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Business Source Complete (Info)
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| Producer: | Ebsco | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Business Source covers business journals, magazines, and newspapers. About 7,000 publications, over 2,000 of which are peer-reviewed journals, as well as other resources, including financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | Here is help with searching, navigating, printing, and more. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Company Information Marketing Economics International Trade Business Administration | |
| Producer: | Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | International business and news coverage from over 8,000 sources including newspapers, news wires, magazines, trade journals, radio and television transcripts, and websites. Company information and data. Up to 5 years of historical market data. Photographs and pictures from Reuters and Knight Ridder. Internet Explorer is recommended for Factiva. | |
| Usage Tips: | Factiva searches for the exact phrase you enter. For example, "speech recognition software" will find articles that contain those three terms adjacent to each other and in that order. Combining Terms: Use AND, OR, NOT. For example, "mci communications AND speech recognition software" will find articles containing both "mci communications" and "speech recognition software." Truncation: Add an asterisk (*) to the end of a word to search for all forms of that term. Example: congress*. NOTE: When finished with Factiva, please click on the "logout" selection in the top right corner of the screen to keep all available accounts open for other users. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Company Information Marketing .General (any topic) Business Administration | |
International Directory Of Company Histories (Info)
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| Producer: | St. James / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Multi-volume compilation of three-to-five-page entries outlining over 10,000 company histories. Online access begins with Volume 88 (2007), while printed volumes 1-through-88 are in the library collection. The online product also can be used as an index to the printed volumes.
The above link takes you only to the most recent volume, Volume 109 (2010). | |
| Usage Tips: | You probably will find material in this series by browsing alphabetical lists in the table of contents or in various indexes. There is no thematic or subject arrangement of the volumes.
When you open a volume's eTable of Contents or eBook Index, you are viewing an alphabetical list of companies only in that volume. However, the most recent volume (108) also contains three cumulative indexes for identifying entries in all the volumes in the set: Entries from Volume 1-88 are available in the printed set. Entries from Volume 88-date are available in these online volumes: 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 For additional help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Company Information | |
| Producer: | Thomas Publishing | |
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| Description: | Comprehensive resource for industrial information, products, services, CAD drawings, and more. Search by state, company, or brand, browse by category, and download CAD drawings. Use Thomas Global Register to search worldwide.
Formerly known as the Thomas Register in its printed form. | |
| Usage Tips: | Help page | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Physics and Engineering Company Information | |
| Producer: | Securities and Exchange Commission | |
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| Description: | Access to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic corporate filings (EDGAR = Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval). | |
| Usage Tips: | How Do I Use EDGAR? | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Accounting Company Information Business Administration | |
LexisNexis Academic - Company Profies And Reports (Info)
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| Producer: | LexisNexis | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | This is the "Company Profiles" section of Lexis/Nexis Academic, offering company reports such as Hoover's Company and Industry Reports, Standard and Poor's Corporate Descriptions and more. The "Company Dossiers" selection provides easy access to company information and financial data. The SEC Filings selection provides access to 10-K, 20-F, Annual Reports, Proxy Statements, Prospectuses and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | Sections are devoted to:
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| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Company Information Business Administration | |
| Producer: | Mergent | |
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| Description: | Mergent Horizon is an online research application that includes the most comprehensive database of US-traded companies organized by the goods and services from which they derive their revenues as well as their key business relationships. | |
| Usage Tips: | Mergent Horizon Quick User Guide | |
| Tutorial: | http://www.mergenthorizon.com/rp/docs/mergent/refguide.pdf | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Accounting Company Information Business Administration | |
| Producer: | Mergent | |
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| Description: | U.S. and international company data.
Coverage includes: History; Mergers, acquisitions, disposals; Joint ventures; Business; Property; Subsidiaries; Officers and directors; News reports; Long-term debt; Bond ratings; Capital stock; Exchange and ticker symbol; Annual stock price ranges; Registrar; Transfer agent; Stock splits; Dividend payment history; Income statement; Cash flow statement; Balance sheet; Contact information; Auditors; Qualified auditors' report
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| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Company Information Business Administration | |
| Producer: | Infogroup | |
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| Description: | OneSource aggregates company and industry information from many sources, and provides global coverage of over 4 million firms, more than 100 industry sectors, and over 12 million corporate executives. Key features include ten years of financials for public companies, corporate family relationships, industry averages (for the U.S.), analyst reports, industry profiles, executive profiles, and current news articles. | |
| Usage Tips: | To access OneSource, you must first start at the Reference USA database menu and select Onesource. The other database options are U.S. Businesses and U.S. Consumers/Lifestyles. | |
| Tutorial: | http://mysupport.onesource.com/my_tutorials.asp | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Company Information Marketing Business Administration | |
ReferenceUSA -- U.S. Businesses (Info)
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| Producer: | Infogroup | |
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| Description: | ReferenceUSA U.S. Businesses provides directory information on 14 million U.S. businesses. Search criteria includes company name, executives, business type, geography, phone number, business size and more. | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Company Information Marketing Business Administration | |
Value Line Research Center (Info)
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| Producer: | Value Line | |
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| Description: | The Value Line Investment Survey is one of the most widely used independent investment information services in the world. Its up-to-date issues are a comprehensive reference that has useful information for virtually every investor. In breadth of coverage it is encyclopedic, covering some 1,700 equity issues. Every week, about 135 stocks in seven or eight industries are covered. The subscription includes:
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| Usage Tips: | NOTE: W&L's subscription to this database is limited to 3 users, please use the button when you are finished with this database. Help documents:
The Value Line Mutual Fund Survey gives you proprietary ranks on over 7,000 mutual funds, full reports including analyst commentaries for an additional 1,500 leading equity funds, and profile summary reports on over 10,000 mutual funds. Additionally, you can screen the Value Line database to find specific funds that meet your investment objectives. (Help documents: How to Read a Mutual Fund Survey Page, Value Line Guide To Option Strategies) The Value Line Special Situations Service opens the world of emerging companies with bright futures to the more aggressive investor. Value Line analysts are constantly on the lookout for lesser-known stocks where unusual developments may pave the way for extraordinary rewards. (Help documents: How To Invest in Special Situations) The Value Line Convertibles Survey provides analysis and evaluation of nearly 600 convertible issues and 120 warrants in a timely and easy to use format in The Value Line Convertibles Survey. Besides buy and sell recommendations, comprehensive reports on recommended securities, as well as news on companies in the service, Part 2 (the Evaluation Section) is available in Microsoft Excel ® format. (Help documents: Value Line Guide To Convertible Strategies) | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Accounting Company Information | |
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) (Info)
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| Producer: | The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | |
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| Description: | This resource is available only to W&L users only, and access is limited to Leyburn Library and the Williams School. This database requires extensive understanding of financial and economic concepts and is recommended only for advanced users. WRDS is a warehouse of financial, accounting, banking, economics, management, and marketing data accessible through a single web-based interface from the following resources providers: Compustat, CRSP, Federal Reserve System, FDIC, Dow Jones and other sources. Users primarily interested in company financial data should use Mergent Online. | |
| Usage Tips: | To use WRDS, you will need to enter a valid W&L email address. WRDS will then send you an email with a link that will provide access to the WRDS database for 5 days. | |
| Librarian: | John Tombarge | |
| Descriptors: | Accounting Company Information Economics Business Administration | |