Accounting Resources on the Internet

The following sources can provide you entry into Web areas that provide information about accounting systems and their use in the current business world. Don't be shy, get in and dig for answers, contact some of the folk out in cyberspace, and have fun with these resources.

The Best of the Best. Enough accounting sites to keep your wheels spinning for days.

AAA IS/MAS

The American Accounting Association's homepage for the Information Systems and Management Advisory Services. This is the primary professional group for most academics who teach and research in Accounting Information Systems. You will find connections to a variety of organizations of practitioners, academics, and others interested in the real future of accounting.

ANET -- The Accountants Network

ANET is an outstanding resource!! This is a portion of the international accounting network, and contains links to academics, public accounting organizations, corporate accounting organizations, and governmental accounting organizations. You can access potential employers, research organizations, and book publishers. Use this as a jumping off point to begin your research. This site for the ANET is provided by Rutgers University, as a service called RAW, the Rutgers Accounting Web.

AICPA Homepage

This homepage will get you close to virtually anything you want to know about CPAs and their practices, including connections to members of the AICPA, resources available, State Boards, and news relating to CPAs. It could be quite useful for job searching and for understanding what CPAs do.

Management Accounting

Visit this site to learn about management accounting, which is where 2/3 of all accounting graduates start their careers. This site has connections back to RAW and to some materials specific to the Institute of Managment Accountants. It was not well developed at the time I found it, but I expect it to be valuable in the near future.

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