Learning Resources for Studies in Accounting

Recommended Links — General

• Empire State College Online Library Business Studies Resources
• Empire State College Online Library Internet Recommendations - see Business Studies Resources above for the most up-to-date information
• Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - State Information Pages
• Institute of Management Accountants (information on CMA/CFA exams)
• Internal Revenue Service
• National Society of Accountants
• N.Y.S. CPA/Public Accountancy Licensing Requirements

Recommended Links — By the Center for Distance Learning

• American Accounting Association
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Annual Reports.com
• Association for Information Systems
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Association of Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business (IMA)
• EDGAR Database of Corporate Information: Electronic Data Gathering Analysis & Retrieval System
• Ernst & Young Center for Business Innovation
• Financial Accounting Standards Board
• FinancialWeb Wall Street Access
• Hoover’s UK (Database of information about companies in the UK, like the US version of EDGAR)
• Institute of Internal Auditors
• Institute of Management Accountants
• International Accounting Standards Board
• International Federation of Accountants
• The General Accountability Office (U.S. GAO)
• The Securities & Exchange Commission

• Accounting and Financial Analysis
  iFigure provides links to interactive online calculators and worksheets that provide information to help in planning, solving and making decisions for a multitude of business problems and tasks that come up daily, such as buying real estate, investing money, figuring business profits, or making statistical comparisons. To find a tool, choose a topic from the menu at the top left of page: Accounting, Employees, Expenses, Retailing, or Taxes or use the search box.
• Empire State College - Learning Resources for Study in Economics/Data Link
  A College site that links students to the following government and nonprofits organizations and online publications: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Management Accountants (information on CMA/CFA exams), Internal Revenue Service, Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation, National Society of Accountants, and N.Y.S. CPA/Public Accountancy Licensing Requirements.
• Rutgers Accounting Web site
  Links out to sites ranging from the Big Five, Journals and Publications, Audit and Law to Taxation.

Images - Accounting

• Google Images - Accounting   A host of searchable accounting images can be integrated into the course documents (actual photographs).