Accounting and Auditing: Handbooks and Dictionaries

Handbooks and Textbooks are often the best places to start looking for information on unfamiliar topics. Their mission is to define, explain and provide examples for students and practitioners. The Accountants' Handbook. Vol.1: Financial Accounting and General Topics and Vol.2.: Special Industries and Special Topics are both ebooks available through Milne Library. You must be careful about the date of publication.

Many accounting issues are in flux and may be under consideration by the accounting standard setters such as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the Public Company Accounting and Oversight Board, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or the International Accounting Standards Board (IFRS).

Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios and RMA Annual Statement Studies are accessible electronically through the database D&B Hoovers.

Use the following databases to search for articles in journals, magazines and newspapers. These play an important role in informing professionals and the public about current issues and controversies.