Principles of Accounting Volume 1 Financial Accounting - Open Textbook Library (2024)

Reviewed by Richard Hale, Associate Professor, Berea College on 12/1/23

The authors do a fine job of proceeding through the expected topics at a manageable pace while giving sufficient depth for an introductory course.read more

Reviewed by JiangBo Huangfu, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Berea College on 11/30/23

I'm pleasantly surprised by the book's comprehensiveness. For instance, my classes use a textbook from a major publisher, and upon comparison, I observe no significant difference in the breadth and depth of the content they coverread more

Reviewed by Dave Jordan, Instructor, Northeastern Illinois University on 4/29/23

Principles of Accounting Volume 1 is comprehensive and covers all elements of a typical introductory accounting course. The text goes deep into certain areas and only touches the surface on others. The text sometimes takes a multi-pass approach...read more

Reviewed by Jennifer Sherman, Associate Professor, Bunker Hill Community College on 3/15/23

The book covers all the basics and starts with the foundations, what is accounting, the steps of accounting and thru the various parts of the balance sheet. Each chapter includes a section with the appropriate ratio, an important part of linking...read more

Reviewed by Michael Griffin, Associate Teaching Professor, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on 11/8/22

This book covers all the same topics that I would cover in an Accounting I course.read more

Reviewed by Sayan Sarkar, Assistant Professor, University of Mary Washington on 7/8/22

With respect to comprehensiveness- the text book is very comprehensive. It also includes a section on Time value of Money which is a very important section in financial accounting.read more

Reviewed by Cheryl Kline, Online Faculty/Instructor, Trine University on 6/23/22

This textbook covers all areas that I would expect to see in an Accounting 1 course. There are many examples presented that make the material easierfor accounting and non-accounting students to understand. The book contains an index. There are...read more

Reviewed by Dianne Poulos, Adjunct Professor, Bunker Hill Community College on 6/30/20

The textbook provides a thorough overview of the accounting system. It delves quite a bit into the "why" of accounting which is sometimes glossed over in favor of mechanics in other texts.read more

Reviewed by William Holmes, Instructor, LSUE on 4/15/20

The text covers all the important aspects that should be covered in the introduction to financial accounting. The text covers an overview of accounting information systems which I have not seen in textbooks I've used. It looks like the content...read more

Reviewed by Darin Bell, Business Instructor, Treasure Valley Community College on 1/4/20

This textbook has all of the content that I cover with the publisher textbook that I have used for the past 6 years.read more

Reviewed by Andrew Hartzler, Professor of Accounting, Goshen College on 7/15/19

This book is perhaps the most comprehensive text I have seen for financial accounting. For those who are familiar with Financial Accounting, the index and glossary are sufficiently detailed. The fact that the text is so comprehensive is both a...read more