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Business Resources > Accounting
Databases
- Accounting and Tax Database
- Provides comprehensive indexing and informative abstracts of articles in prominent accounting, taxation, and financial management publications from the United States and other countries. Searches in this database will be conducted by a librarian or library staff at no charge to the patron. A librarian must conduct this search. Only available in the library.
- BNA Tax Management Library
- Access to portfolios in the areas of U.S. Income; Estates, Gifts, and Trusts; and Foreign Income. Sample portfolio titles include: Transfers to Controlled Corporations, Consolidated Returns, Limited Liability Companies, and International Pension Plann. Requires password. Only available at the library.
- Business Source Complete (EBSCO)
- Provides full text for nearly 3,300 scholarly business journals, including full text for more than 1000 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 300 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Remote access available.
- CCH Tax Research
- This service provides information on federal tax, state tax, business entity planning, financial and estate planning, securities, federal banking law, capital changes, documents in the federal tax library, and government contracts from 1971 to the present. Available on and off-campus.
- COMPUSTAT (CD-ROM)
- COMPUSTAT contains fundamental financial, statistical, and market data for corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange, American StockExchange, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, and Over-the-Counter markets. Locate annual income statement data, quarterly data, financial ratios, number of employees, business segments, geographic areas, industry composites, aggregates, and indexes. Ask for the CD-ROM MRDF 363 at the reference desk. Only available in the library.
- Experian Business Credit Profiles
- Contains the payment history, bankruptcy, tax and legal history, UCC filings, and banking relationships, as well as key facts such as Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes, sales ranges, and more for over 8,000,000 companies. Full audited financials are available for all publicly held companies. Searches in this database will be conducted by a librarian or library staff at no charge to the patron. A librarian must conduct this search. Only available in the library.
- JSTOR
- JSTOR consists of a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. JSTOR houses over 40 electronic copies of economics and finance journals that date from the very fuirst issue up until, in most cases, a few years ago. Available on and off-campus.
- Lexis Nexis Academic
- (Dates vary) Offers full-text online news, business, legal, legislative, and regulatory information, updated daily. Detailed company information including annual reports are also available. Available on and off-campus.
- RIA: Research Institute of America Tax Service
- The RIA Tax Service contains databases which cover the following broad topics Federal Tax Issues, State Tax Issues, and International Tax Issues. Password required. If you are an LSU student, faculty, or staff member obtain your password here. You must register while on campus. Once registered, off campus is available.
Print Resources
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Auditing
- Audit Management Handbook
- HJ9773 G38 1989 (Stacks)
- Auditor's SAS Field Guide 2001
- NetLibrary E-Book: 56297
- Cashin's Handbook for Auditors
- HF5667.C32 1986 (Stacks)
- Single Audit Manual
- L1.7:AU 2/8 (Government Documents)
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Directories
- Accounting Budgeting and Finance
- HG151 W62 1990 (Stacks)
- Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Accounting
- HF5621 B54 1997 (Stacks)
- Dictionary of Accounting
- HF5621 D53 1995 (Stacks)
- Dictionary of Accounting Terms
- HF5621 S54 1995 (Stacks)
- Encyclopedia of Accounting Systems
- HF5635.E54 1994 (Stacks)
- Encyclopedic Dictionary of Accounting And Finance
- HF1001 S525 1989 (Stacks)
- The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance
- HG151 N48 1992 (Reference)
- Thesaurus of Accounting and Auditing Terminology
- HF5621.T4 (Reference)
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Exams
- CPA Exam Review
- HF5661 B57 1986 (Stacks)
- Uniform CPA Examination
- HF5661 U63 1989 (Stacks)
- Wiley CPA Examination Review: Accounting and Reporting
- NetLibrary E-Book: 26388
- Wiley CPA Examination Review: Auditing
- NetLibrary E-Book: 26389
- Wiley CPA Examination Review: Business Law and Professional Responsibilities
- NetLibrary E-Book: 26390
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Handbooks and Manuals
- 101 Business Ratios
- HF5657.4 G38 1993 (Reference)
- The Accountant's Business Manual
- HF5616.U5 B38 1987 (Stacks)
- Accountant's Cost Handbook
- HF5686.C8 A384 1983 (Stacks)
- Accountant's Desk Handbook
- HF5635 A474 1988 (Stacks)
- Accountant's Handbook
- HF5621.A22 1999 (Reference)
- Accountant's Handbook of Formulas and Tables
- HF5699 L56 1988 (Reference)
- Accountant's Microcomputer Handbook
- HF5679.S535 1987 (Stacks)
- Accounting Desk Book
- HF5635 B668 2000 (Stacks)
- Dollar and Sense: Student Manual
- T63.119:D 69/STUD (Government Documents)
- How to Read a Financial Report
- Netlibrary E-Book: 108673
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Ratios
- Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios
- HF5681.R25 T68 (Reference)
- Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios
- HF5681 R25 I52 (Reference Desk)
- RMA Annual Statement Studies
- HF5681 B2 R63 (Reference Desk)
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Standards
- Accounting Trends and Techniques
- HF5681 B2 A35 (Reference)
- Miller Governmental GAAP Guide
- Lexis Nexis Academic
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Taxation
- American Federal Tax Reports
- KF6285 A53 (Reference)
- Tax Court Memorandum Decisions
- HJ3251 A39 P7 (Reference)
- US Tax Cases
- KF6280 A2 C63 (Reference)
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WWW Resources
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Associations
- Accounting, Behavior, and Organizations Section of the AAA
- Access the ABO Reporter, contents and abstracts to the Behaviorial Research in Accounting, Working Paper Series, and information about conferences.
- American Accounting Association
- Access information about AAA, sections/regions, and various publications.
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Locate information about the AICPA, online publications, state news and information, and taxation topics.
- European Accounting Association
- Locate current news, general information, and information about EAA conferences.
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
- Access Institute news, services to members, publishing, courses and conferences, and services to the public.
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Auditing
- Institute of Internal Auditors
- Access information about the IIA, services, trianing, and publications.
- Internal Auditing World Wide Web
- Internet resources of interest to auditors.
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Big 4
- Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
- Information about recruiting, industry programs, industry forecasts, and services offered.
- Ernst & Young
- Locate information aboutthe company and services provided.
- KPMG
- Locate special reports, information resources (including career opportunities), published articles, and the KPMG Virtual Library of reports. The latter is a great source for information including the Survey of Economic Expectations and the Business Advisory Review, a newsletter tailored to entrepreneurs and owner-managers.
- PriceWaterhouse Coopers
- Under the heading "Insights and Solutions" locate documents dealing with perspectives and issues. Also locate information about career opportunities.
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FASB/FASAB/GASB
- Financial Accounting Standards Board
- Facts about the FASB, announcements, technical projects, exposure drafts, FASB Casebook, summaries and and status of all FASB statements.
- Government Accounting Standards Board
- Access the standards through this source: GASB Website: Access summaries and status of all GASB Statements and Interpretations, Exposure Drafts, and board meetings.
- GAO Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book)
- "This document contains standards for audits of government organizations, programs, activities, and functions, and of government assistance received by contractors, nonprofit organizations, and other nongovernment organizations." Also available in paper: GA 1.2:AU 2/14/994.
- Independence Standards Board
- The Independence Standards Board (ISB) is the private sector standard-setting body governing the independence of auditors from their public company clients. This site will provide access to exposure drafts, final pronouncements, consensuses, and staff interpretations.
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International Accounting Network
- Rutgers Accounting Web
- Provides access to accounting materials for scholars, practitioners, educators, and students. Includes educational materials and documents from the American Accounting Association.
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Journals and Scholarly Publications
- American Accounting Association Publications
- Access the AAA Newsletter, The Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, Issues in Education Accounting, and other newsletters and journals.
- Business Finance
- Current and historical full-text articles.
- GAO Report: Accounting Profession-Major Issues: Progress and Concerns
- The GAO's "objectives were to identify (1) recommendations made from 1972 through 1995 to improve accounting and auditing standards and the performance of independent audits under the federal securities laws and the actions taken on those recommendations and (2) any unresolved issues to determine their impact on the performance of independent audits, effective accounting and auditing standards setting, and efforts to expand the scope of business reporting and audit services." On the GAO page, move to the report number field. Enter "aimd-96-98" for the full-text report and "aimd-96-98a" for the appendixes to the report. Be sure to use the quotation marks. Documents are available in ASCII or .PDF formats.
- National Tax Journal
- Access summaries of papers in recent issues in PDF and MS Word formats.
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State Departments of Revenue and Taxation
- Louisiana Department of Revenue and Taxation
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State Societies and Boards
- National Association of State Boards of Accountancy
- Programs and services, upcoming meetings, publications, CPA Examination Services. Also, locate the State Boards of Accountancy listings (along with Web addresses, if available).
- State Societies
- Access links to state CPA societies, tax and accounting associations, and state boards of accountancy.
- State Societies and State Boards (AICPA)
- Access information about the state boards and locate links to state CPA societies.
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Taxes
- Joint Economic Committee
- Locate economic news (e.g. weekly economic insights, upcoming hearings, annual report), tax reform, government and spending page, and Committee reports.
- National Commission on Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service
- Created by Congress to "to recommend policy designed to move the Internal Revenue Service into the 21st century, equipped to cope with changes within the government and throughout the country." Access issues, objectives, and the statute authorizing the Committee.
- Tax News
- From the RIA Tax Service, access tax news about federal, state, and local taxes; pension and benefits; estate planning; international spotlight; and Washington D.C. highlights. From the CCH Tax Service, access legislative, global, federal and state, human resource, business law, and health/medical news.
- Tax News Network
- Locate tax and business highlights (current and historical).
- U.S. Per Diem Rates
- Locate national rates at GovCon (look under "Information Center;" must register to use) and international rates at the Department of State.
- U.S. Tax Code Online
- Search the complete text of US Code Title 26 using a variety of tools such as keyword and by section number.
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