Selected Websites - Company Research

Guide for U. S. Company Research and Guide for International Company Research in the Watson Library

Use these as starting points supplemented by selected Internet Resources below.

Annual Report Gallery

This site provides access to free annual reports in PDF format.

Annual Reports (Investor Relations Information Network)

Company annual reports. Full text with graphics (Adobe Acrobat required). Also, request free printed annual reports for many companies via E-mail.

Annual Reports Library

The Library contains over 1.45 million original copies of Annual Reports (and proxies) from corporations, foundations, banks, mutual funds and public institutions located around the world. This is a for fee service, but the site also has a useful collection of links to other annual report sites.

CEO Express

A great collection of resources for doing business/company research; includes lists of companies, news, more.

Corporate Information

Organized by company name, ticker symbol, or country, this site collects sites for researching publicly-traded or privately-held, foreign or domestic companies. Information is also organized by U.S. industry sector.

Forbes 500

Articles and investor information from Forbes magazine. Forbes lists can be browsed or search by company name.

Fortune 500

Articles, investor and career information from Fortune magazine. Must of this site is restricted to subscribers, including the Fortune lists.

Hoover's Online

Features Masterlist Plus company database.

Kompass

International in scope, Kompass provides access to company and product information.

Public Register's Annual Report Service

Searchable by industry or alphabetically by company name, this service provides free access to annual reports via an online order form. Free to US addresses only.

The Security Exchange Commission's Guide to SEC Filings

An explanation of each type of Form.

Securities and Exchange Commission

This site links to the EDGAR database of of SEC filings.

World-Wide Databank of Annual Reports

Maintained by the Investor Relations Information Network (IRIN) this site contains more than 9,700 current and historical annual reports available for viewing and printing. In addition to providing free access to electronic annual reports, IRIN offers other information, including company statistics and third-party data, as well as a library of Web sites.