LibGuides: Finance and Banking: Open Access

Islamic banking and Finance

World Database for Islamic Banking and Finance
A portal to Journals, magazines, associations, banks and other institutions involved in Islamic Banking and Finance.
IBIS Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions Information
"It seeks to provide comprehensive data and information on the activities of Islamic finance institutions, up-to-date research and literature. It provides Islamic banks database along with tools for online analysis and download."
Islamic Finance Resources Blog
"Information, research and links of interest for the Islamic finance community".

AccountingCoach
AccountingCoach.com was launched in 2003 to help people throughout the world learn, refresh, and deepen their understanding of introductory accounting and bookkeeping at no cost. The free website (option #1) contains explanations, quizzes, Q&A, and more for 30 major topics. On the website they have posted the 2,112 testimonials.

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. DOAJ is independent.

Journal of Banking & Finance
The Journal of Banking and Finance (JBF) publishes theoretical and empirical research papers spanning all the major research fields in finance and banking. The aim of the Journal of Banking and Finance is to provide an outlet for the increasing flow of scholarly research concerning financial institutions and the money and capital markets within which they function.

Google Scholar is particularly good at finding Open Access (freely accessible) scholarly information but a great deal of important literature is still only available through the databases and electronic journals to which the Library subscribes.