Company Historical Research  Tags: business_and_economics company_history companies history  

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Annual Reports 1972-84: Contains corporate annual reports (over 48,000 reports) from 1972 to June 1984.

http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy2.library.uiuc.edu/us/lnacademic/search/

UrlApiShowSearch.do?sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&csi=12002

Annual Reports 1984-95: Contains corporate annual reports (over 80,000 reports) from 1984 to 1995.

http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy2.library.uiuc.edu/us/lnacademic/search/

UrlApiShowSearch.do?sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&csi=12263

"The annual report file includes portions of companies annual reports to shareholders, grouped by fiscal year, with balance sheets dated July 1, through June 30. The file provides financial statements, footnotes, auditor's opinion, material incorporated by reference and the management responsibility letter."

The University Libraries strive to provide as many resources via the web for your searching convenience at any place or whenever you would like to do research.

For simple searching, BEL (in conjuction with the Engineering Library) offers Business & Technology Quick Search. This is a good place to start when you aren't certain where to go first. It is best for looking for literature in the area Technology Management.

BEL also has Fast Answers, a database of frequently asked questions on a topic level. You can search the entire database or click on one of the areas of finance, accounting, economics, labor, companies, industries, etc and look at the lists of questions. NOTE: this is not the place to do a company search on a specific company. Instead, it is a tool which will lead you to sources on how to find information on companies.

For searching across a broad range of databases, go to the Library's Easy Search/Gateway page.

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