Welcome
Welcome to the subject guide for Accounting at Carleton University Library.
Scroll down to the Reference Materials section to find: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias, Handbooks, Standards, and Professional Exams
For other types of resources, use the tabs at the top of this page.
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- The Blackwell encyclopedia of management
- Dictionary of accounting and auditing: 10,000+ accounting and auditing terms currently used in the USA, UK, Canada, and Australia
- Key concepts in accounting and finance
- The History of accounting : an international encyclopedia
Handbooks
Standards
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Statement of financial accounting standards (Fiancial Accounting Standards Board)
Continued by FASB accounting standards update N. 1 - 2009 - - CICA Standards & Guidance Collection (Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants)
- Accounting standards in evolution
Professional Exams
- Institutes of Chartered Accountants in Canada and Bermuda. Uniform Final Examination Report.
- Certified General Accountants’ Association of Canada. Examinations, Suggested Solutions, Examiners’ Comments.
More recent examinations are available at www.cga-canada.org
Books
Accounting books are shelved on the 4th floor in the following call number ranges:
- Accounting: HF5600
- Management Accounting: HF5635-5647
- Auditing: HF5667-5668
- Accounting and Auditing: HF9701-9995
Textbooks
While the Library purchases very few textbooks, accounting faculty suggest the following titles as a good starting point. Contact the University Bookstore for titles not in the library.
Financial Accounting
Financial accounting
Intermediate accounting
Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making
Modern Advanced Accounting in Canada, Sixth Edition
Financial Accounting Theory
Managerial Accounting
Managerial accounting
Managerial Accounting, Eighth CDN Edition
Journal Articles
Click on the Databases tab to view additional sources for finding journal articles, reports, standards, etc.
Databases
Journals
If the journal you are looking for is not listed below, do a title search in the library catalogue. If we do not subscribe to it, order the article using the Interlibrary Loans.
Major Academic Journals
- Accounting, Organizations and Society
- The Accounting Review
- Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory
- Contemporary Accounting Research
- Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance
- Journal of Accounting and Economics
- Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
- Journal of Accounting Research
Professional Journals
Data & Statistics
Canada - Federal
- Income Statistics and GST/HST Statistics (Revenue Canada)
- Income tax ... by the numbers (Statistics Canada)
Canada - Provincial
United States
- Statistical Abstract of the United States - see entries for "tax receipts" and "taxes"
International
Websites
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Canada
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
- Certified Management Accountants – Canada
- Certified General Accountants’ Association of Canada
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales
- Rutgers Accounting Web
- Accounting Net
- Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA)
- Canadian Tax Foundation (CTF)
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Professor Francois Brouard
Writing & Citing
Chicago manual of style online
Paper Writing Guidelines from Sprott
Search the library catalogue by subject to find books on writing business reports:
613-520-2600 x8180