Commerce is a mix of theoretical & practical subjects. Accounts, taxation and statistics are practical, whereas other subjects such as economics, business organization and management are theoretical in nature. Most of the information available on the web is either in the form of news or research journals. Besides reference books, online libraries like www.questia.com allow you to view books online, but for the price of a subscription fee. Let’s take a look at what commerce students can use online…
1. Accountancy:
Though known by different names in various countries, the basic function of Accountancy remains the same. What people call a Certified Public Accountant in the US is called a Chartered Accountant in our nation. Accountancy is one subject that needs a very clear understanding of the basics, or else you’ll never get it right. Here are a few sites that will help you do just that.
(i) Principles of Accounting
http://www.principlesofaccounting.com
(ii) Future Accountant
http://www.futureaccountant.com
2. Taxation:
Tax Laws and rules as laid by the Government are taught at colleges. If you are looking for something that will help you beyond your textbooks, the best site I found was a Government Site:-
http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in
Go to the “Tax Law & Rules” link and you will find information on Income Tax, Wealth Tax, Gift Tax, at all. Anyone can refer to these documents, and students should browse through them for more details about a particular section or rule. If you’re studying taxation at an advanced level, this is the easiest way to get access to all the official material that you need.
(i) IndLaw.com-Income & Direct Taxes
http://incometax.indlaw.com/
(ii) India Mart-Taxation
http://finance.indiamart.com/taxation/
3. Economics:
Economics is a subject any commerce student will come up against, but is not everybody’s cup of tea. It can be fun and interesting to learn, right from the basic level to advanced international economics, and information is easily available on the Web.
(i) The Library of Economics and Liberty
http://www.econlib.org/
(ii) McGraw-Hill Student Learning Centre
http://www.mhhe.com/economics/frankb/students_index.mhtml
(iii) AmosWEB-the Economics class portal
http://www.amosweb.com/cgi-bin/awb_nav.pl?s=cls&c=dsp&crs=micro
(iv) Notes of Roger A. McCain
http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/prin/txt/EcoToC.html
(v) Springer Journals
http://www.springer.com/west/home/economics?SGWID=4-165-0-0-0
4. Statistics:
Statistics is a branch of mathematics, and is treated as a practical subject in commerce in the context of its practical application to problems.
(i) Richard Lowry’s page on Vassar College USA
http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/intro.html
(ii) Elementary Statistics
http://sofia.fhda.edu/gallery/statistics/index.html
(iii) HyperStat
http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html
(iv) StatSoft’s Electronic Textbook
http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html
5. Business Organization:
The curriculum for Business Organization is somewhat similar to that of Management. Web sites in the Managements chapter will also help you with this topic.
(i) Mary Hogue’s Lecture Presentations
http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mhogue/Pof%20Management.htm
http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mhogue/HRM.htm
http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mhogue/I&GBehavior.htm
(ii) Managerial Marketing
http://www.managerialmarketing.com/
(iii) Online Book on Marketing by Gemmy Allen
http://ollie.dcccd.edu/mrkt2370/book/mrktbook.htm
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