The items below are important for those in the profession, but are considered more basic and are good for understanding the background of accounting for students and others interested in basic information. Other more specific items, like textbooks and items related to standards, are in other parts of this guide.

The following materials link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to digital content are provided when available.

Using textbooks is a good way to understand accounting and auditing practices. However, because there are so many of them, we cannot include them all. What we have included below are several of the more well-known titles that are standing in as examples. You can find them in our catalog although there is no specific Library of Congress Subject Heading that will capture all of them. Many of them will often be found under the very basic Auditing or Accounting subject headings.