Subject Guide: Company Info
Basic Data
Company News
Financials
Stock / Bond Prices
Profiles / Analyses
Market Share Data
Management
Brand Info
BASIC COMPANY DIRECTORY DATA
Note: Identify address, industry, size and basic financial data, affiliation, public or private.
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
Business
and Company Resource Center
Search by company name for financials, news, analyst reports or corporate histories.
Capital
Changes Reporter (Part of CCH Business and Finance)
Lists historical and current corporate changes including mergers, acquisitions,
stock splits, etc.
CEO Express
Web subject directory of business topics including "company research", "SEC",
etc. Provides links to major sites in all these categories. Very user friendly
and well organized.
Compact
Disclosure (CD ROM)
Extracts of company SEC filings including stock ownership filings. Generates
tailored reports based upon hundreds of different financial, numeric (ratios,
SIC code) and textual (names, address, etc.) variables chosen by searcher.
Includes some historical financials.
Compustat
Retrieve financials or search for comparable companies by various financial
parameters. Part of WRDS.
Corporate Information
(Registration required) Extremely useful specialized search engine, linking
one to company data via company name, ticker, geographic location, private
or public companies categories. Links are briefly annotated. Scope is global.
Corporate
Affiliations Online
Can search for parent company, subsidiary, affiliate, etc. Also searchable
by location (e.g., German companies with offices in Chicago), industry, etc.
Database provides full company hierarchical information. Scope is international.
Duns
Million Dollar Directory
Provides thumbnail sketches of private, public and subsidiary companies in
North America. Database can also be used to compile a list of comparable companies
using a variety of financial, descriptive and geographic parameters. Library
also keeps the latest edition of the print directory.
Factiva
Select "Companies/Markets" from top gray tab. Select "Financial
Snapshot" or "Financial Snapshot plus profile" under "Reports".
Mergent
Online (formerly FIS Online)
Contain extracts of SEC filings and basic corporate data. Searchable by company
name or variable(s) (many financial, ratio, descriptive, etc.) for comparable
company list.
Thomson
Research (formerly Global Access).
Searchable full text, historical collection of public company filings.
Hoovers
Provides in-depth information (financials, corporate ownership, news, history)
for a large selection of public, private or subsidiary companies. Includes
links to corporate web sites and stock quote sites.
Lexis/Nexis
Go to "Business" section. Includes sections on Company Financial,
SEC Filings & Reports and Compare Companies.
Standard
and Poors Netadvantage
Collection of S&P data including company financials and stock and bond
prices. Searchable by company name or variable(s) for comparable company data.
Use "Register" or "Corporation Records" to obtain basic
company data.
PRINT SOURCES
Mergent Manuals
Reference 2nd Floor - Index Table 5B
HG4907.M68 and CD ROM
Comprehensive company entries include history, officers list, financials, debt
information, subsidiary/affiliate listings, and corporate news.
Dun's Million Dollar Directory
Reference 2nd Floor - Index Table 5B
HF5035.M54
Top 50,000 companies.
Specific Industry Directories
Use CUNY+ (library catalog) for directories listing companies within specific
industries. At the CUNY+ search screen, go to "browse an alphabetical
list", select "subject" and enter:
Corporations -- United States -- Finance -- Directories
- or -
Finance -- United States -- Directories
Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
Reference 2nd Floor - Index Table 5B
HG 4057.A4465
Address, officer and brief financial information in both tabular and listing
format. Also includes company listings by industry.
[go to top]
COMPANY PROFILES/ANALYSIS
Note: Can include opinion, forecast information, discussion of marketing or management initiatives.
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
ABI/Inform
Database provides in-depth articles from a wide variety of trade and scholarly
journals. Can use classification code 9110: case history -- e.g.: co(microsoft)
and cc(9110) -- or subject categories (Click top right tab entitled "Search
Guide" and select either "Classification Codes" or "Subjects
(thesaurus)" to determine appropriate codes or terms). Select "Guided
Search" option from "Search Methods" tab on top left side
of screen. Type company name and select "Company/Org" field. Type
subject term in second line and select "Subject" field.
Business
and Company Resource Center
Search by company name for financials, news, analyst reports or histories.
Business
Source Premier
Database containing full text articles from academic, business and trade journals.
Type company name and select "CO company entity" field from drop
down menu.Type additional term(s) and select appropriate fields.
Euromonitor
MRM
Database of market research reports. Reports are listed either geographically
(scope is international) or by industry/product category. Reports focus on
consumer industries and the marketing of the product including channels of
distribution, brand information, consumer demographics and buying habits. Reports
contain analysis of major companies/brands within industry and also include
forecasting information. Click "major Market Profiles"; select either
country or industry from drop down menu. Select individual report.
Factiva
Search for in-depth articles using the company code (can be retrieved from
code search box on right side of screen). Can also search for in-depth company
articles by specifying size of article (for example: "wp>500" retrieves
articles longer than 500 words) and for articles that discuss a company rather
than just mention it (for example "atleast5 microsoft" retrieves
articles that cite the company at least five times within each article).
Subject codes can be searched in the code search box on the right side of
the screen as well. Click "add to search" and include and, or,
not between terms or codes. Also: Select "Companies/Markets" from
top gray tab. Select "Financial Snapshot" or "Financial
Snapshot plus profile" under "Reports" or "Latest Trade
Articles" for recent in-depth articles.
Investext
Plus
Search by terms or company names (or both!) for financial analyst reports.
Very comprehensive. Focus of reports is the financial analysis of the company
and often provides some forecast and estimate information.
Lexis/Nexis
Choose Business News or Industry/Market section of "Business" on
left hand side of screen. Use Guided search option and select "headline,
lead paragraph, terms" or "company name" fields. Look for more
detailed and in-depth articles from trade press or news sources by indicating
size of article (e.g., "length>500" retrieves articles longer
that 500 words). Look for articles about a company rather that those that mention
the company by searching for articles with multiple mentions of the company
(e.g., "atleast5(Microsoft)" retrieves articles that contain the
word Microsoft at least five times).
Standard
and Poor's Netadvantage
Select "Stock Reports". Provide up to date analyses of companies.
Value
Line
(Available in print at 2nd floor reserve desk). One page financial analysis
of companies. Updated frequently. Provides some financial forecast data.
PRINT SOURCES
Books on Brands, Company or Industry Histories
Use CUNY+, type company name and select "subject". Alternatively,
type industry name and select "subject". Examples:
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Tire industry -- United States -- History
Rubber industry and trade -- United States -- History
(See Also Brand Information)
Credit Week
(Filed under "C" on third floor)
Standard and Poor's publication providing up to date information and financial
analysis of a variety of companies.
International Directory of Company Histories
Reference 2nd Floor
HD2721.I54
Comprehensive directory updated regularly that provides detailed histories
of a wide variety of companies.
Mergent Manuals
Reference 2nd Floor - Index Table 5B
Value
Line
(Available in print at 2nd floor reserve desk).
One page financial analysis of companies. Updated frequently. Provides some
financial forecast data.
[go to top]
COMPANY NEWS
Note: For information that changes over time -- e.g. market share, new initiatives, etc. -- or announcements of corporate or capital change, (e.g., mergers, stock splits, senior officer changes, new product announcements, etc.)
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
Business
Source Premier
Database containing full text articles from academic, business and trade journals.
Type company name and select "CO company entity" field from drop
down menu. Type additional term(s) and select appropriate fields.
Capital
Changes Reporter (Part of CCH Business and Finance)
(Also available as a loose-leaf service in Reference 2nd floor: HG 4061.C36;
see below.)
Detailed A-Z company listings of changes (stock splits, mergers, acquisitions,
divestitures, etc.). Select "Capital Changes -- News" on database
for up-to-date announcements of corporate changes.
Factiva
Extremely comprehensive news database. Scope is international. Search for news
using the company code (can be retrieved from code search box on right side
of screen). "and" company code with truncated news term (e.g. merg$
or merger, merging, merged, etc.) or with a subject code retrieved from code
search box on right. Retrieves articles from local, national and foreign
sources including newswires, newspapers, trade and business journals and
newsletters.
Thomson
Research (formerly Global Access)
Search announcements of merger or acquisition news in 13D or 14D filings and
other major "material events" in 8K filings.
Lexis/Nexis ("Business/Business
News" or "Business" or "Industry and Markets")
Choose "Business News" (for articles on mergers or acquisitions,
finance or other news) or the "Industry/Market" section of "Business" on
left hand side of screen. (for a rich selection of articles from the trade
press and news sources). Select "guided search" tab on top of screen.
Type company name and choose "headline or lead paragraph" segment.
Type term describing news item and truncate to allow for variation in term
(e.g., merg! for merger, merge, merged, merging, etc.) Database includes coverage
from newspapers, newsletters, trade and business magazines and newswires from
around the world.
| Finding Company News in Lexis/Nexis | |
| for: | Go to: |
| Announcements of merger and acquisition news | Business -- SEC Filings, then "Williams Act Filings" or other material events in "8Ks" |
| News about smaller local companies | News -- U.S. News and search regional or local press |
| News about non-U.S. companies or U.S. company ventures | News -- World News and search foreign press abroad |
Mergent
News Reports
Search for company announcements of major corporate events.
Mergent
Online
Containing extracts of SEC filings and basic corporate data. Contains listing
of major corporate events and history.
Regional
Business News
Especially useful for regional or local coverage of companies.
SDC
Reference Desk 2nd Floor
Database providing details of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and similar
corporate transactions. Can search by parameter for listing of comparable companies
(e.g., merger deals valued over $500 million in the food business since 1995)
or for specific deals.
Standard
and Poors Netadvantage
Several sources in this database collection of S&P data provide information
on stock splits, corporate change and material events. Click on "Register" or "Corporation
Records".
PRINT SOURCES
Capital
Changes Reporter (Part of CCH Business and Finance)
(Also available online; see above)
Detailed A-Z company listings of changes (stock splits, mergers, acquisitions,
divestitures, etc.). Select "Capital Changes -- News" on database
for up to date announcements of corporate changes.
Company Indexes
These appear in daily newspapers and weekly/monthly business magazines (e.g.,
Forbes, Fortune, BusinessWeek etc.) allow quick perusal for company news.
[go to top]
MARKET SHARE DATA
ABI/Inform
Choose "Guided Search" option under "search" on top of
screen; type [company name] and select company/organization field from drop
down menu; and type "market w/5 share" in second text box (without
quotes).
Advertising Age Web Site
Select "Data Center" then "100 Leading National Advertisers".
Choose most recent year to retrieve market share charts listed by selected
product categories.
Euromonitor
MRM
Database of market research reports. Reports are listed either geographically
(scope is international) or by industry/product category. Reports focus on
consumer industries and the marketing of the product including channels of
distribution, brand information, consumer demographics and habits. Reports
contain analysis of major companies/brands within industry and also include
forecasting information. Click "major Market Profiles"; select either
country or industry from drop down menu. Select individual report. Select product
report and then the section on corporations for market share.
Factiva
Type the company name in the search box on right side for company code; select
code and click "add to search". Type "and market near5 share"
Hoovers
Company profiles often contain discussion of company or brand share.
Lexis/Nexis ("Business
news" or "Industry/Market")
Choose "Guided Search Tab" on top of screen; type company name on
top line; "market w/5 share" in "other terms" line)
Standard
and Poor's Netadvantage (Industry Surveys)
Choose major industry. Industry chapters discuss product segments within larger
industries and provide market share for major companies within those segments.
PRINT SOURCES
Advertising Age
Periodicals Desk 3rd Floor
September issue entitled "100 Leading National Advertisers" contains
market share for major product categories.
Market Share Reporter
Reference Desk 2nd Floor
HD7257 .15 .W67
Index to journal articles. Products are listed alphabetically and article citations
follow. Cited articles tend to be out-of-date and cannot be updated.
Trade Journal Special Issues - Check Directory of Business Periodical Special
Issues
Reference Desk 2nd Floor
Z 7164.C81.D47 1995
Fairly comprehensive listing by industry, of trade journal special issues and
date of publication. Newman Library has an excellent collection of trade journals
in print. Several databases contain the full text and sometimes image (see
above - ABI/Inform)
of still hundreds more. Special issues often contain in-depth and comprehensive
industry profiles complete with discussions of consumer spending, market share,
legislative issues, merger activity etc. See also, various retail trade journal
special issues ("Supermarket Business", "Discount Store News",
etc.) for overviews of product categories sold in those kinds of outlets.
[go to top]
- FINANCIALS -
PUBLIC COMPANIES
SEC FILINGS/ANNUAL REPORTS
Note: All public companies are required to file a variety of reports with the SEC each year.
10K Wizard (Tenkwizard.com)
A free website allowing some searching by industry, terms and report type (e.g.,
10K, etc.). Registration required. for full service.
Annual Report Gallery
Annual reports and financial statements available for a large selection of
domestic and international companies.
Annual Report
Service
Registration required. Access to a large selection of companies.
Factiva
Select "Companies/Markets" from top gray tab. Type in company
name or ticker symbol. Scroll down page and click "SEC filings" under "additional
links" on left hand side of screen.
Free Edgar
Simple, straightforward. Company profiles, indexed SEC filings, today's filings
and ability to create a watchlist of filings. Registration required.
Lexis/Nexis -- "Business", then "SEC filings and reports."
Mergent
Online
(Formerly FIS Online), provides extracts of filings
SEC EDGAR
This is the Security and Exchange Commission's Website and allows for searches.
Thomson
Research (formerly Global Access)
Enormous database of current and historical company filings. Many variables
for searching and variety of download options (MS Word, Excel).
United States Federal (or state) Regulatory Agencies
All companies within regulated industries (e.g., banks, utilities, airlines,
trucking companies, telephone companies, broadcasters, insurance, etc.) must
file reports with the appropriate agency. Many of these reports contain detailed
financial information. (e.g., Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal
Communications Commission, Federal Reserve, Federal
Financial Institutions Examination Council, Department of Transportation
(see the Transporation
Database), State
Insurance Commissions (list provided by ambest.com), etc.
PRINT SOURCES
Annual Reports -- Fortune 500 companies
Display Shelves 3rd Floor
Mergent Manuals
Index Tables 5B
HG4907.M68
Extracts of filings.
PRIVATE COMPANIES
(sources also applicable to public companies)
Note: Public and private company information is often available through the individual company's Web site.
Special Issues of Trade Journals:
Many trade journals publish company rankings within the industries they cover.
These rankings include both public and private companies. The reference
desk carries Special Issues indexes. Checking under the industry, one
can find trade journal names and a description of the special issues including:
Directory of Business Periodical Special Issues
Reference Desk 2nd Floor
Z7164 .C81 .D47 1995
Publications Ranking
Top Private Companies
Forbes 500 Largest
Private Companies (Forbes 500) and The
Inc 500. Contains listings of company rankings.
Corporate Directories
(see Basic
Sources)
Top 100 Advertisers
(Advertising Age)
September Special Issue. Official title: 100 Leading National Advertisers
Hoovers
Directories
(also available on Lexis/Nexis)
[go to top]
MANAGEMENT
Note: Includes Human Resource information
ELECTRONIC SOURCES:
ABI/Inform
Choose "guided search" option under "search" on top of
screen.Use Classification codes cc(####):
- 2500 (Organizational behavior/operations research),
- 6000 Human Resource Management,
- 6100 Human resource planning,
- 6200 Training & development,
- 6300 Labor relations,
- 6400 Employee benefits & compensation,
- 6500 Employee problems
You can also use the "Search Guide" to look up classification codes or thesaurus terms.
Business
Source Premier
Use thesaurus to look up subject category term used in database.
Emerald
Collection of online journals, some on management, with search capabilities.
Factiva
Type "management" (without quotes) in box under "Look up a Factiva
code"; Check box entitled "exclude companies". Scroll down results
for "subject" category listings. Select appropriate broad category
and click "add to search". Use same method for "human resources".
[go to top]
STOCK / BOND PRICES
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
Bonds Online
Comprehensive site containing articles and analysis of corporate, treasury
and municipal bonds. Site contains some bond quotes and ability to search
for bonds by a variety of parameters.
Factiva
Select "Companies/Markets" from top gray tab. Current quote appears
(15 minute delay) on top of screen.
Market Guide
Registration required. A great deal of corporate information is available through
this web site including quotes, profiles, ratios, etc.
Morningstar
- Library edition
Morningstar provides in-depth financial information and access to Morningstar
analyst opinions and recommendations for 1,000 stocks and 2,000 mutual funds,
in real time.
Silicon Investor
Current and historical prices available.
Standard
and Poors Netadvantage
Stock Guide and Bond Guide Monthly and annual prices
Stock
Sites on the Web
Thorough (though not updated) chart describing, comparing and providing links
to stock quote web sites. Compiled and designed by the Foster Business Library
at the University of Washington.
Whartons
Trade and Quote Database (NYSE TAQ)
"The Trade and Quote (TAQ) database contains intraday transactions data
(trades and quotes) for all securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) and American Stock Exchange (AMEX), as well as Nasdaq National Market
System (NMS) and SmallCap issues."
Yahoo Finance
Includes current and historical quotes.
PRINT SOURCES
Barrons (Weekly)
Periodicals Desk 3rd floor
Daily Newspapers (Daily)
Periodicals Desk 3rd floor
Standard and Poor's Daily Stock Price Record (daily / historical)
Reference 2nd Floor
HG 4915. S665
Listing of daily stock prices.
[go to top]
BRAND INFORMATION
ELECTRONIC SOURCES
ABI/Inform
Choose "guided search" option under "search" on top of
screen.Use Classification codes cc(####):
- 2400 Public Relations;
- 7000 Marketing;
- 7100 Market research;
- 7200 Advertising;
- 7300 Sales & selling;
- 7400 Distribution;
- 7500 Product planning & development
You can also use subject categories such as: brands, branding, co-branding, repositioning, brand equity, brand value, product image, market positioning, loyalty. Click on "browse lists" for additional thesaurus terms. Type in subject/thesaurus term and choose "subject" from the drop down field menu.
Ad*Access (Duke
Scriptorium)
Access to Duke University's archive of older print ads.
Adbrands.net
Site contains brands and company profiles.
Advertisers/Advertising Agencies
Online
Very comprehensive directory of consumer brands and their advertising agencies
Choices
II (Simmons) -- CD-ROM
Provides current statistical data from the Target Group Index, an annual survey
of 25,000 adults for marketing, advertising, communications, and economic research.
Multi-media Class/brand $ (CMR/LNA)
Reference Desk 2nd Floor -- CD-Rom (Ask a reference librarian)
Euromonitor
MRM
Database of market research reports. Reports are listed either geographically
(scope is international) or by industry/product category. Reports focus on
consumer industries and the marketing of the product including channels of
distribution, brand information, consumer demographics and habits. Reports
contain analysis of major companies/brands within industry and also include
forecasting information. Click "Major Market Profiles"; select either
country or industry from drop down menu. Select individual report. Select product
report and then the section on corporations for market share and brand information.
Factiva
Search using brand name in headline or lead paragraph (hlp=) e.g. :
hlp=windex
Lexis/Nexis (Business
news or Industry/Market)
Choose "Guided Search Tab" on top of screen; type brand name in first
box and select "headline/lead paragraph" field. Select appropriate
industry if using Industry/Market library.
PRINT SOURCES
Cleary, David Powers.
Great American brands: the success formulas that made them famous.
New York : Fairchild Publications, c1981
HF5415.15 .C546
Classic reference source of famous brands and their marketing strategies.
CMR/Leading National Advertisers Class/Brand Year-to-date
HF 5813.U6 L45
Dalrymple, Douglas, J.
Marketing Management: Text and Cases (6th Ed.)
Wiley 1995
HF5415.13 .D32 1995
Statistical source containing company and brand advertising expenditures.
Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns.
Detroit: Gale Group, c2000
Reference 2nd Floor
HF 5837 .E53 2000
Hambleton, Ronda.
The Branding of America: from Levi Strauss to Chrysler, from Westinghouse to
Gillette, the Forgotten Fathers of America's Best Known Brand Names
Yankee Books 1987
HF1040.8 .H36 1987
Kerin, Roger. A.
Strategic Marketing Problems: Cases and Comments (8th Ed.)
Prentice Hall 1998
HF5415.135.K47 1998
McGrath, Molly Wade.
Top sellers, U.S.A.: success stories behind America's best- selling products
from Alka-Seltzer to Zippo.
New York: Morrow, 1983
Reference 2nd Floor
HF1042 .M33 1983
Percy, Larry.
Marketing Research that Pays Off. Case Histories of Marketing Research Leading
to Success in the Marketplace.
Haworth Press 1997
HF 5415.2.M3584 1997
Superbrands -- Adweek (America's top 2,000 brands)
[New York : A/S/M Communications], 1990-
Reference 2nd Floor
HF 5801 .S77
[go to top]
peggy teich
created 3/9/2003 - updated 3/15/2003