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Accounting Resources

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Judy O'Dell, Reference Librarian/
Business, Economics, and Law Bibliographer

Phone:(989) 774-3787
E-mail:judith.o'dell@cmich.edu

Last Updated: 3/28/08

Associations and Organizations

AICPA Online
Provides members with resources, information, and leadership to provide valuable services to benefit the public as well as employers and clients.
American Accounting Association
Promotes worldwide excellence in accounting education, research and practice.
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Mission is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of financial information.
Governmental Accounting Standards Board
Mission is to establish and improve standards of state and local governmental accounting and financial reporting.
Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants
Mission is to enhance the value of MACPA members to society.
U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Mission is to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets.

Securities Reports

EDGAR Database
Performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Edgar Full Text Search
Beta version of the SEC's full text search system. Search two years of data.
Mergent Online: Edgar Search
Interface for searching the EDGAR database with a variety of search criteria. CMU access only.
SEC Filings & Reports (Lexis-Nexis)
Search by company and limit by report type. CMU access only.
SEC Info
Securities Information from the SEC EDGAR and CSA SEDAR databases.
System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval
The electronic filing system for the disclosure documents of public companies and mutual funds across Canada.
Thomson Research
Find SEC and corporate annual reports for U. S. public companies. CMU access only.

Corporate Annual Reports

Annual Reports.com
Listing of Annual Reports provides instant access to annual reports in their actual format.
Annual Report Resource Center
Provides a single point of reference for accessing electronic annual reports
Annual Report Service
Access to thousands of annual reports with a free membership.
CAROL - Company Annual Reports On-line
Provides access to online annual reports from the U S and Europe.
Mergent Online
Find details of company highlights, history, officers, financials, ratios and annual reports etc. CMU access only.
Northcote
Gateway to UK companies' annual reports on the Internet. Free registration is required.
PRARS Information Request
Free service for requesting annual reports sent to U S addresses.
SCETI: Corporate Annual Reports
Facsimiles of corporate annual reports from the Lippincott Library collection.
Thomson Research
Find SEC and corporate annual reports for U. S. public companies. CMU access only.
Vcall: Annual Reports Service
List of sources for ordering annual reports.

Regulation and Standards

Accounting (Lexis-Nexis)
Information from a variety of publications including SEC and AICPA sources. CMU access only.
FASB Statements-full text, summaries and status
Statements are presented as originally issued.
RIA Checkpoint
Contains federal and state tax information and AICPA sources including professional standards and techinical practice aids. CMU access only.
Sarbanes-Oxley Implementation Central
References relevant information on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX).

Find an Article

ABI/Inform
Index to periodical articles on all areas of business from U. S. and International publications. Covers 1971 to present and is updated weekly. Many articles are full text. CMU access only.
The Accounting & Tax Index
Index HF5635 .A52x
Wilson Business Abstracts
International English-language business magazines, covering accounting, finance, management, and small business. Covers 1986 to present and is updated monthly. CMU access only.

Portals

AuditNet
Mission is to develop a complete "utility" on the World Wide Web for audit related information, products, and services.
CPA Net
Resource directory of websites that are of interest to the accounting profession.
Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
A comprehensive index of web-based tax and accounting resources.

Taxation

CCH Tax Research Network
Contains information on federal and state taxes. CMU access only.
RIA Checkpoint
Contains federal and state tax information and AICPA sources including professional standards and techinical practice aids. CMU access only.
TaxLinks
Search of the entire IRS Revenue Ruling Library from 1954 to the present.
Tax Statistics
Contains data files compiled from samples of tax and information returns filed with the IRS.