Introduction to Library Services & Resources for Masters of Financial Accountability (MFAc) Students Sophie Bury Business Librarian sbury@yorku.ca Elizabeth Watson Head, Bronfman Business Library watson@yorku.ca Web guide link Sept. 21 2011 One stop shop to come back to.

Agenda Introduction to the Libraries Key services for graduate students Library web site Business library Using the library’s catalogue Finding journal articles Citation and academic integrity RefWorks Accounting standards CICA Standards & Guidance Collection & IFRS Company financials Financial statements, ratios Analyst reports WRDS

Getting Started at the Libraries Bookmark our Web site! www.library.yorku.ca Click here for links to web sites of individual York Libraries, e.g. the Business Library

Web Pages Designed for Graduate Students

At the Libraries - Using the Computers All computers require FAS logon which provides access to library e-re sources, Internet, and in most cases Microsoft Office applications and a access to space on a network drive to save files. Go to http://mms.yorku.ca to activate your account. Log on using Passport York. Click on activate new services and select FAS

Bronfman Business Library The Physical Space We offer individual study carrels as well as group study space at the libraries. At Bronfman Business Library this includes six bookable group study rooms. Group study rooms at any of the libraries may be booked online at Study Room Booking under Services on the library homepage

Bronfman Business Library The Virtual Space http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/BG/

Bronfman Business Library Hours & Getting Research Help Location: S237, Schulich School of Business Phone: (416) 736- 5139 Reference E-mail: bgref@yorku.ca Use the IM chat service available on the Bronfman Business Library homepage. This chat box is available on all the web pages of the Bronfman Business Library Hours: Mon-Thurs: 9 a.m. – 10 p.m. Friday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Using the Library’s Catalogue Use it to find books (print and electronic), gov. publications, videos and more… Do not use it to find articles on a topic Use it to find a journal or magazine, e.g. Harvard Business Review. Use Periodical Title Search option Use it to find a database, e.g. Proquest Business, Books 24 x 7

Using the Library’s Catalogue Refine your search via the Refine menus to the left Sort your search results (the default is to sort by Relevance)

Using the Library’s Catalogue This catalogue entry can be texted, e-mailed, added to “My List”, or exported to RefWorks. Login is required. Similar items in the libraries, which may also be helpful for your research This is what the results look like. If the item is checked out, you can place a hold, or request Intercampus Borrowing Click on the subjects to search for all the items with the same subject The item’s availability in the libraries

Resources Not Available at York University Libraries? Direct Borrowing Privileges i.e. borrowing in person at another Canadian university libraries. Note a fee applies for University of Toronto. Interlibrary loan services via RACER Register with RACER so you have an account Requests submitted online No charge for books, and up to 50 journal articles free per year for graduate students 12

Different Types of Journals: Scholarly, Trade, Popular, News

Finding journal articles: Finding journals in the library catalogue If you have a specific reference to a journal article, you can use the library catalogue to see if it’s available electronically. Here’s an example of a citation: Firoz, C. A. M., & Ansari, A. A. (2010). Environmental accounting and international financial reporting standards (IFRS). International Journal of Business and Management, 5(10), 105-105-112. Need to find this. What would you do. Google Scholar? Why use library and not Google? Explain that another case where the catalogue is key is when you have a citation or a reference to an article and prof asks you to find it. It is on a reading list. If you Google it chances are you might not find it because it’s from a journal or magazine that charges money. So use the library site so you avail of the resources it pays for to support teaching and research at York. Explain need to search using title of journal. Explain they need to search Periodical Title. Go live and do this. The image is linked to the library home page. It’s on page two. Type the title of the journal into the catalogue’s search box (not the article’s title!) Select Periodical Title from the dropdown menu. Hit go.

Short Video - Refresher Looking for an article citation May forget this down the line.

Finding Articles on a Topic Start Here -- > http://www. library Proquest Business Business Source Premier Factiva

Finding Journal Articles: Effective Search Strategies in an Articles Database Avoid natural language – typing full sentences into an articles database won’t work! Boil your topic down to keywords and concepts Connect you different concepts/ keywords with “and”: “and” is used for combining distinctive concepts and has the effect of narrowing the search fraud and accounting; risk management and controls Introduce synonyms to a keyword and divide the synonyms with “or” and put phrases in quotes “or” is used to combine synonyms or like terms and broadens the search accounting or financial reporting Use truncation symbols where appropriate to find relevant variants on a word manag*, canad*

Finding Journal Articles: Using Article Databases for your Research Demonstration Search Proquest Business Go to web guide for today’s session: http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/BG/assignments/mfac.en 2. Choose Proquest Business

Help with Citing Resources including RefWorks

What is RefWorks? Free to all York students, staff and faculty Web-based Allows you to create a database of citations or references to resources (books, journal articles, web sites, etc.) Facilitates the automatic insertion of citations within a research paper as in-text references, footnotes, or endnotes, and the creation of a formatted bibliography using a citation style of choice More information available on our web site

What about finding newspaper articles? Factiva User guide What about newspapers

Accounting Standards at the Library International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 2011 CICA Standards and Guidance Collection (Canada) Includes Accounting Assurance Public Sector Management Discussion & Analysis Risk oversight and Governance Collection Investigative & Forensic Accounting 22

Library databases to support financial statement analysis course Financial Post Advisor Canadian publicly-traded corporations Mergent Online International coverage, publicly-traded corporations Standard & Poor’s Netadvantage Primarily U.S. based publicly-traded corporations Includes Compustat (more limited than WRDS service) 23

Investment Analysis & Broker Reports Investext Plus Full-text financial reports and forecasts prepared by the world's leading investment banks and consulting and research firms Must be used with IE browser Video available with helpful tips 24

WRDS web-based business data research service common tool for researching all databases Compustat, CRSP, Global Insight & more Go to http://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu/wrds/ to request an account 25

Remember we’re available to help with research questions Questions or comments? Feel free to contact the library: In person: Schulich Building S237 E-mail: bgref@yorku.ca Chat: IM Chat Reference (available on the Bronfman Business Library homepage Phone: 416-736-5139