reporting standards”) AND politic* The * symbol tells the search engine to look for all the variations that could be added to the end of the word (ex. politics, political, etc.)
3. I think my original suggestions pertain to this (see above this added section)
4. (ifrs OR “international financial reporting standards”) AND (benefit* OR cost* OR pro) Pro, because some databases will have articles that talk about the pros & cons of IFRS (try truncating it also (i.e., adding the * symbolel- pro*)
5. (ifrs OR “international financial reporting standards”) AND “early adopt*” If you don’t get anything back putting “early adopt*” in quotations, take out the quotation marks and try just the word, adopt*. Or, you can try early AND adopt*
Tags: accounting, fasb, iasb, ifrs, Research Tips
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