Accounting & Finance Research Guide: Online Sources

The American Accounting Association promotes accounting education, research and practice. This site provides news, publications and a number of useful links and resources.

AICPA is the world's largest association representing the accounting profession in many areas of practice. Review this site for news, research, publications, and educational opportunities.

The EFWA supports women in the field of accounting by providing opportunities for education, research, publications, and other projects.

This international professional association is recognized as the internal audit profession's leader in certification, education, research, and technical guidance. This site gives information on certification, training, chapters and various initiatives.

IMA is the worldwide association for accountants and financial professionals working in business. They offer information on local groups and networking, CMA certification, resources and publications, programs and events.

Promotes a global standards of accounting education and research.

"IFAC is the global organization for the accountancy profession dedicated to serving the public interest by strengthening the profession and contributing to the development of strong international economies."

Establishes standards of financial accounting and reporting by governmental organizations at the federal level.

Establishes standards of financial accounting and reporting by nongovernmental organizations.

Establishes standards of financial accounting and reporting by governmental organizations at the state and local levels.

Establishes standards of financial accounting and reporting by organizations at the international level.

Provides access to standards and statements published and enforced by AICPA (American Institute of CPAs).

Provides information regarding the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), Treasury (Tax) Regulations, and other tax-related standards.

Provides standards for auditing "government entities, entities that receive government awards, and other audit organizations performing Yellow Book audits."

Provides access to annual reports. Locate reports by searching according to company name or ticker symbol, or browse by exchange, industry, sector, or alphabet.

A searchable online dictionary of 35,00 business-related words.

"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a 21st century agency that helps consumer finance markets work by making rules more effective, by consistently and fairly enforcing those rules, and by empowering consumers to take more control over their economic lives."

A database maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's research division -- "download, graph, and track 498,000 US and international time series from 87 sources."

"FinCEN carries out its mission by receiving and maintaining financial transactions data; analyzing and disseminating that data for law enforcement purposes; and building global cooperation with counterpart organizations in other countries and with international bodies."

An alphabetical index of financial terms.

Alphabetical listing of over 2,500 entries, compiled by Campbell R. Harvey (Duke University).

"The mission of the SEC is to protect investors; maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets; and facilitate capital formation. The SEC strives to promote a market environment that is worthy of the public's trust."

This academic organization publishes the Journal of Finance, considered a leading publication in the field of financial economics. Their site contains information on membership, career opportunities, a history of finance, and relevant news.

This professional organization represents US banks of all sizes and charters, and considers itself the "voice" of the nation's trillion-dollar banking industry.

The AFP site has a comprehensive "A-Z Listing" on various topics, as well as information on conferences, events, educational training and certification within the field.

The FMA serves the global finance community in developing and disseminating knowledge about financial decision making; it's members include students, faculty, and practitioners worldwide.

The FPA is the largest membership organization for personal financial planning professionals in the U.S. Their site includes sections for consumers and financial professionals in the field.

This site gives a listing of resources on various topics related to venture capital, as well as information on public policy, research, events, publications and membership services.

As the US affiliate member of the Global Financial Markets Association, this organization brings together the shared interests of securities firms, banks and asset managers. See sections on current issues, research, education and services.

"CiteSeer^x is an evolving scientific literature digital library and search engine that has focused primarily on the literature in computer and information science."

"Presented by the Library of Congress, Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information."

"GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government."

Image search from Google - either text-based or reverse image.

A news aggregator

"Science.gov searches over 60 databases and over 2,200 scientific websites to provide users with access to more than 200 million pages of authoritative federal science information including research and development results."

Reverse image search - upload an image or provide a URL to an image's online location.

"USA.gov is an interagency product administered by USAGov (formerly the Federal Citizen Information Center), a division of the U.S. General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Service. Our mission is to create and organize timely, needed government information and services and make them accessible anytime, anywhere, via your channel of choice."

"Wolfram|Alpha introduces a fundamentally new way to get knowledge and answers—not by searching the web, but by doing dynamic computations based on a vast collection of built-in data, algorithms, and methods."
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