MGT 562: Accounting and Finance for Non-Financial Managers
Library Catalog - TOPCAT
TOPCAT is the library's online catalog. An online catalog stores a record for each item a library owns. Search the online catalog to find out what a library has on a given topic, or to locate a work by title, by author, by subject heading or by keyword.
Subject Headings:
Each item in TOPCAT is assigned one or more special terms, or subject headings that define what the item is about. When you search by subject all items sharing the same subject heading are retrieved. Using subject headings can be a very effective way of finding relevant items. Some useful subject headings are:Main subject heading:
See Also:- Auditing
- Bookkeeping
- Business enterprises finance
- Cash flow
- Cash management
- Comparative accounting
- Corporations finance
- Cost accounting
- Finance Moral and ethical aspects
- Disclosure in accounting
- Financial statements
- Fund accounting
- Income accounting
- Liabilities (Accounting)
- Managerial accounting
- Productivity accounting
- Ratio analysis
- Social accounting
- Valuation
NetLibrary e-books
NetLibrary is an Internet-based electronic library collection which provides access to the full text of scholarly, reference, and professional books in digital format. eBooks are digitally reproduced in their entirety, including photographs. From off-campus it is necessary to log-in to the NetLibrary using your user name and password. Once you are in NetLibrary, you may browse any title for fifteen minutes. To access e-books, go the library homepage and select Find e-books. Search using any of the subject headings that were used in TOPCAT. Below is a short list of some e-book titles related to the topics covered in this module.
- Manager's guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act improving internal controls to prevent fraud
- Strategic cash flow management
- The portable MBA in finance and accounting
- Hidden financial risk understanding off-balance sheet accounting
Select Journals
E-Journals
E-journals are an electronic version of a journal that is found and read on the Web. Electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers provide access to current information on various subjects. Rather than browse individual e-journal titles, researchers can more quickly find information on a particular subject by searching a database. If the journal is an e-journal, there will be a link to the full text of the articles. Below is a select list of e-journals on the subject accounting.
- Accounting & Business Research
- Accounting Review
- Accounting Today
- Auditing
- CPA Journal
- Financial Executive
- Journal of Accountancy
- Journal of Accounting Research
- Journal of Business Finance & Accounting
- Journal of Financial Research
- Management Accounting Quarterly
- National Public Accountant
- National Tax Journal
- Practical Accountant
Definitions
Databases
- Business Source Premier Full Text EBSCO
- Provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998.
- Business and Company Resource Center Full Text Thomson Gale
- Company and industry intelligence on thousands of global companies. Includes company profiles, financials, investment reports, brand information, news, and articles.
- General Business File ASAP Full Text Thomson Gale
- Indexes publications on business trends, finance, acquisitions and mergers, international trade, money management, investments, and banking.
- Netadvantage Full Text Standard and Poors
- Business and investment information including independent research, data and commentary on stocks, bonds, funds, and industries.
- e Statement Studies Full Text Risk Management Association
- Annual Statement Studies: Financial Ratio Benchmarks contains composite financial data for over 760 industries organized by the NAICS.
Policies & Regulations
- The General Accounting Office
- The General Accounting Office (GAO) exams all matters relating to the receipt and disbursement of public funds.
- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mission is to "Administer federal securities laws and issue rules and regulations to provide protection for investors and to ensure that the securities markets are fair and honest."
Professional Associations
- American Institute for Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the national, professional organization for all Certified Public Accountants. Its mission is to provide members with the resources, information, and leadership that enable them to provide valuable services in the highest professional manner to benefit the public as well as employers and clients.
- American Accounting Association (AAA)
- The American Accounting Association promotes worldwide excellence in accounting education, research and practice. Founded in 1916 as the American Association of University Instructors in Accounting, its present name was adopted in 1936. The Association is a voluntary organization of persons interested in accounting education and research.
- Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
- The mission of the board is to serve the investing public through transparent information resulting from high-quality financial reporting standards, developed in an independent, private-sector, open, due process.
- Governmental Accounting Standards Board
- The mission of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board is to establish and improve standards of state and local governmental accounting and financial reporting that will result in useful information for users of financial reports and guide and educate the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of those financial reports.
- IMA Institute of Management Accountants
- IMA provides a forum for management accounting and financial professionals to develop and advance their careers through certification, research, practice development, education, networking and the advocacy of the highest ethical and professional practices.
- International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
- The IASB is committed to developing, in the public interest, a single set of high quality, understandable and enforceable global accounting standards that require transparent and comparable information in general purpose financial statements. In addition, the IASB co-operates with national accounting standard-setters to achieve convergence in accounting standards around the world.
- International Federation of Accountants
- IFACnet is a global, multilingual search engine that provides professional accountants with one-stop access to thousands of articles, management tools and good practice guidance developed by IFAC, its members, and other organizations worldwide.
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
- The PCAOB is a private sector, non-profit corporation, created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to oversee the auditors of public companies in order to protect the interests of investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, fair, and independent audit reports.
- U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. SEC administers and enforces the securities laws of the United States including issuing rules and releases regulating financial reporting of public companies.
Standard Setting Bodies
- American Institute for Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
- Governmental Accounting Standards Board
- The mission of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board is to establish and improve standards of state and local governmental accounting and financial reporting that will result in useful information for users of financial reports and guide and educate the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of those financial reports.
Tax Resources
- Tax Analysts
- Tax Analysts is a nonprofit publisher that provides the latest and most in-depth tax information worldwide. By working for the transparency of tax rules, fostering increased dialogue between taxing authorities and taxpayers, and providing forums for education and debate, Tax Analysts encourages the creation of tax systems that are fairer, simpler, and more economically efficient.
Major Accounting Firms
Web sites
- CPANet
- This site serves as a web site resource for accounting professions. It includes many resources for accounting professionals.
- Guide to Taxation Law
- The focus of this section is on tax and related issues. Tax includes income (corporate and personal), excise and other taxation devices. Commercial law, trade, intellectual property, etc. deal with the transactions giving rise to tax. Business organizations focus upon the entities themselves.
- Internal Revenue Service
- The IRS website contains a section on information for the tax professional, as well as printable tax forms.
- Rutgers Accounting Web
- Rutgers Accounting Web (RAW) is the best known and oldest accounting stop on the Web. Intended for the academic community, it has useful features for students and researchers. The links on this site range from departmental Home Pages, big 5, accounting organizations, service providers, as well as career opportunities. Some tax information is also available.
- SmartPros Accounting
- Founded in 1981, SmartPros Ltd. is an industry leader in the field of accredited professional education and corporate training. Its products and services are primarily focused in the accredited professional areas of corporate accounting, financial management, public accounting, governmental and not-for-profit accounting, financial services training, banking, engineering, legal, and ethics and compliance.
- State Tax Rates and Structure
- The Federation of Tax Administrators (FTA) was organized in 1937 to improve the quality of state tax administration by providing services to state tax authorities and administrators. These services include research and information exchange, training, and intergovernmental and interstate coordination. The Federation also represents the interests of state tax administrators before federal policymakers where appropriate.
- Tax Resources on the Web
- The purpose of this site is to provide a gateway to tax resources available on the World Wide Web. The information is organized by subject area.
- Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
- Minnesota Department of Revenue
- Wisconsin Department of Revenue