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Accounting Library Guide: Journals and Journal articles

How to find information - a guide for Accounting and Auditing students

What is a journal?

UCT Libraries subscribes to a large number of print and/or electronic journals relevant to accounting. For specific articles use the journals page and for any articles on specific topics use databases. 

What is a journal?

  • A journal is like an academic magazine where scholars have written articles about their research.

What is the difference between a book and a journal article?

  • A book is a longer, and a usually more comprehensive text on a subject.
  • Journal articles are shorter, and more specific. They are published more frequently and so have more up-to-date information than books do.

Why use journals?

  • They are usually more up to date than books.
  • As most of them have been checked by other academics (i.e. peer reviewed), they are more reliable than general web articles and newspaper articles.
  • They are shorter to read than books.

Journals

Accredited Journals

Journals approved by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET).

View the DHET List of Approved Journals such as ISI journals, International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS) journals, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and South African journals.

How to identify predatory publishers

How to evaluate requests for journal article submissions, what to consider when choosing where to publish, and how to judge the quality of a journal for unethical publishing practices.

Scholarly Communication and Publishing

UCT Libraries are advocates for open-access publishing, providing resources for researchers to make their work freely accessible in various ways.

Interlibrary Loans

The Interlibrary Loans (ILL) Department is your link between the University of Cape Town Libraries and other libraries in Southern Africa and abroad. A required book or article not available at UCT may be requested.

Journals available

Accounting review Critical Perspectives on Accounting
Issues in Accounting Education Managerial Finance
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal Accounting, Organizations and Society
Accounting Historians Journal Accounting Education
British Accounting Review Accounting History
Accounting Forum Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management
Revista Contemporânea de Contabilidade Accounting Horizons
Accounting and Finance Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
Accounting & Finance Abacus
International Journal of Accounting Journal of accounting education

How to find a specific journal title in UCT Libraries

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