Accessing Information on the Internet
The Internet is a good place to get information that
is useful to you in your study of accounting. For example, you can find
information about current events, professional accounting organizations, and
specific companies that may support your study.
Instructions
| a. | Access the Rutgers University Internet site. Identify eight links
to many other sites that provide information about accounting.
http://accounting.rutgers.edu/ | | b. | Look
under the category Accounting Resources and then Big-Five. Identify the names
of the largest public accounting firms. | | c. | Look
under the category Publishers and then the subcategory of U.S. Accounting
Publishers to locate the publisher of this textbook. | | d. | Find
the Internet sites of the following professional accounting organizations and
learn what you can about them from the information provided:
American Accounting Association (AAA)
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
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Internet sites
are time and date sensitive. It is the purpose of these exercises to have you
explore the Internet. You may need to use the Yahoo! search engine http://www.yahoo.com (or another • favorite search engine) to find a company’s current Web
address. |
