This subject guide covers accounting resources available at the Johnston Memorial Library, including full-text journals, magazine, and newspaper articles,  accounting websites, and printed materials in the Reference Collection. This is not a comprehensive subject guide, but rather a selective list of materials that are most useful for locating information in this field. Library location and call  number are provided for print publications.

Full-Text Databases

• ABI/INFORM
  Provides access to selected full-text  journal articles. Covers nearly every aspect of business, including company histories and new product development.
  
  
• Business and Company Resource Center
  Includes company profiles and histories, industry rankings, company performance ratings, investment reports, financial ratios, and much more.

• CCH Tax Internet Network
  Contains Federal and State Tax materials, including Standard Federal Income Tax Report and State Tax Review.
  
  
• Engineering Village 2
  Provides access to bibliographic citations covering literature in engineering and technology. Includes EiCompendex, U.S. patents, and industry specifications and standards.
  
  
  
• Factiva (fomerly Dow Jones Interative)
  Provides financial, historical, and product information for publicly traded companies worldwide, full-text magazine and journal articles, and current and historical stock quotes.
  
  
• InfoTrac OneFile
  A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.

• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe 
  Provides access to a wide range of domestic and international news, business, and legal information sources, including legislative, government, company, financial and demographic information, market research, and industry reports.
   
• Standard and Poor's Net Advantage
  Provides full-text access to the Bond Guide, Corporation Records, Dividend Record, Earnings Guide, Industry Surveys, Mutual Fund Reports, The OUTLOOK, the Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, Security Dealers of North America, the Stock Guide, and Stock Reports.
  
  
• Thomson Research
  Contains information from SEC filings and corporate annual reports. Includes financial and management information for more than 12,000 public companies trading on major U.S. exchanges.
  

• PAIS International
  Contains abstracts of journal articles, books, statistical yearbooks, directories, conference proceedings, research reports and government documents. Topics covered include economic, political and social issues, business, finance, law, international trade and relations, public administration, and much more.

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• Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios
  Data is derived from tax returns of all active corporations filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Only corporations are included in the set. Each industry has two tables, one for all companies regardless of net income and another for  corporations with net income.
  LOCATION: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number: REF HF5681 R25 A44 
   
• Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios 
  Contains general norms and ratios for 800 industries identified by a 4 digit SIC code. Data from both private and public financial records.
  LOCATION: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call  Number: REF HF5681 R25 I523 
   
• RMA Annual Statement Studies
  Gives industry ratios for liquidity, debt service, leverage, operating, & specific expanse to sales. Includes           comparative historical data.
  LOCATION: Reference Collection, First Floor, Call Number REF HF5681 B2 R58
   
• Statistical Universe 
  Allows users to search American Statistical Index, the latest edition of Statistical Abstracts of the United States, the Statistical Research Index, and Index to International Statistics. Includes full text of selected U.S. federal and state documents.

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• Accounting Resources on the Internet--Rutgers University   
• American Accounting Association  
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants  
• Association of Government Accountants  
• CPAnet: Accounting  
• CAROL (Company Annual Reports Online) 
• FASB: Financial Accounting Standards Board
• Information on International Accounting Network  
• Institute of Internal Auditors  
• National Society of Public Accountants 
• North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) 
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Standard Industrial Classification System
• Tax and Accounting Sites Directory 
  
  

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Louveller M. Luster, Collection Development Librarian