Is your company publicly or privately held?
Is your company a parent company or a subsidiary company?
How did the company that you are researching perform last year?
Where does this company fall within the industry?
Where does this company fall within the industry?
Are you looking for recent stock quotes? Several Web sites provide free quotes.
What new developments is your company involved in?
Brokerage house reports can also be a good source of information on specific companies and industries.
Who is leading your company?
A complete listing of all databases referenced in this tutorial
A complete listing of all print resources referenced in this tutorial
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Welcome to the Penn State Business Library's
"Locating Company Information" Tutorial!
 
This tutorial will allow you to perform an analysis of a specific company using specially focused questions and a variety of databases.
Work your way through the tutorial by clicking on the bulleted items at the left from top to bottom or use the "Forward" arrow. The "Forward" and "Backward" arrows on each page allow you to retrace your steps and review material or move forward through the tutorial.
Each section of this tutorial provides a direct link to one or more searchable databases best suited to that section's particular information needs. If you have questions about using the database(s), simply click on the "How To Use..." button for an example search.
Some areas of this tutorial also feature a listing of print sources (with call numbers) to supplement your search; simply click on the "Print Resources" button to access these listings.
For your convenience you may access a handy collection of all the databases featured in this tutorial by clicking on "Quick Access Database Collection." Similarly, you will find a listing (with call numbers) of all print resources mentioned in this tutorial by clicking on the "Quick Access Print Collection."
 
This tutorial requires Flash Player 6.0. You can download it here.
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