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Where to Find # 1

COMPANY INFORMATION

I. FOR A U.S. COMPANY

(For foreign companies, see Section II.)

1. Determine whether the U.S. company is PUBLIC, PRIVATE, or a SUBSIDIARY of a public company. The directories below will list the stock exchange and ticker symbol for a company that is publicly traded. If not found, the company may be private or a subsidiary. [See Directory of Corporate Affiliations "Who Owns Whom" Master Index - Alphabetical Index (RD)].

2. If the company is PUBLIC, you can obtain the following:

1. General Directory Information
   • Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations (RD)
   • Million Dollar Directory - D&B (RD; Also HP)
   • Directory of Corporate Affiliations - U.S. Public Companies (RD)
   • Special industry directories, e.g. CorpTech (ask at RD; Also CD)
   • Hoover's Handbook of American Business (RD; Also HP)
   • Directories from Lippincott's Homepage (HP)-> Business Reference-> Directories
   
   
2. Company Financials
   • Standard & Poor's Corporation Records (SS)
   • Moody's (Mergent) Manuals (Industrial, Bank & Finance, OTC, etc.) (SS)
     
   • Compact D SEC (CD)
   • Dow Jones Interactive (HP)
   • EDGAR SEC Filings (HP) From Lippincott's Homepage (HP)->
     Business Websites by Subject-> Finance & Investment-> Corporate Financial Reports. Also, see other Websites for financial filings.
   • Global Access (HP)
   • See also related handout, Lippincott's Where to Find #2, Corporate Collection.
   
   
3. Investment Analysis/Services
   • FirstCall (ON)
   • Investext (HP)
   • Multex (HP)
   • Value Line (RD); also (CD)
   • Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys (PER)
   • Standard & Poor's Industry Reports (SS)
   • Standard & Poor's Stock Reports (SS)
4. Journal and Newspaper Articles
   • ABI/Inform, Business & Industry, Business Source Premier, Dow Jones, LexisNexis (All HP)

3. If the company is PRIVATE or is a SUBSIDIARY of a public company, you can obtain the following:

1. General Directory Information
   • Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations (RD)
   • Million Dollar Directory (RD; Also HP)
   • Directory of Corporate Affiliations - U.S. Public & U.S. Private (RD)
   • Standard Directory of Advertisers (RD)
   • Special industry directories (ask at RD)
   • Thomas Register (RS); also from Lippincott's Homepage (HP) ->
     Business Reference-> Directories.
   • Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies (RD; Also HP)
   • Directories from Lippincott's Homepage (HP)-> Business Reference-> Directories
   
   
2. Journal and Newspaper Articles (May include some financial information or details of company operations)
   • ABI/Inform, Business & Industry, Business Source Premier, Dow Jones, Lexis/Nexis (All HP)

II. FOR FOREIGN COMPANIES

(See also related handout, Lippincott's Research Guide #7, Foreign Companies).

1. Determine whether the company is PUBLIC, PRIVATE or a SUBSIDIARY of a public company. Use directories listed below, or the Directory of Corporate Affiliations "Who Owns Whom" - Master Index - Alphabetical Index (RD).

2. For PUBLIC or PRIVATE companies:

1. General Directory Information
   • Directory of Corporate Affiliations - International (RD)
   • Principal International Businesses (RD)
   • D&B Europa, Asia's 7500 Largest Companies, etc. (RD)
   • World Business Directory (RD)
   • Hoover's Handbook of World Business (RD; Also HP)
   
   
2. Journal and Newspaper Articles
   • ABI/Inform, Business & Industry, Business Source Premier, Dow Jones, Lexis/Nexis (All HP)

3. For PUBLIC companies only -- Financials and Analysis:

• Moody's International Manual (SS) Also available on Compact D/Worldscope (CD)
• Global Access (HP)

*See also related handout, Lippincott's Where to Find #2, Corporate Collection.

III. FOR COMPANIES IN AN INDUSTRY OR GEOGRAPHIC REGION

1. Most directories listed above contain indexes listing companies by industry and geography.

2. Investment analysis/services like Value Line and S&P Industry Reports provide industry information and lists of companies within each industry (public companies only).

3. NOTE: Electronic databases are best for screening companies by industry and/or geography. Use D & B's Million Dollar Directory (HP) or Hoover's Online (HP)

IV. COMPANY HISTORIES

1. Corporate histories of major companies are held by Lippincott Library. Check the following sources:

1. Search FRANKLIN, the Library's online catalog, using the company name as a subject or keyword
2. The International Directory of Company Histories
   HD 2721 I58 (RS)
3. Hoover's Handbooks (RD) and Moody's Manuals (SS) contain short histories
4. Notable Corporate Chronologies
   HD 4009 N68 (RD)
5. Dow Jones Interactive (HP)
6. Hoover's Online (HP)

V. COMPANY INFO ON THE WEB

1. Increasingly, company information is appearing on the World Wide Web.
Check the following:

• From Lippincott's Homepage (HP), choose Business Reference, then Directories
  
• Use Internet Search Engines. From Lippincott's Homepage (HP)-> drop-down list box, scroll down to Search Engines, choose one, and enter company's name
  
• Search Yahoo (HP) From Lippincott's Homepage (HP)-> Business Websites by Subject-> Business Cyberguides-> Yahoo - Business and Economy-> Directories, and continue
  

LOCATION CODES

HP = Accessible through Lippincott's Homepage: www.library.upenn.edu/lippincott
CD = CD-ROM database. Located in Class of 1956 Computer Reference Center.
ON = Commercial online service. Access only in Lippincott Library. Ask at Reference Desk.
RD = Reference Desk	ST = Stacks on the 3rd Floor	WRDS = Wharton Research Data Services
RS = Reference Stacks	PER = Periodicals	MT = Microtext
SS = Service Shelves	PC = Peck Collection	Restricted to Penn faculty, students and staff.

* Library keeps latest edition only; **Library keeps latest two only.

Prepared by Linda Eichler
Last update: Thursday, 08-Aug-2002 19:15:30 EDT
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