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Resources for Accounting

Background: Handbooks, Desk books, Encyclopedias, and Dictionaries

Accountant's Handbook, 9th edition
Drexel Library Reference HF5621.A22 1999 v.1-v.2 (view catalog record)
"Volume 1, Financial accounting and general topics, includes: a comprehensive review of the framework of accounting guidance today and the organizations involved in its development, including the development of international standards; a compendium of specific guidance on general aspects of financial statement presentation, disclosure, and analysis; encyclopedic coverage of each specific financial statement area from cash through shareholders' equity, including the topic of financial instruments.
Volume 2, Specialized industries and special topics, includes: comprehensive single-source coverage of the specialized environmental and accounting considerations for key industries; in-depth coverage of accounting standards applying to pension, retirement plans, and employee stock compensation and other capital accumulation plans. Extensive coverage is provided for the application of measurement principles pertaining to executive compensation and capital accumulation plans."--Pref.

This portal for accountants and accounting students offers a vast array of free resources, tools and services.

Accounting Desk Book
REF HF5635.B668 (view catalog record)
Subtitled 'The Accountant's Everyday Instant Answer Book', this well-organized reference covers a broad range of accounting topics. Annual supplements update the most current edition.

Accounting Handbook, 3rd Edition
Drexel Library Reference HF5635 .S586 2000 (view catalog record)

Accounting Trends & Techniques. AICPA
Drexel Library Reference HF5681.B2 A17 (view catalog record)
Annual survey of accounting practices followed in 600 stockholder's reports. Each edition includes a company index, a subject index, and an accounting and auditing pronouncements and standards index. The Library owns 1990-current edition.

Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Accounting
REF HD30.15.B463 1997 v.1 (view catalog record)
This volume from The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management provides definitions of the many accounting terms that affect or involve managers.

Restricted to SJUDictionary of Accounting  (via Credo Reference - More Information)

Handbook of Accounting and Auditing, 3rd Edition
Drexel Library Reference HF5635 .H22 1999 (view catalog record)
Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of accounting. Five major sections address an overview of financial accounting; the audit function; specific subjects in financial accounting and auditing; and accounting issues for both financial services industries and other than financial services industries. Includes an index and selected references. To help insure currency of information, the most recent looseleaf edition is updated semi-annually.

The History of Accounting: An International Encyclopedia
Drexel Library Reference HF5605.H573 1996 (view catalog record)
Focuses on the history of accounting and accounting thought. Articles include bibliographies.

"This free online accounting noncredit course covers a very basic, almost painless introduction to accounting on the level of Accounting Principles I. Initially, the site was developed for Commonwealth of Independent States countries, but it has become popular in the US, the UK, and elsewhere. Eight sequential lessons cover the following: introduction to accounting entries, accruals, revenues and expenses, deferrals, costs versus expenses, double-entry accounting, T-accounts, debits and credits, closing entries, perpetual and periodic inventory systems, single and multistep income statements, allowance and direct write-off methods, credit purchases, warranty obligations, discount notes, inventory cost flow methods (including FIFO and LIFO), lower of cost or market, tangible versus intangible assets, historical cost of assets, depreciation methods, natural resources and depletion, intangible assets and amortization, and goodwill. Each lesson provides exercises with solutions and sections to return for review. The site contains a CPA Resource Zone with tips offering Microsoft Excel skills, a page with useful links to accounting regulatory bodies in the US, and a glossary of accounting terms." -- J. Levy, University of North Texas

The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting, 3rd Edition
Drexel Library HG4026 .P665 2002 (view catalog record)


Wiley CPA Examination Review:
Auditing and attestation
Drexel Library Reference HF5667.C67 2007 (view catalog record)
Business environment and concepts Drexel Library Reference HF5667.C673 2007 (view catalog record)
Financial accounting and reporting Drexel Library Reference HF5661.C7228 2007 (view catalog record)
Regulation Drexel Library Reference HF5667.C6731 2007 (view catalog record)

Articles


Restricted to SJUBusiness Source Premier - using Enhanced Business Searching Interface - More Information 
                                         (option for standard Ebscohost interface)

Restricted to SJUBusiness, Management and Accounting Collection (from Elsevier ScienceDirect) - More Informationnew
Over 80 journal titles, representing some of the most cited and enduring "classics" in business, management and accounting research.

Content includes Accountant's Liability, Accounting Technology, Accounting Today, AICPA publications, Journal of Accountancy, Controller's Report, plus a collection of John Wiley publications.

"The Purpose of the Accounting Research Directory (ARD) is to help facilitate the research of accounting academics and practitioners by listing, evaluating, and categorizing the major articles published between 1963 and now , in nine leading accounting journals." Registration is free.


Selected Periodicals

Restricted to SJUAccounting Historians Journal   Find it! @ SJU

Restricted to SJUThe Accounting Review  Find it! @ SJU

Restricted to SJUThe CPA Journal  Find it! @ SJU

Restricted to SJUThe International Journal of Accounting  Find it! @ SJU

Restricted to SJUJournal of Accountancy  Find it! @ SJU

Restricted to SJUThe Practical Accountant  Find it! @ SJU

Additional periodicals can be found using the Library E-Journal Locator

Here is a sample search by Subject with
category: Business, Economy, and Management
subcategory: Accounting and Auditing

Standards

Restricted to SJUAccounting Series Releases (in LexisNexis. Business:Accounting - More Information)

A nonprofit organization that develops generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States.

Restricted to SJUGAAS Guide (in LexisNexis. Business:Accounting - More Information)

Restricted to SJUGAAP Guide Levels A ,B, C, and D (in LexisNexis. Business:Accounting - More Information)


IASB: International Accounting Standards Board
The IASB is responsible for developing the International Financial Reporting Standards.

Miller GAAP Guide Level A: Restatement and Analysis of Current FASB standards.
Drexel Library Reference HF5629 .M54(view catalog record)

Miller Governmental GAAP guide.
Drexel Library Reference HJ10.2 .M54 (view catalog record)

Accounting Trends & Techniques. AICPA
Drexel Library Reference HF5681.B2 A17 (view catalog record)
Annual survey of accounting practices followed in 600 stockholder's reports. Each edition includes a company index, a subject index, and an accounting and auditing pronouncements and standards index. The Library owns 1990-current edition.

Associations

Academy of Accounting Historians (AAH)

American Accounting Association

American Society of Women Accountants

AICPA: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the national, professional organization for all Certified Public Accountants. The AICPA establishes professional standards and publishes a variety of magazines and newsletters, including The Journal of Accountancy and The Tax Adviser.

Restricted to SJUAICPA Accounting and Auditing Publications (in LexisNexis. Business:Accounting - More Information)

FASB: Financial Accounting Standards Board
A nonprofit organization that develops generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in the United States.

GASB: Governmental Accounting Standards Board

IIA: Institute of Internal Auditors

IASB: International Accounting Standards Board
The IASB is responsible for developing the International Financial Reporting Standards.

State Boards of Accountancy (AICPA)

See also:

Annual Reports

SEC filings

Ratios

Resources for Company Research

Resources for ACC1011/1015 - Financial Accounting

 


Cynthia H. Slater
Business Reference Librarian
Saint Joseph's University
Last revision / review:  June 30, 2008
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