Hoover's Company Capsules.
URL:
www.hoovers.com
These brief reports present basic information on more
than 10,000 companies. Included are a company summary,
address and phone number, company officer information, and
sales figures. This database can be searched by company
name or ticker symbol. Advanced searching by location,
industry, and annual sales is also available.
Annual Reports of Corporations. (Annual)
Annual Reports present company information from the
company's perspective. They usually
contain narrative descriptions of the company's operations, special projects, its goals for the
future, and
financial statistics. Include an income statement and balance sheet for present and preceding fiscal
years. Also see Guide to
Locating ANNUAL REPORT Information at Ablah Library.
Mergent Online. (Continuously updated)
URL (on-campus/Shocknet2/PIN access only):
proxy.wichita.edu/login?url=http://www.mergentonline.com/compsearch.asp
In 1900, John Moody published Moody's® Manual of Industrial and
Miscellaneous Securities, the first guide to U.S. public companies. Mergent,
with its purchase of Moody’s, now provides this in-depth company information
once only available in printed manuals via the Internet. MergentOnline provides
a fully searchable database of 15,000 U.S. public companies (active and
inactive) listed on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ, and includes corporate
information for 20,000 non-U.S. companies. Fifteen years is the standard time
frame for the financial data provided. Each company report also includes
up-to-the-minute news items, a company description (narrative with SIC and NAICS
information), and information on a company’s executives, property, capital
stock (dividends and splits) and long-term debt (bonds and notes). Financial
information may be downloaded utilizing software applications such as
Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Excel or Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®.
Business and Company Resource Center. (Continuously
updated, 1983-)
URL (on-campus/Shocknet2/PIN access only):
http://proxy.wichita.edu/login?url=http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BCRC?locID=ksstate_wichita
Business and Company Resource Center indexes over 950
business periodicals. These include
scholarly journals, general business
magazines, trade publications, and local
business publications. The full text of
articles is available for roughly half the
titles indexed. The full image (via Adobe
Acrobat) is also available for many titles.
In addition, citations and full text
articles may be emailed to user provided
address. BCRC also includes detailed company histories, investment reports,
company rankings, and industry overviews.
ABI/INFORM. (Continuously updated, 1971-)
URL/Full Text (on-campus/Shocknet2/PIN access only):
proxy.wichita.edu/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTE3MjErMysxNmJjJklOVD0wJlZFUj0y&clientId=328
ABI/INFORM provides indexing to over 900
business trade journals, magazines, and journals,
and for each entry an abstract of the article is included. Full text is
available for approximately half the titles indexed. As with paper indexes,
you may search
by specific subject terms. Also, individual words and phrases may be searched for in the titles of
articles
or in their abstracts. This allows for information on very detailed concepts and rarely mentioned
companies to be located quickly. Results may be printed or downloaded to
a disc.
Wall Street Journal Index. (1959-2003)
HG 1 W26
3rd Floor
This index provides subject access to the Wall
Street Journal (Final Eastern Edition), which is
available on Microfilm 128. The General News Section is arranged alphabetically by subject and the
Corporation News Section is arranged by company name. Below each subject and company name is a
chronological list of articles, together with the date, page, and column of the article.
Abstracts
of all articles appearing in
the WSJ Eastern edition
are available beginning January 1989 (selected abstracting May 1973 through December 1988)
through
LexisNexis
Academic
(on-campus/Shocknet2/PIN access only). When connected
1) Select "General News" as "News Category"
2) Select "Abstracts" as "News Source"
3) In rectangle following "Search this publication title(s)" enter: "Wall Street Journal" (quotes required)
Value Line Investment Survey. (Continuously
Revised)
Ref HG 4921 V3x2
or available online at
proxy.wichita.edu/login?url=http://www.valueline.com/secure/vlispdf/stk1700/index.aspx
Current: Index Table 5
1980-: Microfiche
#2429
1978-1979: Microfilm #774
This advisory service considers over 1,700 stocks, is
arranged in 80 industry categories, and
provides a brief analysis of each industry. Presents for each company a chart of its stock's market
price
over the last 15 years, the stock's beta, plus many other financial statistics.
See also Brief
Guide to the
Value Line Investment Survey.
(Standard & Poor's) Stock Reports.
(1976-August 2003)
(Per) HG 4905 S446
3rd Floor
This series covers every company listed on the New
York and American exchanges, together with
over 1,600 OTC companies. Each company profile consists of a standardized, two-page report.
The
emphasis is on factual analysis, but investment advise appears in the "Summary" and "Current
Outlook"
sections. Each firm is also given an "S&P Ranking" from A+ to D (with D used to designate
firms
undergoing bankruptcy or reorganization.). Available in
S&P's NetAdvantage.
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and
Public Companies (1990-2002)
HG 4057 A58
3rd Floor
This directory is a standard reference for current,
verified data covering over 140,000 U.S.
companies. Volumes 1-3 contain an alphabetic listing of companies, and includes information
such as the
company's address and phone number, value of assets, number of employees, names of officers,
and a
brief description of the business. Volume 4 provides state specific data, arranging the companies
by zip
code. Vol. 5 ranks companies by sales within 4-digit SIC Codes.
The information published in paper format in this directory is now included in the
"Company Profile" and "Rankings" options of Business & Company Resource Center at
proxy.wichita.edu/login?url=http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BCRC?locID=ksstate_wichita.
Directory of Corporate Affiliations (Annual)
HG 4057 A219
Latest on Index Table 5
(Latest International volume on Index Table 5)
Earlier on 3rd Floor
Currently composed of five volumes, the first two serve as an overall
indexes to the remaining three. Volume 1 includes indexes by company
name, brand name, and U.S. and non-U.S. geographic locations. Volume 2
includes S.I.C. and corporate responsibilities indexes. Volume three
contains data on U.S. Public Companies. Volume four includes entries on
U.S. Private Companies. Volume five considers both public and private
international companies. Entries include information on financials,
personnel, and subsidiaries.
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