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Accounting Research - Using This Guide
This guide is intended for MCLA students who are conducting accounting research.
For more business related resources, take a look at our Business Research Guide.
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Suggested Research Databases
- Business Source Complete This link opens in a new windowBusiness Source Complete 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. It covers all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
- Economics and Theory (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new windowOffers a strong emphasis on titles covered in the EconLit bibliographic index. This content is useful for starting a business, marketing a product, developing policy, analyzing trends, constructing economic models, investing for the future, researching rates, and more.
Websites - Government Resources
- Internal Revenue ServiceAs the U.S. government agency responsible for tax collection and tax law enforcement, this site includes information about tax codes, regulations, forms, and publications.
- Government Accountability OfficeThe U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan agency that investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars.
- Governmental Accounting Standards BoardThe GASB is the independent organization that establishes and improves standards of accounting and financial reporting for U.S. state and local government.
- Federal Accounting Standards Advisory BoardThe Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) is a United States federal advisory committee whose mission is to improve federal financial reporting through issuing federal financial accounting standards and providing guidance.
- Joint Committee on TaxationEstablished under the Revenue Act of 1926, The Joint Committee on Taxation is a nonpartisan committee of the United States Congress that assists Members of the majority and minority parties in both houses of Congress on tax legislation.
Websites - Professional Associations
- American Accounting AssociationFounded in 1916, The American Accounting Association is the largest community of accountants in academia.
- Association for Financial ProfessionalsAssociation for Financial Professionals (AFP) is the professional society that represents finance executives globally. AFP established and administers the Certified Treasury Professional and Certified Corporate FP&A Professional credentials, which set standards of excellence in finance.
- National Society of AccountantsCommitted to the creation and maintenance of a professional, membership-oriented, societal environment, The National Society of Accountants is the only national association for 'Main Street' tax and accounting professionals.
- Financial Accounting Standards BoardFounded in 1973, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is been the designated organization for establishing standards of financial accounting that govern the preparation of financial reports by nongovernmental organizations.