LibGuides: Accounting and Information Systems: Home

Home

Accounting & IS Librarian (Interim)

Contact:

Univ. Library 449B
isabelle.ramos@csun.edu

818-677-4887

Subjects:Accounting and Information Systems, Business and Economics, Communication Studies, Criminology and Justice Studies, Finance, Financial Planning, and Insurance, Management

Library Books for Accounting and Information Systems

The University Library owns several hundred books on accounting and information systems. A list of books about accounting can be found here. A list of some of the books about information systems can be found here.

Journals for Accounting and Information Systems

We subscribe to hundreds of accounting and information systems periodicals, both electronically and in print. Here is a link to the accounting list and the information systems list.

Websites

Accounting Websites

Securities and Exchange Commission: Find financial information for public companies.

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board: Develops general accounting standards for federal financial entities.

Financial Accounting Standards Board: Sets standards for financial accounting for non-governmental entities.

Government Auditing Standards: Sets generally accepted government auditing standards for the U.S. government.

Governmental Accounting Standards Board: Sets rules used by state and local governments in the U.S.

International Accounting Standards Board: Sets international financial reporting standards.

Internal Revenue Service: Revenue service responsible for collecting taxes.

American Accounting Association: Promotes worldwide excellence in research, education and practice.

Information Systems Websites

ISWorld Net: Information on research and scholarship in the field.

Association for Information Systems: Professional organization. Site also has an elibrary.

@Brint: Web-based magazine with articles about business technology practices.

CIO.com: Information on various topics for the information professional.

Deloitte Technology Fast 500: List of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in the world.

Library Databases

Accounting Databases

Checkpoint: Includes information such as tax codes, regulations and cases for financial and tax research.

ABI/INFORM Complete: Contains journal articles about business conditions, trends, management techniques, corporate strategies, and industry-specific topics worldwide.

ScienceDirect: Under the "Social Sciences/Humanities" tab on the left, choose access books and journals on accounting.

LexisNexis Academic: Select "Advanced Options" under the search bar and then look up Accounting as an Index Term to select Accounting sources and articles.

Business Source Premier: Select "Publications" at the top and then search by subject. Type in "accounting."

Academic Search Premier: A multi-disciplinary database that covers a broad range of topics. Do a keyword search on your topic.

Google Scholar: Search for scholarly journal articles and books. Follow the directions in our database list to set up Scholar to also search the library's full-text articles.