Accounting Literature

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Accounting Literature
The following sample searches illustrate common methods for searching various Accounting Literature materials on the LexisNexis® research services:

Sample Searches: Financial Accounting Statement Board (FASB) Statement
Government Accounting Standard Board (GASB) Statement
Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS)
Statement of Position (SOP)
Accounting Principles Board (APB)

Some of these searches use a search method called segment searching.


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Financial Accounting Statement Board (FASB)
Use a free-text search to find information on a FASB Statement. For example, take the following steps to find FASB Statement number 143:

Click Power Search on the LexisNexis® at www.nexis.com Home page.
Click Find More Sources to open the Source Directory.
Click the following links in the order listed to find the Journal of Accountancy: Area of Law By Topic / Accounting / Accounting Journals and Literature
Click Add next to Journal of Accountancy to move it to the Selected Source(s) field on the right side of the screen.
Click Done Search Now to return to the Power Search form.
Enter statement of financial accounting standard or sfas or fasb pre/3 143 and title ( official lit! or official release ) in the Enter terms and connectors to create your full-text search field.
Enter Project ID.
Click Search.
NOTE: Use the Title segment to narrow your search to titles that contain the words official literature or official release.

Use the exclamation mark ( ! ) to find all forms of the word literature, including lit, and literature.

Use the OR connector to join words you want to search as alternative terms.

Use the PRE/3 connector to allow for spacing and punctuation variations or additional terms when you search for one concept that precedes another concept.


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Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statements
Use a free-text search to find information on a GASB Statement. For example, take the following steps to find GASB Statement number 8:

Click Power Search on the LexisNexis® at www.nexis.com Home page.
Click Find More Sources to open the Source Directory.
Click the following links in the . . .