Company Information
Guides to Printed Sources
Printed sources of company information are plentiful. Historical as well as financial information is available for many companies. Guides to printed information sources (with their call numbers in Milner Library) include:
Help! My Job Interview Is Tomorrow! (Ref HF 5381 .T26 1997 -
Floor 2)
A practical guide to using the library to research a potential employer.
How to Find Information About Companies (Ref HD 2785 .H68 1985)
How to Find Information About Private Companies (Ref HD 2771 .H695 5th)
Stress federal, state, and local governmental sources and "non-library" sources of information. Old, but still useful.
Information on
Companies: An Annotated Resource Guide
Lehigh University Library's hypertext resource guide to (mostly) print resources, and the steps to take in conducting research on companies.
Research a Company
The Milner Library guide to printed sources available in the library.
Guides to Electronic Sources
CorporateInformation.com
Search by company to obtain links to company information, analysis, and news. Free
registration is required.
GTE SuperPages: Search for a Business Web Site
Provides information about, and links to, over 60,000 Web sites owned and operated by businesses worldwide.
Researching Companies Online
A tutorial on finding company and industry information on the Web designed by Debbie Flanagan, formerly manager of Performance Systems for Link Staff Services.
Yahoo! Finance - Company and Fund Index
Lists companies alphabetically, with links to current news, stock quotes, and company profiles. Also see Yahoo! Companies.
Company Directories
BizWeb Business Guide to the Web
Companies categorized and listed by the goods or services they provide.
European Interactive
Directories
Select the Directories link in the left frame to
access business and company directories for 16 European countries.
Forbes.com
Contains lists of top international, U.S., and small companies. To view the address and company information, click on the company name in the list.
globalEDGE
Michigan State University site providing access to company directories listed by country and region.
Inc. 500
Inc.'s list covers the 500 fastest growing private companies. The site contains a database of winners from 1982 to 2003.
IW 1000
IndustryWeek provides a listing on the 1,000 largest manufacturing companies in the world.
Switchboard
A telephone directory to people and businesses.
Thomas Register of American
Manufacturers
Gives company, product, and home page information for over 155,000 public and private manufacturing companies in the U.S. To use this service, you must register for a "free membership."
Sources of Company Information
Europages: the European Business
Directory
Multilingual service providing data on 150,000 companies from 25 European countries, as well as important economic analyses on main European markets.
Hoover's Online Home Page
Provides brief company profiles and links to their home pages. For information about British and some European companies, try Hoover's UK.
Search the EDGAR Database
Use the 10-K Reports filed with the SEC as a source of detailed company information. For help in searching the EDGAR database, visit Searching
EDGAR and Using 10-K Reports.
Worldscope
Provides company descriptions and basic financial information for companies in many
countries. Only available to Illinois State University faculty and students.
Sources of Annual Reports and Financial Information
Academic Universe by Lexis-Nexis
Look in the Company Financial and SEC Filings & Reports sections of the Business component for company information. Only available to Illinois State University faculty and students.
The Annual Reports Library
Contains over 1.45 million annual reports (and proxies) from corporations, foundations, banks, mutual funds, and public institutions worldwide. The site gives advice (and some links) on how to get copies of reports, and how to make best use of them.
Annual Reports Online
Provides guidance and links to access annual reports and proxies on the Internet, how to read annual reports, and information on nonprofit annual reports.
CAROL
Company Annual Reports On Line provides links to American, Asian, and European firms - registration required.
Free Annual Reports by Public Register's Annual Report Service (PRARS)
Another service which allows you to request free copies of annual reports.
The Globe and Mail Annual Report Service
Provides access to Canadian annual reports.
Japan Financials
The Japanese equivalent of SEC filings, from the yuka shoken hokokusho.
SEDAR
System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval - the Canadian EDGAR.
U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Includes the full text of 10-K reports in the Edgar Database.
World Investor Link
Provides links to sources of annual reports for U.S. and foreign companies.
Sources of Company News
ABI / INFORM
Contains over 800,000 citations to articles on business topics from 1,000 U.S. and international publications. The file is updated weekly and coverage is from 1971. Provides full text of some articles. Only available to Illinois State University faculty and students.
Academic Universe by Lexis-Nexis
Look in the Business News section of the Business component for current news releases. Only available to Illinois State University faculty and students.
bizjournals.com
Provides access to articles in 41 weekly local business journals.
Businesswire Corporate News on
the Net
Provides recent press releases from thousands of companies.
CNNmoney
CNN and Money magazine's financial news. Look at Company News for news and company research.
PR Newswire's company
news on-call
A one-year archive of company news on PR Newswire. Current PR Newswire news is also available from Yahoo!.
