To locate company data search the following databases:

• Mergent Online - the professional research tool that tracks more U.S. and International Companies than any other database. Our subscription includes:
• Datamonitor Company Profiles from EBSCOhost: Business Source Premier
  Once connected to Business Source Premier, click on the Company Profiles button in the toolbar.

To locate articles and news stories about specific companies, search the following databases:

• ABI/INFORM Complete (ProQuest)
• Business Source Premier
• ProQuest Newspapers (includes the Wall Street Journal)
• Wall Street Journal (1984 to current)
• New York Times - Historical Edition ( Coverage from 1850's to 1980's)

• LexisNexis Academic select: Business
• Regional Business News

Web Sites which have annual reports and company financials:

• Annual Report Gallery This site links to home pages and annual reports of more than 2,200 companies traded on the U.S. stock exchanges.
• Edgar Database of Corporate Information EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Its primary purpose is to increase the efficiency and fairness of the securities market for the benefit of investors, corporations, and the economy by accelerating the receipt, acceptance, dissemination, and analysis of time-sensitive corporate information filed with the agency.
• Fortune 500 This Fortune Magazine site has many fine features, including company capsules, links to corporate web pages, and industry comparison spreadsheets. One problem that you may encounter is that some of the spreadsheets are too wide to print, even in landscape. Downloading the database is possible, but requires a personal credit card and a large expenditure.
• WEB100 The Web100 tracks the largest American and international on the Web (ranked by revenue), listing these corporate giants along with their Fortune® 500 and Global 500 rankings. As the most-comprehensive index to the Web sites of only the world's largest businesses, the Web100 is a valuable resource for business analysts, investors, and anybody else interested in Big Business on the Web.
• BigCharts Our BigCharts sites are the world's most comprehensive and easy-to-use online charting and investment research Web sites providing access to interactive charts, quotes, reports, and indicators on over 50,000 stocks, mutual funds and market indexes.