Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Using Quickbooks Accountant 2013 (with CD-ROM and Data File CD-ROM), 12th Edition, Glenn Owen




USING QUICKBOOKS ACCOUNTANT 2013 FOR ACCOUNTING teaches fundamental accounting concepts and principles while developing students' proficiency with the market-leading accounting software, QuickBooks Accountant 2013 by Intuit. This well-organized and concise text teaches the technology and application of accounting skills by illustrating how accounting information is created and used.

Review
Part I: GETTING STARTED WITH QUICKBOOKS ACCOUNTANT. 1. An Interactive Tour of QuickBooks Accountant. 2. Preparing a Balance Sheet Using QuickBooks Accountant. 3. Preparing an Income Statement Using QuickBooks Accountant. 4. Preparing a Statement of Cash Flows Using QuickBooks Accountant. 5. Creating Supporting Reports to Help Make Business Decisions. Part II: CREATING A QUICKBOOKS ACCOUNTANT FILE TO RECORD AND ANALYZE BUSINESS EVENTS. 6. Setting Up Your Business's Accounting System. 7. Cash-Oriented Business Activities. 8. Additional Business Activities. 9. Adjusting Entries. 10. Budgeting. 11. Reporting Business Activities. 12. Managing Fixed Assets. Appendix A: Payroll Taxes. Appendix B: Traditional Accounting: Debits and Credits. Index.

About the Author
Glenn Owen is a tenured member of Allan Hancock College's Accounting and Business faculty, where he has lectured on accounting and information systems since 1995. In addition, he is a retired lecturer at the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he taught accounting and information systems courses from 1980 to 2011. He has also been a lecturer at the Orfala College of Business at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, teaching financial and managerial accounting courses. His professional experience includes five years at Deloitte & Touche as well as vice president of finance positions at Westpac Resources, Inc. and Expertelligence, Inc. The author of many Internet-related books and accounting course supplements, he is currently developing online accounting instruction modules for his Internet-based financial accounting courses.

In addition, Mr. Owen is working on a new Third Edition of his EXCEL AND ACCESS IN ACCOUNTING 2013 text, which gives accounting students specific, self-paced instruction on the use of spreadsheets (Excel 2013) and database applications (Access 2013) in accounting. His innovative teaching style emphasizes the decision maker's perspective and encourages students to think creatively. His graduate studies in educational psychology and his 37 years of business experience yield a balanced blend of theory and practice.

Product Details :

  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning; 12 edition (July 30, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1285089456
  • ISBN-13: 978-1285089454
  • Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9 x 0.9 inches


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College Accounting, Chapters 1-24, 11th Edition, Tracie L. Nobles




The 11th Edition of COLLEGE ACCOUNTING maintains its dedicated emphasis on the significance of the College Accounting course as true groundwork for students' future classes, jobs, and careers. This market leading text builds student skills in the areas of accounting knowledge, technology, communication, ethics, and critical thinking, providing students the skills needed to be successful in life and work. With a focus on small business, College Accounting 11e, provides real-world context that keeps chapter content relevant and vital. You can now assign, grade, and assess your students' progress quickly and easily with CengageNow for College Accounting, 11e. End-of-chapter materials are available online, and your students can test their mastery of new concepts via a personalized study plan.

Review
"I like the way that the book is laid out and the extra materials that come with it. It is so much easier to organize lectures, homework, and class activities. For the average student, I believe that it is easier to understand."

"I like the structure and the layout of the book. The examples are straight-forward, and ones the students can identify with. There are many exercises and problems for practicing and reinforcing the material from the chapter. I find the Excel activities useful for students to review the material again and for them to work with Excel. I am very happy with the text."

About the Author
Tracie L. Nobles, CPA, received her bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting from Texas A&M University. She has served as Department Chair of the Accounting, Business, Computer Information Systems, and Marketing/Management Department at Aims Community College, Greeley, CO, and is currently an Associate Professor of Accounting at Austin Community College, Austin, TX. Professor Nobles has public accounting experience with Deloitte Tax LLP and Sample & Bailey, CPAs. She is a recipient of Aims Community College Excellence in Teaching Award. Professor Nobles is a member of the Teachers of Accounting at Two-Year Colleges, the American Accounting Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Texas Community College Teachers Association. She is currently serving as secretary/webmaster of Teachers of Accounting at Two-Year Colleges, as a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Pre-certification Education Executive Committee, as co-chair for the Conference on Teaching and Learning Accounting and as Two-Year College Section chair for the American Accounting Association. Professor Nobles has spoken on such topics as creating online web videos, motivating nonbusiness majors to learn accounting, and incorporating small business topics in college accounting at numerous conferences, including the Teachers of Accounting at Two-Year Colleges and the American Accounting Association. In her spare time, she enjoys camping and fishing with her husband, Trey, and spending time with her family and friends.

Cathy J. Scott is currently Associate Professor of Accounting and Accounting Program Coordinator at Navarro College. She is a proud recipient of Navarro College's Teaching of Excellence Award. Professor Scott received her bachelor's degree from Nazareth College, MBA from Amberton University, a postgraduate accounting degree from Keller Graduate School of Management, and is currently ABD in her PhD program at Capella University. Professor Scott made a career shift into academics after a 25-year accounting and consulting career within the automotive industry. She has been a popular seminar speaker in the area of accounting and financial management for automotive and recreational vehicle manufacturers, as well as dealer associations. She has also written numerous accounting-related articles for various automotive publications. Professor Scott is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants, Teachers of Accounting at Two Year Colleges, the American Accounting Association, and the Texas Community College Association. Professor Scott has served in various regional and national positions with the American Accounting Association, including co-chair for the 2013 Conference on Teaching and Learning. She is also the past chair for the accounting section of the Texas Community College Association. In recent years, Professor Scott has spoken on numerous occasions about effective online learning techniques and using innovative teaching technology in the area of accounting. In her free time, Professor Scott enjoys spending time with her family on her farm in North Texas, in addition to raising and showing her Arabian horses.

(M. Ed., Lewis and Clark College, M.B.A., University of Oregon) Doug has over 30 years of experience teaching accounting at two- and four-year schools, as well as at the high-school level. He has traveled extensively throughout the country, meeting with teachers and students, in order to keep his finger on the pulse of today's classroom needs and concerns. Doug's one-on-one relationships with customers have kept him very close to the market, and he has translated his keen perceptions into the most successful college accounting text published in the last half-century.

Pat Bille has been teaching office technology, accounting, and microcomputer applications at Highline Community College for the last 36 years. Before moving to the college's Business Division, Pat began by teaching high school business classes. She has developed an off-campus, self-paced accounting and office occupations lab, has been program director for office occupations and accounting co-op work programs, and has worked in the accounting departments of two large Chicago corporations. She also served as a volunteer accountant in several nonprofit organizations, and worked for her own sole proprietorship. During the last six years she has developed online courses for accounting and microcomputer applications classes and has developed her own web site. She continues to teach online courses to Highline Community College students in Des Moines, Washington. She has co-authored two textbooks, authored a multitude of practice sets and ancillaries, several accounting videos, and a variety of non-accounting publications.

Exactly the book I needed for college and was a much more appropriate price then the college bookstore. Was quick shipping as well. It was used and one corner of the book was a bit bent up but the price more then made up for that. Whoever had the book before me took great care of it.

Product Details :

  • Series: College Accounting
  • Hardcover: 1120 pages
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning; 11 edition (January 4, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1111528306
  • ISBN-13: 978-1111528300
  • Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 9.2 x 10.8 inches


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Connect Plus Accounting with Learnsmart 2-semester Access Card for Intermediate Accounting, 7th Edition, J. David Spiceland




McGraw-Hill’s Connect includes all the quick studies, exercises, and problems from each chapter in a web-based homework administration environment and allows instructors to design their own quizzes, homework assignments, and practice problem sets. Connect also provides automatic grading and feedback to both students and instructors.

The algorithmic mode of Connect presents students with unique data for each exercise and each attempt, providing with solutions. Consequently, students can work the same problem structure with different number sets until they master the task. Immediate scoring and feedback option help guide and optimize student learning.

Cutting-edge adaptive study tool Learnsmart, and narrated and animated Guided Examples are just a click away, and developed to help students master the intermediate accounting course and study more efficiently.

Beyond the Connect features mentioned above, ConnectPlus includes access to an integrated, online version of the text.

About the Author
J. David Spiceland received his MBA at Southern Illinois University and his Ph.D. at University of Arkansas. Dr. Spiceland has been recognized for his teaching, and is active in the AAA.

Jim Sepe received his MBA at the University of California—Berkeley and his Ph.D. at the University of Washington. He has received numerous teaching awards at Santa Clara University.

Mark Nelson is the Eleanora and George Landew Professor of Accounting at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, where he has been teaching Intermediate Accounting at the MBA level out of Spiceland's Intermediate Accounting for several years. He received his BBA degree from Iowa State University and his MA and PhD degrees from Ohio State University.

Product Details :

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  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 7 edition (March 21, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 007744647X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0077446475
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches


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