Selected Resources for:
Accounting & Tax

ABI/Inform Complete   

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1918- .

Provides current and historic abstracts and many full-text articles from over 2,800 business and management journals, including hundreds of titles from outside the U.S. Covers finance, management, marketing, accounting, business conditions, and other business topics.

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Accounting and Tax   

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1971-

Indexes scholarly and trade publications, books, annuals, and newspapers in the fields of domestic and foreign accounting and taxation. Provides current accounting, taxation, and financial management information. National and international in scope, key publications focus on accounting policies and standards, state and national tax legislation, corporate and individual taxation, compensation and pension plans, and corporate financial management, as well as profiles of accounting firms, CPAs, and management consulting firms. Full text of Journal of Accountancy goes back to 1974 with other full text articles starting in 1987. Based on Accountant's Index (Ref Z7164.C81 A5 1920-1991).

Location: Accounting & tax index (Ref Index Table Z7164.C81 A224 1992-2003)

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Business Full Text   

http://0-vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/hww/jumpstart.jhtml?prod=BUSFT

Full text 1995- Abstracting and indexing 1982-

Wilson Business Full Text is part of Wilson OmniFile. It covers all aspects of contemporary business, from the broad areas of accounting, taxation, foreign trade, advertising, banking, public relations, government regulations, real estate, acquisitions and mergers, insurance, communications, management, marketing, entertainment, healthcare, hospitality, tourism, oil and computers, to specific industries, businesses, trades and topics of current interest and concern. It also includes citations to book reviews, interviews, biographical sketches, new-product reviews, corporate profiles and obituaries. Additional information at Wilson's Website.

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CFA Digest   

http://www.cfapubs.org/loi/dig

1997-

This quarterly digest reviews 70 investment-related journals and summarizes some of the best writing in the field. Searching can be done by keyword or topic index. The resulting abstracts can be viewed freely; however, viewing full text of the summaries or articles from the Financial Analysts Journal and other publications is available only to GU students, staff and faculty, by requesting user name and password from the Reference Desk (affiliation will be verified).

Financial Accounting Research System (FARS)  

The Financial Accounting Research System provides full text to AICPA and FASB publications and pronouncements in chronological order. Selected titles from the FASB-Original Pronouncements or FASB- Current Text included Statements of Financial Accounting Standards (FAS), Accounting Principles Board Statements (ARS), Industry Standards, and AICPA Accounting Interpretations. In addition, it contains Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) abstracts and Q&A Implementation Guides. CD-ROM available from the Reference Desk.

Dictionary of Accounting  

http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t17

Over 3,500 entries. Provides straightforward definitions of the latest financial jargon along with comprehensive coverage of financial accounting, financial reporting, management accounting, direct and indirect taxation, corporate finance, and auditing. Coverage is international, and includes examples of difficult concepts and feature entries on key topics.

Academic Chemistry Departments in the United States  

http://www.library.ucsb.edu/docs/chemuniv.html

Comprehensive collection of links to the web sites of academic chemistry departments (and some national laboratories and national academies) from the United States.. The list is grouped both alphabetically and by state.

Cabell's Directories  

http://0-cabells.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/members.aspx

Collection of information important to scholars in the business field, such as publisher's contact information, type of review process, acceptance rate, and time to review, as well as circulation data, publication guidelines, topics covered in the publication, and editorial policy. Scholars will find this database helpful for deciding in which business/economic journal to publish. To start the search, you much choose in which broad business category you wish to publish: Accounting, Economics & Finance, Management, or Marketing. There is considerable duplication of journal titles across the categories.

Capital Changes Reporter  

http://business.cch.com/network

1880- .

Records the capital histories and structures of over 58,000 U.S. companies (current and former). The histories include the date of incorporation, name changes, stock rights, stock splits, dividends, buyouts, exchanges of securities in recapitalization, mergers, and consolidations. Ask for password and login at the Reference Desk.

Mergent Online  

http://0-www.mergentonline.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/compsearch.asp

Full text information on over 10,000 U.S. public companies and over 15,000 non-U.S. companies. Includes company history, officers, subsidiaries, financial data, and annual reports. Access to SEC filings (EDGAR) back to 1993. Also includes Company Archives, with information on over 4,000 public companies that were acquired, went bankrupt or merged out of existence from 1995 onward. Includes US and International Industry Reports.

Location: Mergent Manuals

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Westlaw Business  

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Use Internet Explorer.
LIVEDGAR has EDGAR filings, including full-text documents on mergers and acquisitions, new stock issues, annual reports, insider trading, No-Action Letters and SEC Staff Review Documents and Letters. The database also has SEC filings from foreign companies, international prospectuses and the SEDAR (Canada's EDGAR system).
M&A Center has public and private mergers and acquisitions information. It includes legal agreements, filings and transaction abstracts, along with M&A case law, laws and regulations.
Private Equity Center has laws, regulations, precedent authority, checklists and transaction offerings.
Restructuring Center has filings, agreements, laws, regulations and guides.

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Who audits America  

Directory of publicly traded companies and the accounting firms who audit them.

Location: Ref HF 5616 .U5 W5. Older editions in stacks.

Encyclopedia of Taxation & Tax Policy  

Contains in depth explanations of topics in taxes, including tribal taxation, alternative minimum tax, education tax credits, and more.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks HJ 2305 .E53 2005

History of Accounting: an International Encyclopedia  

An encyclopedic reference to more than 400 topics important to accounting practice and thought. The entries cover a broad range of topics, from accounting and economic concepts to accounting practices in different countries. Lengthy entries discuss the history of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Big Eight accounting firms, and the impact of computers on the accounting profession. Biographical sketches of individuals important to the profession, such as Arthur Andersen, and historical profiles of accounting organizations are also included. There are entries for many court cases. The globalization of accounting is reflected in the book's entries and by the country affiliations of its 153 contributors, who come from 13 different countries.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks HF 5605 .H573 1996

Accountants' Handbook  

Covers both financial accounting and reporting and industry specific accounting issues. Provides analysis on over 43 critical areas of accounting. Available electronically from Safari Books Online.

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Location: LAU Ref Stacks HF 5601 .A267 2007

Research Insight (Compustat)   

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Consists of detailed financial information on approximately 16,000 active and inactive companies. Contains up to 20 years of annual data for publicly traded companies in the U.S. and Canada. Online Tutorial.

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SourceOECD  

http://0-new.sourceoecd.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

1998-

SourceOECD is the online publications portal of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Contains over 1,500 books, 20 journals and newsletters, 10 statistical periodicals, reference works, and 600 interactive statistical data tables in over 25 database products published since 1998. Text can be searched by theme or country. Statistics can be searched by title and theme. Statistical databases allow users to build their own tables from the latest data, draw graphs and tables, and download to Excel or as .csv files.

Location: All titles also received in print. Check George

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Tax Statistics  

http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/index.html

A wide range of tables, articles, and data that describe and measure elements of the U.S. tax system, produced by the Statistics of Income Division and Other Areas of the Internal Revenue Service.

Doing Business  

http://www.doingbusiness.org/

Annual

Doing Business provides a quantitative measure of regulations for starting a business, dealing with construction permits, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders,enforcing contracts and closing a business—as they apply to domestic small and medium-size enterprises.

State Tax Policy and Data  

http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/topic/9.html

Reports on the tax and spending policy of each state in the U.S. and provides rankings in various categories. Website includes articles and other tax research areas.

American Insitute of Certified Public Accountants  

http://www.aicpa.org/

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the national, professional organization for all Certified Public Accountants.

Understanding Financial Statements: What do they say about your business?  

http://asbdc.ualr.edu/business-information/1531-financial-statements.asp

Overview of the business accounting system: source documents, transaction journals, general ledger, and financial statements. Includes a brief Financial Statement Analysis framework.