Elizabeth Stephan Librarian for the College of Business and Economics
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Find Books and more in our Library Use the Library Catalog to locate materials within our collection. The Library Catalog provides location, call number and bibliographic information for the books, journals, newspapers, selected government documents, microforms and other media, as well as online or electronic resources owned or accessed by the Western Libraries.
Subject Headings
Books and other resources can be found in the Western Library catalog or the Summit catalog by searching by subject. Please use the following Library of Congress subject headings:
International guide to accounting journals / Spiceland, J. David, 1949- • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5657 .S62 1988
• Check Catalog Arranged alphabetically, this guide gives information about leading academic and professional journals that publish unsolicited articles on accounting topics. Editor and publisher information is included along with primary readership, circulation, and general manuscript requirements
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Accounting words / Investorwords.com Investor word, an internet accessible online dictionary of investment terms has a special section on accounting vocabulary.
Dictionary of accounting / edited by Jonathan Law and Gary Owen • Location: Internet HF5621 .D53 2005
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The international dictionary of accounting acronyms / Morris, Thomas W. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5621 .M67 1998
• Check Catalog This contains approximately 2000 accounting related acronyms used in the United States.
Employment/unemployment and earnings statistics : a guide to locating data in U.S. documents / Ross, John M. (John Murray) • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HD5724 .R67 1996
• Check Catalog This helps locate employment/unemployment and personal income/earnings data on the US labor force in publications issued by the US government.
Foreign labor statistics / United States Bureau of Labor Statistics This site provides international comparisons of hourly compensation costs; productivity and unit labor costs; labor force, employment and unemployment rates; and consumer prices for the major industrial countries, but other countries are included in certain measures.
Handbook of U.S. labor statistics : employment, earnings, prices, productivity, and other labor data • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HD8051 .H36
• Check Catalog The Handbook provides recent and historical data on U.S. employment, earnings, prices, productivity, living conditions and related topics. This popular resource also includes data on training, alternative work arrangements, union affiliation, and occupational injuries.
International Labour Organization (ILO) / International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization promotes social justice and human and labour rights.
The ILO formulates international labour standards in the form of Conventions and Recommendations setting minimum standards of basic labour rights: freedom of association, the right to organize, collective bargaining, abolition of forced labour, equality of opportunity and treatment, and other standards regulating conditions across the entire spectrum of work related issues.
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects and analyzes a broad array of data in the field of labor economics and statistics, broadly defined. They produce a great of data on payroll, employment, productivity, employment projections, prices and living conditions, and compensation, and industry productivity. Of particular interest, they publish the Consumer Price Index, the Producer Price Index, and the Consumer Expenditure Survey.
Year book of labour statistics, 1945-89 =: Annuaire des statistiques du travail, 1945-89 = Anuario de estadisticas del trabajo, 1945-89 / International Labour Office. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HD4826 .I631 1990
• Check Catalog Tables with annual series for some 190 countries, areas or territories throughout the world for the past ten years. Data on employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labour cost, consumer prices, occupational injuries and strikes and lockouts, including series classified by economic activity, occupation, status in employment and level of education. Data for latest year available on total and economically active population, by sex and age group, and on economically active population by level of education.
Who audits America / Data Financial Press • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5616.U5 W5
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Reference Works: Encyclopedias
The Blackwell encyclopedic dictionary of accounting / Abdel-Khalik, Rashad. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HD30.15 .B53 1997 v. 1
• Check Catalog Part of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, this provides encyclopedic length articles on a wide variety of accounting topics.
Encyclopedia of accounting systems / Plank, Tom M. and Lois R. Plank. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5635 .E54 1994
• Check Catalog This is a two volume work which provides information about accounting systems of specific enterprises. It provides a brief survey of each industry, describes the mechanization of accounting, types of classifications, cost systems, purchasing, inventory, production and distribution systems, receivables and payable applications, depreciation and reporting systems.
CPA examination review / Gleim, Irvin N. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5661 .G44
• Check Catalog This volume provides study outlines in all areas tested on the Uniform CPA exam.
Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism / Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism The Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism (at Arizona State University) aims to improve the quality of American business journalism by offering online tutorials and a series of business journalism online seminars. Although written for journalists, this provides a good insight into finance topics such as understanding financial statements, financial markets and SEC filings.
Introduction to online accounting & financial research : search strategies, research case study, research problems, and data source evaluations and reviews / Klopper, Susan. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5625.7 .I58 2004
• Check Catalog This volume provides guidance to understand the context in which accounting and related financial information is needed, the best sources of information to use and the strategies to access this information.
Reference Works: Handbooks
Accountants' handbook / Carmichael, D and Paul Rosenfield • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5621 .A22 2003
• Check Catalog This two volume reference source tries to answer typical questions posed by accountants, auditors, executives and others about accounting information. Its focus is on financial accounting and includes auditing standards and reports. Volume 1 presents an overview while volume 2 focuses on special industries. A supplement was issued in 2006.
Handbook of accounting and auditing / Kay, Robert S. et al. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5635 .H22 1989
• Check Catalog This tries to untangle accounting, auditing and regulatory agency requirements. It covers general issues of accounting measurement and disclosure, an overview of auditing concepts and procedure, major areas of financial accounting, reporting and auditing in general, as well as 11 specialized industries, and a comprehensive coverage of the financial services industries in the us (banks, thrifts, securities, commodities, insurance, mutual funds, venture capital, real estate investment trusts, finance companies, and credit unions.)
International finance and accounting handbook / Choi, Frederick • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5686.I56 H36 2003
• Check Catalog This covers a broad range of topics concerned with accounting and financial reporting worldwide.
General Resources
Accounting trends & techniques / American Institute of Certified Public Accountants • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5681.B2 A35
• Check Catalog This is a survey of the accounting practices and techniques of 600 different corporations in the US. The results are compared to the prior years survey to illustrate trends and changes.
Smartpros resource library / SmartPros Ltd. SmartPros Ltd. is a leader in online and offline continuing education for professionals. This provides news about the accounting field, lists key whitepapers and allows you to search for articles.
History of accounting : an international encyclopedia / Chatfield, Michael. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5605 .H573 1996
• Check Catalog This encyclopedia focuses on the history of accounting and accounting thought. Each entry has a short bibliography for further investigation.
Accounting Industry Classification Codes
NAICS Codes
54121* Accounting, tax return preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
Accounting Industry Profiles
Industry information resources / Valuation resources.com Industry Resources Reports list resources available from trade associations, industry publications, and research firms which address subjects such as industry overview, issues, trends, and outlook, financial benchmarking, compensation surveys, and valuation resources. It is organized by SIC code and there are more than 200 reports available. Not all resources are free.
Wetfeet / Wetfeet This contains a wide number of industry profiles including
Accounting, Advertising & PR,
Aerospace & Defense,
Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals,
Commercial Banking,
Computer Hardware,
Computer Software,
Consulting,
Consumer Electronics,
Consumer Products,
Education,
Energy & Utilities,
Entertainment & Sports,
Health Care,
Hospitality & Tourism,
Human Resources,
Insurance,
Internet & New Media,
Investment Banking,
Journalism & Publishing,
Law,
Manufacturing,
Mutual Funds & Brokerage,
Non-Profit & Government,
Real Estate,
Retail,
Telecommunications,
Transportation, and
Venture Capital
United States. Economic Census / United States. Department of the Census Provides statistics on a wide variety of industries that are considered economic in nature. It is composed of two parts: The Industry Series; and the Geographic Series. Use the NAICS codes to help find the statistics on the industry you want.
Bigger than Enron • Location: Wilson 2W - Video COLL (VHS) HF5616.U5 B5 2002
• Check Catalog "The collapse of Enron caused many to question the watchdog system designed to protect investors. But Enron and Arthur Andersen are the tip of the iceberg. In the late 1990s, Enron was just one of the more than 400 corporations forced to dramatically restate their value because of accounting lapses, failures or fraud. Now, FRONTLINE examines an oversight system gone soft"--Container.
International finance and accounting handbook / Choi, Frederick • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5686.I56 H36 2003
• Check Catalog This covers a broad range of topics concerned with accounting and financial reporting worldwide.
Transnational accounting / Ordelheide, Dieter. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5626 .T72 2001
• Check Catalog This book describes all the rules and accounting standards of many countries.
Nonprofit Accounting
How to read the IRS Form 990 / Swords, Peter Peter Swords, former Executive Director of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, describes how to read the IRS 990 form. This form is the most commonly used data source about nonprofit organizations.
Non-profit resource center / 1800net.com Lists accounting standards and government regulations for non profits. It includes the Office of Management and Budget circulars.
