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Lexis-Nexis Information

Database Name
LexisNexis

Website
http://www.lexisnexis.com

Current Versions/Years Available
Real Time

Overview of the Data
LexisNexis provides researchers with access to business news from newspapers, magazines, journals, wires and transcripts, and industry and market news for more than 25 industries. Users can also access company financial reports and profiles, compare companies, and access SEC filings and reports. The following Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports can be searched by company name, SIC Code or Ticker Symbol:

• SEC 10-K Reports: Annual reports filed 90 days after the end of a company's fiscal year.
• SEC 10-Q Reports: Quarterly report filed for each of the first three quarters of a company's fiscal year.
• SEC 8-K Reports: A report of unscheduled material events or corporate changes deemed of importance to shareholders or to the SEC.
• SEC 20-F Reports: Filed annually by most foreign issuers six months after the end of their fiscal year.
• SEC Annual Reports to Shareholders: The principal document used by major corporations to communicate directly with their shareholders.
• SEC Filings - Proxy Statements: Proxy statements provide official notification to a company's shareholders of matters to be voted upon at the company's annual meeting.
• SEC Filings - Prospectuses: A document that must be made available to investors before the sale of any security is initiated.
• SEC Filings - Registration Statements: These are used to register securities before they are offered to investors and permit trading among investors.
• SEC Filings - Williams Act Filings: Forms which are submitted to provide disclosure for the purchase, by direct acquisition or tender offer, of substantial blocks of the securities of publicly held companies.

1. Go to the U of A Libraries All Databases Page at: http://www.library.arizona.edu/indexes/AllTitles.shtml and then Click on the letter "L."
   
   
2. Click on "LexisNexis Academic Universe."
   
   
3. Click on the "LexisNexis Academic Universe" Button at the top left.
   
   
4. Click on "Business" on the left hand side of the screen.