Elizabeth Stephan Librarian for the College of Business and Economics
CBE Reference hours:
CBE Office PH45/45B
Oct 13 - Dec 2
Tuesday 1:30-3:30
Wednesday 9:30-11:30
Library Office:
Haggard Hall 226
Phone: 360-650-2061
Email: Elizabeth Stephan
AOL IM: buslibrarian
Facebook: Elizabeth Stephan
Find Books and more in our Library Use the Library Catalog to locate materials within our collection. The Library Catalog provides location, call number and bibliographic information for the books, journals, newspapers, selected government documents, microforms and other media, as well as online or electronic resources owned or accessed by the Western Libraries.
Subject Headings
Books and other resources can be found in the Western Library catalog or the Summit catalog by searching by subject. Please use the following Library of Congress subject headings:
You will only find articles about annual reports, financial statements or 10K's. However these articles often offer analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of a company's financial standing.
Compustat (CD-ROM) / Standard & Poor's • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HG 4082 .A1 C67 Available in the Reference Collection in the Libraries and at the College of Economics and Business, Parks Hall 210. Use is limited to WWU Students, Faculty and Staff Only.
• Check Catalog Compustat contains 20 years of annual and quarterly income statements and balance sheet data on more than 11,000 North American companies.
Mergent Online / Mergent Mergent provides financial information on publicly traded US and international companies. Contains current and historical financial going back fifteen years. Includes SEC filings including 10Ks, proxies, insider trading information, and more. Mergent does not contain information on private or defunct companies. Limited to three concurrent users; if you are denied access, try again in a few minutes. Please log out when done.
Research Insight (CD-ROM) / Standard and Poor's • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HG4082.A1 S73
• Check Catalog This database provides financial data and company reports, performance graphs, and text documents. Data are compiled from companies annual and quarterly shareholders' reports, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 10K and 10Q reports, news services, and direct company contact. This database is also available at the College of Economics and Business, Parks Hall 210. Use is limited to WWU Students, Faculty and Staff.
Annual Report Gallery / AnnualReports.com ARG provides A-to-Z links to annual reports on the Web, plus company data from Zacks Investment Research and links to corporate sites. Reports can be searched by company or industry.
CAROL (Company Annual Reports Online) / CAROL Ltd CAROL is an online service offering direct links to financial pages of listed companies in Europe and the USA. There is also link to the top 100 stock prices and to various stock exchanges. Free registration is required.
International Annual Reports
CAROL (Company Annual Reports Online) / CAROL Ltd CAROL is an online service offering direct links to financial pages of listed companies in Europe and the USA. There is also link to the top 100 stock prices and to various stock exchanges. Free registration is required.
United States Securities and Exchange Commission / United States Securities and Exchange Commission Provides information on US publicly traded companies. Site also details regulatory information, including background on rulemaking and enforcement. Includes the EDGAR database and tips for investors in regard to the Internet. Note: SEC's EDGAR database requires all companies, foreign and domestic, to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. It has a delay on the release of filing data which ranges from 24-48 hours. The prospectus and proxy filings often contain information on market share and market size.
Financial Statements
Financial and business statements / Friedlob, G. Thomas. • Location: Haggard 2 -Reference HF5681.B2 F7725 1991
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Hoover's.com / Hoovers Background information and financial data on public and private companies. This site includes links to Web sites, a register of thousands of companies on the Web and a directory of more than 50,000 public and private world-wide companies. It also includes quotes, stock charts, financials, key officers and competitors, press releases and Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Hoover's Online is searchable by company name, ticker symbol, keyword or last name. Not all the information is free of charge.
Mergent Online / Mergent Mergent provides financial information on publicly traded US and international companies. Contains current and historical financial going back fifteen years. Includes SEC filings including 10Ks, proxies, insider trading information, and more. Mergent does not contain information on private or defunct companies. Limited to three concurrent users; if you are denied access, try again in a few minutes. Please log out when done.
Shibui Markets / ShibuiMarkets, LLC Input your company name. It will display basic financials for each company that is publicly traded. It provides 3 years of comparison.
