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Annual Reports

Annual Report Collections
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Databases

Mgmt & Econ Library Annual Reports Collection

    List of company annual reports held by the Krannert Library,some of which are in the Hicks Repository. Searchable by company name,industry and SIC Code. Available in Company Records room in M&E Library

Company Annual Reports On-Line: CAROL

    CAROL is an on-line service offering direct links to the financial pages of listed companies in Europe and the USA. Free registration is necessary.

Disclosure Select

    Scanned historic full-image and EDGAR ASCII text documents of publicly traded company filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Also includes the filings of more than 7,300 foreign companies.  Available on Workstation #21.

GuideStar

    National database of nonprofit organizations. GuideStar generates and distributes extensive programmatic and financial information about more than 850,000 American charitable nonprofit organizations.

IRIN: Investor Relations Information Network

    9,800 current and historic annual reports. Registration is an option for additional services.

Lexis-Nexis Academic - Accounting

    Academic Universe, LEXIS®-NEXIS®, is a full text database containing primarily legal, business, and newspaper sources.  The Accounting & Tax sections allow for searching the full-text of the FASB, GASB, and other standards.  Also available are the full-text of numerous accounting and tax journals and access to U.S. IRS Bulletins and U.S. Treasury Regulations.

MergentOnline

    MergentOnline gives you immediate access to a fully searchable database of more than 10,000 NYSE, AMEX, and Nasdaq exchange companies, including real-time (and archived to 1993)EDGAR(r) (SEC) filings. Contains similar data as the Moody's Manuals.

The Public Register's Annual Report Service: PRARS

    A large, free directory of online annual reports available on the web. 4,500 annual reports

The Report Gallery

    A large free directory of online annual reports on the web. 2,200 annual reports.

Thomson Research (formerly Disclosure Global Access)

    U.S. and International public company financial data including information from annual reports, 10-K's and 10-Q's, company tearsheets, proxies, and other financial filing documents
Wall Street Journal Annual Report Service
    Free annual report service. Registration is required.

World Big Company Annual Reports

    A selected list of large companies annual reports.

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Resources

National Investor Relations Institute

    NIRI is a professional association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, the investing public and the financial community.

Sid Cato Annual Report Newsletter

    An industry monitor on corporate annual reports.  Information available includes a checklist for good and bad annual reports; critiques of annual reports; and general annual report news.

Tips For Creating a Good Annual Report
Tips for Reading an Annual Report

Notes about Non-Profit, Charity, and Other Types of Annual Reports

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Last update: March 10, 2008

Prepared by: Hal P. Kirkwood Jr. kirkwood@purdue.edu