Research Guides: Accounting: Specialized Resources

Finding Library Resources

How to get to the library homepage
This short video shows you how to find the library homepage from the University homepage, MySUU, and by using the URL https://library.suu.edu.
Getting to the library databases
This video shows you how to find the databases from the SUU Library homepage.
Searching multiple Ebsco databases at the same time
This video show you how to search multiple Ebsco databases at the same time. Ebsco is a large vendor of databases, and we have many of them including Academic Search Ultimate, Business Source Premier, MLA International Bibliography, and PsychInfo.
Searching all of the library resources at once
This video shows you how to use the library's discovery layer to search all of the library's resources at one time. This means you will be searching all of the databases, the library catalog, and Special Collections resources with one search.
How to find a specific publication like the WSJ in the library's collections
This Short video shows you how to find if the library has a journal or magazine in full text either in print or electronic format, and if it is electronic, you will learn what database it is in.

Searching the business databases for information
This video shows how to search Business Source Premier and Hospitality and Tourism Complete. It includes advanced searching techniques and using limiters to find specific types of materials.
Finding demographic information from the census
This video shows how to find quick demographic information on cities, counties, states from the U.S. Census.
Searching County Business Patterns
This video show you how to search County Business Patterns on the Census website to find information about business in a specified place.
Searching the Economic Census for industry information
This video shows you how to search for industry information in the Economic Census and download the information to a spreadsheet.

Finding a NAICS code to help you search for industry information
This video shows you how to find a NAICS (North American Industrial Classification System) code at the Census website that will help you search for specific industry information.

Evaluating data sets using the CRAAP test
This short video applies the CRAAP test that we use to evaluate information for quality to the evaluation of data sets for quality, and shows you the questions you need to ask when evaluating secondary data for possible use in a research project.