Business 361 ~ Fall 2001

Intermediate Accounting I

The following are selected resources available in the library and on the Internet.

Please note that most of the links listed below will not work if you are accessing this page from off campus. You can remedy this by going to the Library Web Page, where you can connect to Articles & Databases, Reference Sources, and Electronic Journals & Newspapers after providing your Elmhurst College e-mail login and password. If you don't know your E.C. login or password, you'll want to see Computer Services, Room 107 CSTC.

Print and Electronic Reference Sources

• AICPA Technical Practice Aids. 2000 edition in Reference Collection. R657.0218 A512a.
• AICPA Audit and Accounting Manual: Nonauthoritative Practice Aids. 2000 edition in Reference Collection. R657.0218 A512aa.
• Accountants' Handbook, 8th ed. R657 A1721996.
• CCH Internet Tax Research Network
• Current Text. Accounting Standards as of ... General Standards. 2000 edition iin Reference Collection. R657.0218 C976.
• FASB Interpretation. R657 F491f.
• Financial Accounting Research System (FARS) ~ an electronic accounting research tool published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). FARS consists of 5 separate databases of literature from FASB; these includes Original Pronouncements, EITF Abstracts, and an Index. To run this program at computer stations 9, 10, and 12 in the library, you need to request the CD-ROM at the Reference Desk. You can also request the reference manual to help you in using the program.
• Government Accounting Research System (GARS) ~ an electronic accounting research tool published by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). GARS is made up of 4 different databases of literature from GASB; these include Original Pronouncements, Codification, and an Index. This program is already installed at computer stations 9, 10, and 12 in the library. You can request the reference manual at the Reference Desk, to help you in using the program.
• Moody's News Reports
• Morris, Thomas W. The International Dictionary of Accounting Acronyms. R657.03 M877i.
• Original Pronouncements. Accounting Standards as of .... 1999 and 2000 editions iin Reference Collection. R657.0218 O69.
• TRANSACC: Transnational Accounting, 2d ed. R657 T772 2001.

Circulating Books

You can locate books owned by the library using Illinet Online.

If a book appears in the catalog, but is not available at Elmhurst, you can request the item directly in Illinet Online. Please ask a librarian if you need assistance. Books not available through Illinet may be ordered through our online Interlibrary Loan book request form.

Article Databases

• ABI-Inform ~ select full-text articles.
• Business and Company Resource Center ~ while this full-text database often focuses on company information, you can find several articles on accounting by typing in your term (for example, "international accounting") in the Subjects in Article box.
• Business Source Elite ~ select full-text articles.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe ~ also called Academic Universe; full-text articles; click the Business link to gain access to accounting journals and information.

You may also find useful articles using some of the other library resources, such as Academic Search Elite. A list of databases and online journals is available online.

Once you've identified your articles, use Illinet Online to determine if the library owns the journal in print or in microfilm. There is no list of the accounting journals that the library subscribes to. However, you can do a search in Illinet Online using the exact start of periodical title search to find out what the library holds in print and in microfilm. Because there are also journals available electronically, you'll want to check Journals and Magazines Available Online for electronic access to journals.

If you cannot find an article at Elmhurst, you can request it through our online Interlibrary Loan article request form.

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Newspaper Sources

• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe ~ clicking the News link accesses a variety of newspapers.
• Wall Street Journal ~ not available off-campus.
• Other Electronic Newspapers

Internet Resources

The Internet contains both helpful and frivolous web sites. Learn how to find valuable, pertinent information, and how to determine a site's usefulness.

• Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
• How to Find Internet Resources

Other useful sites:

• EDGARSCAN
• AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)
• American Accounting Association
• Elmhurst College Accounting Resources on the Internet
• FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board)
• Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
• The Illinois CPA Society
• International Accounting Standards Board
• Rutgers Accounting Web (RAW)
• Tax & Accounting Academia: Research
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

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Documentation

Documenting style should adhere to the instructions from The American Accounting Association Style Guide page; the style is based on the Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition. The Accounting Review also suggests that users consult Strunk and White's The Elements of Style.

• Bibliography Styles Handbook ~ from the University of Illinois
• The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. R808.02 C532 1993.
• Citing Lexis/Nexis
• College Writing and Citing Assistance ~ from Elmhurst College
• Department of Accounting Style Guide ~ from Lehigh University
• ONLINE! Citation Styles
• OWL Handouts: Research and Documenting Sources ~ from Purdue University
• Strunk, William, and E. B. White. The Elements of Style, 3d ed. R808 S927E3 1979.

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Updated 7/29/02, by Jennifer Paliatka, Assistant Reference Librarian
A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College