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. Look under the category "Accounting Resources." Identify eight links to many other sites that provide information about accounting.

b. Look under the category "Accounting Resources" and then "Big-Five." Identify the names of the largest public accounting firms.

c. Under "Accounting Resources," 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)

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.