This book is helpful because it gives you more information on certain aspects of accounting.  It only has selections from the larger encyclopedia, but it can still be very useful.  If you do not find what you need in this book, you can go to the full version of the encyclopedia.  But in this book, you can find the major topics and the concepts that are used the most in accounting.

Unlike the dictionary, this book gives you more than just the definition.  It has examples and step-by-step processes to solving accounting problems.  This book can be a helpful and useful tool in addition to your regular textbook or the accounting dictionary.  You can use this book as a study tool if your textbook does not give you enough information to understand the concept that you are working on.

The list of contents lets you know if your subject is included in this smaller version of the encyclopedia.  Some the subjects covered in this book are: stocks, balance sheets, auditing and depreciation. By using this book you will be able to further your knowledge in the field of accounting.