BSAD 424 RESEARCH PAPER – LIBRARY INFORMATION SESSION.

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BSAD 424 RESEARCH PAPER – LIBRARY INFORMATION SESSION

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Class Announcements

In- class (January 27th) Research Paper (in Lab SCHW 252 for both sections 9:00-9:45am); Guest: Rita Campbell, Liaison Librarian, Business Administration

Assignment #3 due today; available on-line

Assignment #4 due February 3rd

WIB Society Session: A Conversational with Successful Business Women, February 3, SCHW 7-9:00pm

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Class Objectives

1. Research Paper – Contents2. Research Paper – Library Information

Session1. Professional Accounting Resources2. Credible Soures3. Referencing

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Research Project

The research paper: is worth 10% of your overall mark.   topic is to support an accounting treatment

(recognition or disclosure) with reference to the CICA Handbook Section 1000, accounting theory and current academic research.

is a maximum of 4 pages double spaced (not including references) in total

is comprised of four one-page submissions worth 2.5%

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Research Project (cont’d)

The four sections of the research paper as follows: #1. Accounting Treatment - description of standard, recognition

or disclosure, reference to CICA Handbook section, history (if necessary);

Due January 30, 2014 #2. Discussion of accounting treatment related to CICA 1000-

e.g. criteria for asset/liability, user need, qualitative characteristic such as relevance, etc.;

Due February 13, 2014 #3. Discuss the current academic research on your topic area; Due March 10, 2014 #4. Discuss relationship to accounting theory - e.g. information

perspective, measurement perspective, agency theory, positive accounting theory, etc.;

Due April 3, 2014

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Research Information Session (January 27th)

The purpose of the information session is to support you in researching and referencing your research project for BSAD 424. You will need to learn to: Access professional accounting resources (e.g. Canadian

Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) Handbook), business press resources (e.g. Business Week, CA Magazine) and academic resources (e.g. Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research)

Distinguish between credible sources (e.g. Canadian Accounting Perspectives) and non-credible sources (e.g. Wikipedia)

Provide sufficient referencing (i.e. text, articles, e-books, etc.) within the body of your research project and in a bibliography at the end of your paper.

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Rita Campbell, Liaison Librarian, Business Administration Contact Info

phone: 867-5218 E-mail: [email protected]

Office hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs 9-12; 1-4:30 (Library room 307)

Office hours: Wed 9-12, 1-4:30 (Schwartz School: Room 180)

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Sources of information

Academic Journals Scholarly / peer reviewed

Written by experts in the field, include references/bibliography

Business Press / trade publications May be written by experts / professionals

Often quicker to press

News Author may not have specific expertise / Topical Professional accounting tools - CICA

HandbookAssociation / professional websites

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Where to find your information

Library website - Business subject guide - accounting page

http://library.stfx.ca

Google [be sure sources are credible]and/or google scholar

(scholar.google.com)

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Where to find business articles

ABI/Inform(great Canadian

coverage)

Business Source

Complete

Both good sources

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Where to find articles

Google Scholar

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Is your source credible?

Who is the publisher? Who is the author? Is it peer reviewed or written by experts

in the field? Do they indicate their source for the

information? Can you tell the date of the information? Does it match the information you are

seeing elsewhere?

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http://stfx.libguides.com/business

Accounting

Examples of how to cite the CICA Handbook

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Citing your sources

You cite to give credit to the articles and authors you've used in your paper.

In text citation: use quotations and references to indicate within the text of a paper when you've used ideas from someone else

Bibliography/ reference list: a list of all the sources used in the paper

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Citing your sources

Citing Business sources using APA has examples of citing business journals

Purdue OWL site has examples for APA format and MLA format

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In text citation - APA style

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Reference list - APA style

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Assignment #2

Average: 1.54/2.5 or 62% Hi: 2.15/2.5 Lo: 0.85/2.5 Comments:

Support conclusion with evidence Use language from accounting theory to make

your point (e.g., information asymmetry) Improve flow of discussion Avoid casual or conversational language Do not end sentence or phrase in a preposition