Selected Resources for the International Fellows Program

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For a Variety of Company Annual Report Information

Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis)
(Coverage dates vary by publication; most begin post-1980. This resource is available outside the Libraries only to students, faculty and staff of The Claremont Colleges.) Lexis-Nexis provides full text access to Annual Reports and 10-K's.

• For Annual Reports: In Business, under "SEC Filings and Reports", type the company name in the search box, then under "Source" select "SEC Annual Reports to Shareholders".

  Also try Hoovers Online. Annual reports can often be found at the Company Web site. To find the company web site, use Hoovers. Hoovers' has lots of good information about companies. Some links are subscription, but many are free. Hoovers can also be linked through ABI Inform.

• For 10-K's (Disclosure Reports):

  Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis)
  In Academic Universe, select Business then select "SEC Filings and Reports" . To Search for a report on a company, type the compnay name (for example, "Motorola") in the search space and then in "Source" select "SEC 10K Reports". Select the most recent report and display.

To Search Specific Databases for Information on Companies

To search for directory, general information articles and investment reports on a company

General Businessfile on InfoTrac Searchbank (1995-present. This resource is available outside the Libraries only to students, faculty and staff of The Claremont Colleges.)
Indexes both trade publications and academic journals in business, contains some full text articles.  The Investext segment of the database is comprised of selected full text company and industry investment reports written by analysts from  brokerage houses.

To Search for information on a company type: Motorola
Search for  Motorola Inc.
Select "Investment Reports about this Company"

What you will see:
What you will choose: **
                               Articles about this Company
                               Earnings
                               Financial Data
                               Management
                               Miscellaneous
                               Operations & Resources
                               People
                               Products & Technology
                               Sales & Marketing
                               Strategic Ventures
                           **Investment Reports about this Company
                               Subsidiaries' Profiles
                               SICs for this Company

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To Search for a Summary of Performance, Financial and Investment Information

Valueline Investment Survey Online   Valueline is an online version of the Valueline Investment Survey in paper. This resource provides graphs and charts of financial information on companies that sell stock. Includes many small market capitalization stocks. This database is available only in the search center of the Honnold/Mudd library where the password can be obtained from the librarian at the reference desk.
 

To find a particular company:

Use the index at the front of the loose-leaf notebook. Look up "Motorola" alphabetically, and note the section (section 7).
Find section 7 in the loose-leaf notebook: note the page number for "Motorola" and turn to the section.

Look at the chart to note stock performance over a time period.

For instructions on how to read "Value Line Investment Survey" there is a guide to using the Value Line Investment Survey called: "How to Invest in Common Stocks: The Complete Guide to Using the Value Line Investment Survey" and is a light blue notebook shelved next to the black Value Line Investment Survey loose-leaf volumes at the Information Desk.

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