Case study Research

Accounting Subject Guide and

Library resources

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• Academic articles (minimum 4
resources)
• Company and industry information
(minimum 4 resources)

Company: Cotton On Group

Industry: Fashion / Clothing
Topic: Social responsibility

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• Accounting Library Subject Guide
• Library databases
− Scholarly journal articles & trade journal
articles
− Newspaper articles
− Industry reports
− Company reports

• Referencing
• Further help

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Starting point for your research
http://rmit.libguides.com/accounting

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EBSCO Business Source Complete
“social responsibility” AND (fashion OR apparel
OR clothing)

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Emerald
(fashion OR apparel OR clothing) AND
“environmental responsibility” AND disposal

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ProQuest
“social responsibility” AND (fashion OR apparel
OR clothing) AND “child labour”

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 Top databases
• IBISWorld (Australian)
• MarketLine (Global)
• Passport (Global)

Independent analysts’ reports provide

• Competitive analysis
• Industry overview
• Industry outlook

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More information available for publicly
listed companies

IBISWorld (Australian)
Factiva (news articles)
Trade journals
Company 360 (brief information on
Australian private companies)

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Easy Cite referencing tool

http://www1.rmit.edu.au/library/easy-cite

Example:
Company report in a library database:
Manger, L 2017, Clothing retailing in Australia,
report No. G4251, industry report, IBISWorld,
viewed 15 March 2018, IBISWorld database.

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