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Accounting & Tax Resources
Compiled by Prof. Elizabeth M. Mezick
emezick@liu.edu, 516-299-2985
March 2006
GUIDES:
| Accounting Standards: Original Pronouncements |
Bus. HF 5616 U5 F537 |
| The authoritative
pronouncements in an "as amended" format, including
FASB Statements of Standards, Concepts Statements, Interpretations,
Technical Bulletins, and FASB Staff Positions, and AICPA APB
Opinions, Interpretations, and Accounting Research Bulletins.
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| Miller GAAP Guide |
Bus. HF 5616 .U5 M5 |
| Analyzes
authoritative GAAP literature contained in Level A of the GAAP
hierarchy, including FASB Statements of Financial Accounting Standards,
FASB Interpretations, APB Opinions, and Accounting Research Bulletins.
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| Miller GAAS Guide |
Bus. HF 5667 .M514 |
| Includes
detailed analyses of critical components of the complete listing of
Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs), Statements on Standards for
Attestation Engagements, and Statements on Standards for Accounting
and Review Services. Organized to follow the arrangement of the
AICPA's Professional Standards.
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FINDING ARTICLES:
The following databases are available on campus and from home. A
University I.D. card with a barcode will
provide access from off campus. Bring your I.D. to the Circulation Desk of the Library to obtain a barcode.
These databases will provide many full-text articles about all business topics, and will be especially useful for
finding current accounting and tax news.
| ABI/Inform Global |
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| Provides
a wealth of information in full-text articles. Use the Advanced
Search feature to locate articles by specific company and/or subject heading. |
| Accounting & Tax |
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| Comprehensive
coverage of accounting and tax topics appearing in key
industry publications and major newspapers. |
| Accounting & Tax Index |
Bus. Z 7164 .C81 A224 |
| Provides
citations to articles about virtually every aspect of accounting and taxation. |
| Business & Company Resource Center |
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| Use
the Advanced Search feature to locate company and industry
information, investment reports, history, rankings, and many current articles. |
| Business Source Premier |
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| Provides
full-text articles from business journals, including many
scholarly journals dating back as far as 1922, and other resources for
business information. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related
to business. |
| General BusinessFile |
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| Content
is similar to that found in the database, Business & Company
Resource Center, but presented in a somewhat different format. |
| List of Accounting Periodicals |
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| Serials
Solutions provides a list of accounting periodicals
that are available online and/or in hardcopy from the
Periodicals Department. A periodical that is available online
will be followed by a link to the database that
contains it. Print and microform periodicals are followed by a
link to the title in the LIU Libraries
Periodical Collections. Once you have linked to the Periodical
Collections, click on the ISBN/ISSN number to
see which campus owns it and for which years. Use Serial
Solutions if you are looking for a particular journal. Use
the databases above if you want to search by subject. |
STATISTICAL DATA:
| 101 Business Ratios |
Bus. Z 7164. C8 A224 |
| An
introduction to ratio analysis with descriptions of and discussion of the
uses for 101 specific measures, as well as formulas for their computation. |
| Business Ratios and Formulas |
Bus. HF 5691 .B73 |
| Provides
complete descriptions, explanations of calculations, and
examples for each of nearly 200 measurements related to asset utilization,
operating performance, cash flows, liquidity, capital structure, return on
investment, and market performance. |
| Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios |
Bus. HF 5681.R25 A45 |
| Provides
competitive norms in actual dollar amounts for revenue and
capital factors, as well as average operating costs in percent of sales. |
| Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios |
Bus. HF 5681.R25 I53 |
| Industry
norms and ratios for use as benchmarking tools for assessing the
financial strength of a company in comparison with industry peers. |
| RMA Annual Statement Studies |
Bus. HF 5681.B2 R6 |
| Financial
statement ratios, common-size balance sheet and income
statement line items arrayed by asset and sales size, as well as five years
of trend data. |
TAXATION:
| CCH Tax Research NetWork |
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| Tax
codes, cases, and other primary source materials; as well as detailed
explanations, analysis, tax forms, and the latest tax news. |
| RIA Checkpoint (campus link) |
( off-campus link - password required ) |
| Comprehensive
federal, state, international, estate, payroll, and pension
tax information including law, expert analysis, treatises, tax-related news,
cases, rulings and more. (To register for a password, go to
www.riahome.com/cploginids from an
on-campus computer) |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
| How to Read a Financial Report |
Bus. HF 5681.B2 T733 |
| Resource
for help with understanding financial statements and how they
are interrelated. |
| Manager's Guide to Financial Statement Analysis |
Bus. HF 5681 .B2 J23 |
| Helps
both financial and non-financial users to develop an understanding of a company's true
financial performance and communicate the impact of financial measures
in a nontraditional, easy-to-understand manner. |
| Mergent Online |
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| Easy-to-access
current and historical annual reports on 10,000 U.S. public
companies, all in PDF image format that provides faster download and
allows viewing the document. |
| Understanding Financial Statements |
Bus. HF 5681.B2 F764 |
| Conveys
the conceptual background and analytical tools necessary
to understand and interpret financial statements. |
ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING ENFORCEMENT RELEASES:
| LexisNexis Accounting Literature |
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| Access
to a variety of accounting journals and literature, including
Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases [AAERs]. AAERs are
Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement actions taken for
violations of SEC and federal rules. |
WEB LINKS:
| Click
here to access a classified list where you will find listings of
Accounting and
Tax web sites that may be useful for your research. The
Center for Business Research cannot guarantee the accuracy of these web
sites. As with all information, whether print or online, users are advised to
carefully evaluate these sources. |
HTML by Robert Delaney
robert.delaney@liu.edu
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