LibGuides: Accounting Subject Guide: Accounting Practices

Books and Articles on Accounting

ProQuest One Academic This link opens in a new window
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Great source for articles & reports covering all business-related topics as well as social sciences. Includes Hoover's Profiles, WSJ, NYT, many Massachusetts newspapers, and more.

Search for Books and Ebooks
Use the main search box on the library homepage to search for books, e-books, reference materials, journal articles, news, government documents, and more. Use the check boxes on the left-hand side of the screen to narrow your results.

CPA Exam Prep Books

CPA Exam for Dummies by Consumer Dummies Staff; Kenneth W. Boyd
ISBN: 9781118813621
Publication Date: 2014-08-18
Mastering Accounting Research, the CPA Exam by Feller, Anita L.
Call Number: HF5661 .F37 2008
ISBN: 0470293381

CPA Exam - web prep sources

Uniform CPA Examination
This AICPA website includes application information, registration and scheduling, FAQs, and a tutorial and sample tests.
CPA Class.com
A detailed list of helpful links. Includes U.S. GAAP Codification, U.S. Tax Code and Review of Accounting Topics.

Major Federal Statutes and Regulations on Accounting

Federal statutes are laws passed by the US Congress.

How Federal Laws Are Made
How does an idea become a bill and eventually a federal statute?

Identify citations to federal statutes through secondary sources. Full text searching of statutes online can be difficult because of the specialized legal jargon used.

United States Code Annotated (USCA)
Use this annotated version of the US Code to access statutes organized by title, chapter and section.
Office of Law Revision Counsel - United States Code
Free version of the US Code which does not include explanatory annotations.

Federal Regulations

What are Federal Regulations?
How to Find Federal Regulations

Federal regulations, administrative rules, are codified or organized by topic in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The Federal Register, updating the CFR, is published daily.

The Rulemaking Process
What is the Code of Federal Regulations?
What is the Federal Register (FR)?
The Reg Map
Explanation of steps in informal rule making process.

Identify regulations through secondary sources or annotated statutes.

Finding Federal Regulations
Recommended research guide.
How to Trace Federal Regulations (Library of Congress)
Guide to conducting federal regulatory research.

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

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Use Westlaw to find the Code of Federal Regulations. Select Regulations, then Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) on the next page.

e-CFR
Electronic version of the Code of Federal Regulations

Federal Register

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Use Westlaw to find the Federal Register. Select Proposed & Adopted Regulations. Select Federal Register on the next page.

The Federal Register
The Daily Journal of the United States Government.