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Basic information about Accounting
This guide provides an overview of the library resources available for Accounting students.

Programme website
Course Reading
Code Course Name
ACCT100Financial Accounting
ACCT131Business Analytics and Statistics
ACCT132Workshop in Spreadsheet Skills for Statistical Analysis
ACCT200Cost and Management Accounting
ACCT201Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ACCT210Cost and Management Accounting
ACCT300Advanced Financial Accounting
ACCT320Cost and Management Accounting II
ACCT330Accounting Information Systems
ACCT340Financial Management
ACCT360Systems Analysis and Design
ACCT410Assurance and Attestation Services and Practice
ACCT442Advanced Corporate Finance
ACCT450Professional Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
ACCT455Corporate Governance and Compliance
ACCT471Internship in Accounting
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Recommended Databases (General Business Resources)
Statista
Statista is a leading global data and business intelligence platform, established in Germany in 2007, that provides comprehensive access to statistics, reports, and insights across more than 80,000 topics and 170 industries. Serving business professionals, researchers, and educators, Statista consolidates data from over 22,500 sources, presenting information in user-friendly charts and tables available in multiple languages, including English, German, French, and Spanish.

The platform supports fact-based decision-making by offering market analyses, consumer insights, industry reports, and customised research services, empowering users to efficiently access and process relevant market and consumer data.


EBSCO: Business Source Ultimate
EBSCO: Business Source Ultimate is a business research database designed to provide comprehensive, global coverage of business topics and trends. It offers access to thousands of full-text, peer-reviewed journals and magazines from regions including North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Latin America, ensuring researchers gain a truly international perspective.

The database covers a wide array of subjects such as accounting, finance, management, marketing, human resources, economics, and more. In addition to scholarly articles, Business Source Ultimate features an extensive collection of case studies, country economic reports, SWOT analyses, company profiles, and interviews with business leaders, supporting both academic study and practical business research.


Emerald Accounting, Finance and Economics eJournal Collection

Emerald Accounting, Finance and Economics eJournal Collection contains over 3,300 eBook titles and over 500 journal tiles covering Accounting & Finance, Business Education, Economic, Huamn Resource & Organisational Behaviour, Management Science & Operations, Research Methods, Business Strategy, etc.

Gale OneFile: Business
Gale OneFile: Business provides full-text coverage of all business disciplines including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management and strategy, as well as business theory and practice. Users will understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through nearly 4,000 leading business and trade publications, updated daily. Complementing these titles is a selection of international, U.S., and regional news publications, all available on the state-of-the-art InfoTrac platform.

Gale Business: Entrepreneurship
Gale Business: Entrepreneurship - Mapped to four key business stages — plan, fund, start and manage.

This resource covers all major areas of starting and operating a business, including financing, management, marketing, human resources, franchising, accounting, and taxes. More than 850 business plans are included from the Business Plans Handbook series, with new business plans added monthly.


Gale Business Insights: Global
Gale Business: Insights is a unique source for international business intelligence, offering the most comprehensive and convenient way to find case studies, in-depth statistical data coupled with deep research, and the ability to compare global economies, countries and industries.

ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect is Elsevier's premier platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature. It advances research and scholarship with the world's leading database of peer-reviewed, full-text scientific, technical and health literature. There are 21M articles & book chapters, 800 open-access journals and 3.3M open-access articles on the platform. It contains a large collection of Social Sciences and Humanities journals and books, highlighting historical context, current developments, theories, applications, trends and more.

EBSCOhost - Academic Search Ultimate
EBSCOhost - Academic Search Ultimate offers students an unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes. The combination of academic journals, magazines, periodicals, reports, books and videos meets the needs of scholars in virtually every discipline ranging from astronomy, anthropology, biomedicine, engineering, health, law and literacy to mathematics, pharmacology, women's studies, zoology and more.

ProQuest Central
ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated multi-disciplinary full-text database across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Language and Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, as well as core titles in the Performing and Visual Arts, History, Religion, Philosophy, and includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world.

CNKI - 中國期刊全文數據庫 (哲學與人文科學、社會科學Ⅰ輯、社會科學Ⅱ輯、經濟與管理科學)
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CNKI - 中國期刊全文數據庫 (CAJD)是第一部以全文數據庫形式大規模集成出版學術期刊文獻的電子期刊,是目前具有全球影響力的連續動態更新的中文學術期刊全文數據庫。CAJD還是“十一五”國家重大網絡出版工程的子項目,是《國家“十一五”時期文化發展規劃綱要》中國家“知識資源數據庫”出版工程的重要組成部分。收錄國內學術期刊8490餘種,全文文獻總量6200餘萬篇。

本庫共有十大專輯,圖書館訂閱了以下四個學科專輯,以切合樹仁師生學習、教學及學術研究需要:


哲學與人文科學專輯 -- 學科範圍:語言、文字、文學、文化、藝術 、音樂、美術、體育、歷史、考古、哲學、宗教、心理等。

社會科學Ⅰ輯 -- 學科範圍:政論、黨建、外交、公安、群眾組、軍事、法律等。

社會科學Ⅱ輯 -- 學科範圍:社會科學理論與方法、社會學及統計學、民族學、人口學與計劃生育 教育理論與教育管理等。

經濟與管理專輯 -- 學科範圍:經濟、商貿、財政、金融、保險等。

Recommended Databases (eBooks)
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
EBSCOhost eBook Collection provides access to an extensive collection of ebook titles in various subjects. It includes a broad range of titles, in areas such as arts & architecture, business & economics, computer science, education, engineering & technology, fiction, history, literature & criticism, political science, religion and social sciences.

ProQuest Ebook Central
ProQuest Ebook Central provides a breadth and depth of ebooks from scholarly sources, including university presses and other top publishers, covering the subjects of Arts, Business, Education, Health and Medicine, History and Political Science, Law, Literature and Language, Religion and Philosophy, Social Science, and Science and Technology.

Pearson Business Professional eBook Subscription Collection
Pearson Business Professional eBook Subscription Collection offers more than 27,500 business e-books selected to assist students and scholars with various business research, special projects and entrepreneurial needs. A key resource for academic and business school libraries, eBook Business Collection encompasses a variety of topics, such as marketing, finance, supply chain management and entrepreneurship.

McGraw-Hill eBook Library : Business Collection
McGraw-Hill eBook Library contains e-book titles available in subscribed business collection, including clusters of Business Skills, Career Advice, Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management, Finance & Investing, Human Resources & Training, Leadership & Management, Process Management, Real Estate, Sales & Marketing. Users can create their own accounts, add notes, bookmarks and highlights and print parts of the book for their personal use.

VitalSource (e-textbook platform)
VitalSource is the e-textbook platform which provides many different subjects of the e-textbooks. Users could borrow them via this platform. It supports mobile app in IOS and Android, users can read offline accordingly. Furthermore, users can make notes on their borrowed e-textbooks during the loan period.

Loan period: 1 day for each book
Loan quota: 5 titles for each user


超星中文電子書庫
超星中文電子書庫涵蓋各學科領域共 22 大類,包括交通運輸、生物科學、社會科學總論、政治、法律、藝術、軍事、經濟、文學、農業科學、文化、科學、教育、體育、天文學、地球科學、語言、文字、自然科學總論、歷史、地理、醫藥、衛生、航空、航太、環境科學、安全科學、工業技術、數理科學和化學綜合性圖書、經典理論、哲學、宗教等。目前提供100萬種中文電子圖書的在線閱讀。

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Airiti iRead eBooks 華藝電子書
華藝中文電子書平台收錄了不同出版社授權的數萬本華文電子書, 本館已選購部分電子書,每本電子書均可供數人同時全文閱讀,主題包括經典文學、語言學習、商業經營、政治法律、社會心理、文學小說、醫療保健、藝術設計、電腦資訊、工程數學、歷史、哲學等。

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HyRead ebook
HyRead ebook 是一個台灣電子書平台,提供最新出版學術、專業、休閒及工具書各類書籍,包含人文社會、文學小說、語言學習、財經商管、科學科普、電腦資訊、宗教心靈、醫藥養生、藝術設計、休閒生活、親子童書等各領域的電子書。

Physical Books
  Intermediate accounting : reporting and analysis
Publication Date : 2024
Call number : O 657 WAH 2024
Location : English Oversized Book (5/F)
  Managerial accounting : the cornerstone of business decision making
Publication Date : 2023
Call number : O 658.1511 MOW 2023
Location : English Oversized Book (5/F)
  Financial accounting for managers
Publication Date : 2023
Call number : 658.1511 FIN 2023
Location : English Book (4/F)
  Advanced financial accounting
Publication Date : 2023
Call number : 657.48 CHR 2023
Location : English Book (4/F)
  Financial accounting
Publication Date : 2021
Call number : 657 LOU 2021
Location : English Book (4/F)
  Agile auditing : fundamentals and applications
Publication Date : 2021
Call number : 657.45 CAT 2021
Location : English Book (4/F)
Chinese eBooks
  【全圖解】財報比較圖鑑:108張圖表看懂財報真相,買對飆股
Publication Date : 2023
Access via HyRead [ebook]
  會計地圖:只要一張圖,就能完全看懂金錢的流向!
Publication Date : 2022
Access via HyRead [ebook]
  圖解成本與管理會計
Publication Date : 2021
Access via 華藝電子書 [ebook]
  LCCI初級及中級:會計精讀必勝攻略
Publication Date : 2020
Access via 華藝電子書 [ebook]
  會計思維 你的最強理財武器:從家庭帳本到企業分析, 增值你的財富, 有效管理每一塊錢
Publication Date : 2019
Access via HyRead [ebook]
English eBooks
  Artificial intelligence in accounting : organisational and ethical
Publication Date : 2022
Access via EBSCO [ebook]
  The convergence of big data and accounting Publication Date : 2022
Access via Ebook Central Perpetual [ebook]
  Financial Accounting 3rd Edition
Publication Date : 2022
Access via VitalSource etextbooks platform [ebook]
  Accounting Information Systems, Global Edition, 15th Edition
Publication Date : 2020
Access via VitalSource etextbooks platform [ebook]
  Horngren's Cost Accounting, Enhanced, Global Edition, 17th Edition
Publication Date : 2020
Access via VitalSource etextbooks platform [ebook]
  Hong Kong Company Law, 15th Edition
Publication Date : 2020
Access via VitalSource etextbooks platform [ebook]
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Zotero
Zotero is a free, open-source citation management tool designed to assist researchers in collecting, organising, citing, and sharing a wide range of research materials, including books, articles, reports, and web pages. It supports multiple operating systems such as Windows, Mac, and Linux, and integrates seamlessly with word processors like Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and LibreOffice to facilitate the creation of in-text citations and bibliographies in numerous citation styles.

Zotero also enables users to manage their research libraries effectively through features such as tagging, folder organisation, and collaborative group libraries, making it a versatile tool for academic research and writing. Its browser extension allows for quick capture of bibliographic information from online sources, enhancing research efficiency and accuracy.

EndNote
EndNote is a library-subscribed citation management software designed to assist researchers, students, and academics in efficiently organising, storing, and citing bibliographic references throughout the research and writing process. It enables users to collect references from various sources, including databases and library catalogues, and supports the management of PDFs, images, and other research materials within customisable libraries.

EndNote integrates seamlessly with word processing programs such as Microsoft Word through its Cite While You Write feature, allowing automatic insertion and formatting of citations and bibliographies in thousands of citation styles. This automation streamlines the creation of scholarly documents, saving time and enhancing accuracy in referencing. EndNote is widely adopted in academic institutions and is available on multiple platforms, offering both desktop and web-based versions to facilitate research collaboration and accessibility across devices.

Mendeley
Mendeley is a free, cross-platform citation management software developed by Elsevier that facilitates the organisation, storage, and citation of research materials. It enables users to build a personal digital library, manage and annotate PDFs, and automatically generate bibliographies and in-text citations in various referencing styles. Additionally, Mendeley supports collaboration through shared groups, allowing researchers to connect and work together efficiently.

Its compatibility across Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android platforms, along with seamless integration with word processing software like Microsoft Word and LibreOffice, ensures broad accessibility and supports efficient academic workflows across devices.

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Consensus
Consensus is an AI-powered academic search engine designed to streamline and enhance the research process for students, faculty, and researchers. Built on the extensive Semantic Scholar database, which encompasses over 200 million peer-reviewed documents, Consensus leverages artificial intelligence to surface the most relevant research findings in response to user queries. Unlike traditional search engines that simply provide a list of links, Consensus extracts key insights and evidence directly from academic papers, offering concise, evidence-based summaries and always citing original sources.

The platform supports both keyword and conversational searches, enabling users to efficiently locate, analyse, and synthesise scholarly literature across all domains of science. Advanced features such as AI-powered search filters, study snapshots, and synthesis tools help users quickly assess research quality, identify highly cited or rigorous studies, and gain a comprehensive overview of the literature. Consensus is particularly valuable for conducting literature reviews, finding supporting evidence for academic writing, exploring new research questions, developing hypotheses, and identifying research gaps.

Users are required to register an account using HKSYU email to access Consensus’s premium features.

Scite
Scite is an advanced AI-powered research platform designed to help researchers and scholars better discover, understand, and evaluate scientific literature through the use of Smart Citations. These Smart Citations provide context around how journal articles are cited, indicating whether the citations support, contradict, or merely mention the referenced work. This feature allows users to assess the credibility and impact of scholarly articles more effectively.

The platform offers robust tools for literature search and citation analysis. Features include visual citation maps, interactive dashboards, and real-time alerts for new citations or editorial notices. Scite also offers an AI Research Assistant, which generates evidence-based answers to research queries. Scite’s Reference Check function helps researchers verify the reliability of their sources by identifying retracted or disputed references, thus supporting research integrity. Additionally, Scite integrates with popular citation management tools and provides browser extensions for seamless access to citation data across the web.

By combining a comprehensive database of over 1.2 billion citation statements with advanced AI and natural language processing, Scite empowers researchers, students, and academics to make informed decisions, streamline literature reviews, and ensure the quality of their scholarly work.

Users are required to register an account using HKSYU email to access scite features such as notifications, Assistant history, and dashboards.

Research Assistant
Discover@ShueYan Research Assistant is a generative AI-powered research tool designed to enhance academic discovery by enabling users to conduct intuitive natural language searches across extensive library resources. Developed by Clarivate in collaboration with the library community, it leverages advanced semantic search technology and a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture grounded in the Ex Libris Central Discovery Index, which includes over 5 billion records from thousands of publishers and repositories.

The assistant provides immediate, AI-generated answers supported by references to the top five most relevant scholarly sources, facilitating quick comprehension and easy access to full texts. It also offers search suggestions to help users broaden their research scope and supports queries in multiple languages. By combining reliable, peer-reviewed academic content with transparent sourcing, Discover@ShueYan Research Assistant aims to support students and researchers in efficiently navigating complex information landscapes with confidence and precision.

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Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot is an advanced AI assistant designed to enhance productivity and streamline workflows across various Microsoft platforms. By leveraging Large Language Models such as GPT-4 and proprietary Microsoft AI, Copilot integrates seamlessly with Microsoft 365 applications-including Windows OS, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams-to provide real-time, context-aware support. It assists users by generating content, offering intelligent suggestions, automating routine tasks, and summarising information based on user prompts. This AI-powered tool personalises responses while maintaining strict adherence to data privacy and security standards, thereby facilitating efficient collaboration and decision-making in professional and academic environments.

Please log in to your HKSYU email to access Microsoft Copilot.

Perplexity
Perplexity is an advanced AI-powered knowledge platform, available for free with optional premium features, designed to deliver accurate, concise, and well-sourced information in response to user queries. Leveraging state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models and real-time internet search capabilities, Perplexity provides clear, reliable answers across a wide range of topics. Its features include article summarisation, contextual memory for seamless multi-step inquiries, and transparent source citations, making it an invaluable tool for professionals, researchers, and students seeking trustworthy information efficiently.

HKSYU ChatGPT
HKSYU ChatGPT is a secure and private AI-powered chatbot platform developed using Microsoft Azure OpenAI services, exclusively accessible to the University community including faculty, staff, and students. Introduced in August 2023 as part of a one-year pilot run, this platform supports the University’s commitment to integrating artificial intelligence into teaching, learning, and research while upholding academic integrity and user privacy.

Unlike publicly available AI tools, HKSYU ChatGPT does not use users’ prompts for model training, and users have control over their chat history. The service is designed to enhance digital literacy and foster ethical AI use, providing token-based monthly usage quotas to staff and students to facilitate responsible and effective engagement with generative AI technology. This initiative aligns with the University’s vision to innovate liberal arts education through digital technology and prepare students with essential future skills in the digital era.