Find Company Information in OKelly Library

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Find Company Information in OKelly Library
Phyllistine Poole, Business Reference
Librarian May 2006
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This PowerPoint includes the following sources of
company information

• Selected Print Sources
• Selected OKelly Library Online databases
• Websites with Company Information
• Websites with Stock Quotes
• Selected Books in OKelly Library on Business
  Leaders
• Suggestion Print out these slides as handouts,
  then go the librarys Website and follow the
  directions in this PowerPoint.

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Selected Print Sources

• Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial
  Ratios (Ref HF 5681 R25 A45 2006)
• Corporate Affiliations U.S. Private Companies
  (Ref HG 4057 A217 2004)
• Hoovers Handbook of Private Companies (Ref HG
  4057 A28616 2005)
• Hoovers MasterList of Major U.S. Companies (Ref
  HD 2709 H66 2000)
• Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios (HF 5681
  R25 I537 2004-050
• Industry Surveys- ask for at the reference desk
• Market Share Reporter (HF 5410M35 2005)
• RMA Annual Statement Studies (HF 5681 B2 R6)

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Selected OKelly Library Online Databases

• ABI/INFORM Complete
• Lexis-Nexis Academic News
• Mergent Online
• Hoovers Company Records
• Business Source Premier

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• OKelly Librarys online databases are
  collections of information, including scholarly
  articles and even books in many subject areas.
• In the business databases, find articles on
  companies, news reports, financial reports,
  company profiles, etc.

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Available information on a company depends on
whether it is public or private.

• Definitions of public company
• A company that is listed on the Stock
  Exchange. The company's shares are available for
  the public to invest in.www.personal-finance.gbr.
  qc.com/personal-finance-uk.htm
• A public company is a reporting company. The
  company must file Form 10K and forms 10Q every
  year with the SEC Security and Exchange
  Commission.www.going-global.com/equity/finance-g
  lossary.html

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• Public companies are required to file
  reports, like the 10-K and 10-Q, with The SEC
  (U.S. Security and Exchange Commission) ,
  http//www.sec.gov.
• Like an annual report, the 10-K explains the
  company's business activities for the most recent
  twelve-month operating period. The 10-K, which is
  required to be filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (SEC) within 90 days of the
  company's fiscal year end, typically contains
  more detail than an annual report, such as more
  thorough operating and financial statistics,
  information on legal proceedings, and management
  compensation.

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• Form 10-Q is a quarterly version of the 10-K
  however, it is less detailed and generally
  unaudited. The SEC requires publicly traded
  companies to file form 10-Q within 45 days of the
  end of each quarter, except the final quarter, in
  which the 10-K is filed. (Explanations of 10-K
  and 10-Q from The Motley Fool ,
  http//www.fool.com/dripport/2000/dripport000106.h
  tm)

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• Definitions of private company
• A company that does not permit the general
  public to buy and sell its shares.wps.pearsoned.c
  o.uk/wps/media/objects/1065/1090612/glossary.html
  
• Often, privately-held companies are owned by
  the company founders and/or their families and
  heirs, or by a small group of investors.
  http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_company
• Information on private companies is harder to
  find than information on public companies because
  private companies do not have to report
  information to the SEC.

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To access the online databases Go to
Winston-Salem State Universitys Web site, at
http//www.wssu.edu/wssu.Click on C.G. OKelly
Library at the right.
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Under Research Tools on the librarys home page,
click on the link Electronic Resources.
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On the electronic resources screen, click on a
link at the left to bring up a list of databases
in the subject area.
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Click on the Business link to bring up a list of
the business databases on the next screen.
ABI/INFORM Complete is one of the business
databases.
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Search ABI/INFORM Complete for articles from
regional, national and international periodicals
and news sources on public and private companies.
Covers Business, finance, management and current
affairs.
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Search Lexis-Nexis Academic for Public and
Private Company Information.
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Lexis- Nexis Academic Business contains

• Business News  
• Business articles from newspapers, magazines,
  journals, wires transcripts
• Industry Market  
• News from over 25 industries
• Accounting Literature
• Accounting  
• Accounting journals literature
• Company Information
• Company Financial Reports  
• Detailed financial data about companies
• Company Profiles  
• Company information including executives, revenue
  and competitors
• Compare Companies  

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Lexis NexisClick on the Multidisciplinary
Collection link on the electronic resources
screen, then Newspapers in the menu that appears.
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Select the database Lexis-Nexis Academic News on
the next screen.
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On the next screen that appears, click on the
Business link.
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On the next screen, click on the link to Company
Financial Reports for information on company
finances.
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Type the name of the company in the search box
on the next screen, select a date range or leave
it as it is, and submit the search.
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On the next screen, click on the link to
information about the company.
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Scroll down the screen to read all the
information. Notice the print and e-mail options.
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Private Company Information

• Information on private companies is harder to
  find than information on public companies because
  they do not have to file with the SEC.
• You can find information on private companies,
  however, by going to the companys website if
  there is one, accessing an annual report online
  or requesting one from the company.
• Try Lexis-Nexis Academic News.

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Search for private company information in
Lexis-Nexis. Some private companies are in this
database.

• X out of the screen to return to the Lexis-Nexis
  Academic News link. Click on the link.
• Click on the Quick News Search tab on the
  Lexis-Nexis home page.
• Type the name of the private company in the
  search box under Company Information on the lower
  right screen.
• Choose US Private Companies from the drop-down
  menu.
• Change the date if you wish, and submit the
  search.

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Search Mergent Online

• U.S. Company Data on 10,000 U.S. public
  companiesSEC filings back to 1993, descriptions,
  financial statements, up-to-date news items.
  International Company Datahistories,
  descriptions, financial information for current
  10 years. Industry Reports. Formerly Moodys.

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On the electronic resources screen, click on
theBusiness link to bring up the link to Mergent
Online. Scroll down to the link to the database.
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On the Mergent home page, click on enter mergent
online.
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Type in the name of the company and submit the
search.
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Notice that you can search by NAICS or SIC code
and that there is a code lookup on the Mergent
search screen.
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You can also find NAICS codes at this U.S. Census
Bureau site http//www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics
.html
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A search for retail turned up this
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Click on the company name on the next Mergent
screen after submitting a search for the company
name.
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Notice the tabs near the top of the screen that
lead to more information.
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Search Hoovers Company Records

• Information on 40,000 public and private
  companies including competitors and location.
  Company history, financials and top officers for
  public companies.

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Click on the Business link on the electronic
resources screen. Scroll down the list of
databases that appears and click on the link to
Hoovers Company Records.
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Type the name of the company in the search box
and select Hoovers Company Records from the
drop-down menu.
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To read an article, click on the full-text link
to a Hoovers article on the results screen.
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On the Hoovers Company Records screen, notice
the tabs on the left that lead to more
information.
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Search Business Source Premier

• Includes articles on marketing, management,
  MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.
  Additional full-text, non-journal content
  includes market research reports, industry
  reports, country reports, company profiles and
  SWOT analyses.

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On the electronic resources screen, click on the
Business link. Click on the link to Business
Source Premier in the list of databases that
appears on the screen. On the next screen that
appears conduct a search for your company.
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• Search the following Web
• sites for company information
• The SEC (U.S. Security and Exchange Commission) ,
  http//www.sec.gov. Public companies are required
  to file reports, like the 10-K and 10-Q, with
  this government agency.
• Like an annual report, the 10-K explains the
  company's business activities for the most recent
  twelve-month operating period. The 10-K, which is
  required to be filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (SEC) within 90 days of the
  company's fiscal year end, typically contains
  more detail than an annual report, such as more
  thorough operating and financial statistics,
  information on legal proceedings, and management
  compensation.
• Form 10-Q is a quarterly version of the 10-K
  however, it is less detailed and generally
  unaudited. The SEC requires publicly traded
  companies to file form 10-Q within 45 days of the
  end of each quarter, except the final quarter, in
  which the 10-K is filed. (Explanations of 10-K
  and 10-Q from The Motley Fool ,
  http//www.fool.com/dripport/2000/dripport000106.h
  tm)

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• AnnualReports.com
• Company Web sites

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Search the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commissions Web site.

• Go to http//www.sec.gov. Click on Search at the
  upper right of the screen to bring up the search
  box.
• Type in the name or ticker symbol for your
  company, and submit the search.
• On the next screen that appears, click on the
  html link to the 10Q, 10K or other forms.

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Get stock quotes at these sites

• PC Quote, http//www.pcquote.com/
• Yahoo! Finance, http//finance.yahoo.com/

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Selected OKelly Books on Business Leaders

• African American Business Leaders (Ref HC 102.5
  A2 K73 2004)
• Business Leaders Success 55 Top Business
  Leaders How They Achieved Greatness ( HF 5386
  B945 2004)
• Distinguished Asian American Business Leaders (HC
  102 A2 H56 2003)
• Encyclopedia of American Women in Business From
  Colonial Times to the Present (HD 6054.4 U6 K753
  2005)
• Notable Corporate Chronologies (Ref HG 4009.N68)
• Whos Who in Finance and Industry (HF 3023 .A2 W5)

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Need More Information or Assistance?

• Contact Phyllistine Poole
• Business Reference Librarian
• C.G. OKelly Library
• [phone]
• poolep_at_wssu.edu
• Fax [phone]