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• Business and company resource center

  
  

  Coverage:

  1980-
  Provides access to a wide variety of global business information, including company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and industry news and periodicals. Usage info: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users.Classroom Instruction (for training classes only)

• Compact D/SEC

  
  
  Mode of access: Available at the BIC (Business Information Center).
  Call Number:  BIC GEN Electronic
  

  Coverage:

  1988-Dec. 2001
  Provides business and financial information on public companies in the U.S. (domestic and foreign companies listed on national, regional and over-the-counter U.S. stock exchanges). Up to 15 years of annual and quarterly financial statement data from SEC filings as well as company-supplied Annual Reports to Shareholders and other publicly available reports. Usage info: Discs for 1988-1999 licensed for one simultaneous user for the set; 2000-2001 licensed for 5 simultaneous users.Guide to Database Elements, SEC Database (52 p.)

• Mergent online

  
  
  Successor to FIS online, provides access to fully searchable data on more than 10,000 companies on the NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq exchanges, including SEC filings and annual industry reports for Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. Replaces print products from Moody's (Mergent): Bank and Finance Manual, Transportation Manual, International Manual, Public Utility Manual, OTC Unlisted Manual, OTC manual. Access info: You must be using a PC and Internet Explorer or Netscape 6 or greater to use FIS/Mergent Online.Quick Reference Guide for Mergent Online

• Research insight (Standard & Poor's Compustat (Global))

  
  
  Contains fundamental financial and market information for approximately 15,000 industrial, insurance, banking and other financial service companies from 72 countries representing Europe, Asia, the Pacific Rim, the Americas, Africa, and the Middle East. Accompanied by various manuals, diskettes and quick reference cards including: Data guide. Shelved in BIC. Mode of access: Notre Dame server via web browser. Research Insight provides access to two underlying databases: Standard & Poor's Compustat (North America) and Standard & Poor's Compustat (Global). Users of Research Insight must select the desired content. Once within Research Insight, on the menu bar select "Databases", then select the "Default Database..." option. From the resulting pull down menu select "COMPUSTAT" for the North America content or "GLOBALVantage" for the Global content.

• Worldscope global

  
  

  Coverage:

  1993-2002 (May disc only for each year; content date may vary)
  Critical financial and business information on top publicly traded companies worldwide. A companion publication to Compact D/SEC which covers companies in the U.S. and Canada. Usage info: Licensed for five simultaneous users.Data Definitions Guide

(All Resources: 8 databases )

Other Companies Resources

Formats: Data, statistics and survey results

Subjects: Business (General) · Business, Accounting · Business, Finance · Business, Management · Business, Marketing · Economics · Engineering (General)

Research tools: Biographies · Directories · Indexes and abstracts