Accounting
Whether you're a new student starting your first assignment, further on in your studies, or starting a research project, this page will help you find and use the best information for your subject. You will also find resources to help develop your academic, study and digital skills.
If you can’t find what you need here, please contact your Academic Support Team: library-SBS@salford.ac.uk
Key resources for accounting students
Books and Journals
The first place you should look is your reading list – you will find a link to this in your Blackboard modules. It lists all the core texts for your subject as recommended by your lecturers. all our other books and journals can be found in Library Search
Useful Websites
- ICEAW – Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales - some of the information is for members only but the useful insights and features are free to all.
- ACCA - The global body for professional accountants – look at the professional insights for free articles and reports.
- CIMA – Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
- FRC - Financial Reporting Council - provide free access to news and research.
Browse your Reading Lists
Your tutors select books, articles, videos and other resources for your reading lists and the Library buys them so you don't have to.
Find the lists for your modules in Blackboard, or in Library Search.
Referencing
APA 7th (Harvard) style is the main referencing style in use at the University. We've compiled an easy to follow list of guidebooks and examples to help you get to grips with complexities of referencing.
Newspapers
Newspapers are a valuable source of information. They provide insight into what interests and concerns people both now and in the past.
The Library provides some excellent newspaper sources that allow you to search simply and easily across many newspapers at once.
Dissertations and Theses
During the course of your studies, you may find that you need to search for dissertations or theses.
You can use Library Search to help you find them and there are a number of different ways to search, depending on what you want to find.
New Accounting Students
Book a one to one
If you’ve tried our eLearning and classroom sessions and need more help, you can request a one to one appointment for information finding, academic and writing or digital skills. Select your chosen time slot and book on through Advantage.
Book on a workshop
We offer a wide range of face-to-face skills training. If you need to improve your IT skills, learn how to find information for your assignments or improve your study skills this is a great place to start.
All workshops are bookable through Advantage by clicking on the workshop title. Where a session has no remaining spaces you can add yourself to the waiting list.
Giving a Good Presentation [online]
Starts: 20 Mar 2023, 11:00 amFinishes: 20 Mar 2023, 12:00 pmPresentation skills.Digital Notemaking [online]
Starts: 22 Mar 2023, 11:00 amFinishes: 22 Mar 2023, 12:15 pmRemaining places: 22This course will teach you to:
-Organise your work (OneDrive + OneNote)
-Improve your critical analysis (matrix tables)
-Use speech-to-text for easier paraphrasing and writing
- Improve your reading (Office Lens, Immersive Reader and other tools)Reflective Writing (On Campus)
Starts: 22 Mar 2023, 12:00 pmFinishes: 22 Mar 2023, 1:00 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Peel, 107Remaining places: 22Reflective writing
Digital Notemaking [online]
Starts: 22 Mar 2023, 11:00 amFinishes: 22 Mar 2023, 12:15 pmRemaining places: 22This course will teach you to:
-Organise your work (OneDrive + OneNote)
-Improve your critical analysis (matrix tables)
-Use speech-to-text for easier paraphrasing and writing
- Improve your reading (Office Lens, Immersive Reader and other tools)IT Essentials at Salford [Online]
Starts: 22 Mar 2023, 1:00 pmFinishes: 22 Mar 2023, 2:00 pmFind out about the main IT tools, resources and services you need to get started as a student at the University of Salford.Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session [Online]
Starts: 22 Mar 2023, 5:00 pmFinishes: 22 Mar 2023, 6:00 pmVenue: MOS Exam - Certiport exam providerRemaining places: 8Have you met the criteria for booking an exam place? This is an online EXAM SESSION for Microsoft Office Specialist certification. When booking you MUST have scored over 70% using GMetrix's 'Testing' mode for your chosen application. Bookings not meeting this criteria will be cancelled.
An introduction to EndNote 20 [online]
Starts: 21 Mar 2023, 2:00 pmFinishes: 21 Mar 2023, 3:30 pmRemaining places: 7EndNote is referencing software which can be used to manage your information sources and create citations and reference lists automatically and correctly. It is particularly useful for students working on large projects such as dissertations and theses.
Please note: This workshop is online.Making the most of eBooks [online]
Starts: 17 Apr 2023, 1:00 pmFinishes: 17 Apr 2023, 2:00 pmRemaining places: 40This workshop will show you how to find and use electronic books (eBooks) in Library Search. This workshop will showcase eBooks and what they can do, and will include tips on using built-in tools to help save you time and advice on targeting your reading. This workshop is online.