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Welcome to Database of the Week.\u00a0 This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know.\u00a0 These weekly snapshots will have only basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources, and hopefully tempt you to explore.\u00a0 Feedback is always welcome.\u00a0 If you have a suggestion for a database or research topic that should be covered, please let us know.<\/span><\/p>\n This Week\u2019s Database: <\/span><\/b>\u00a0LexisNexis Company Dossier, <\/i>from LexisNexis, Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n Find it:<\/span><\/b> www.lib.purdue.edu\/libraries\/mgmt<\/a>, under the column Collections<\/b> on the left, click on List of Business Databases. <\/span><\/p>\n Description\/focus:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 LexisNexis Company Dossier<\/i> provides company information.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n Try this:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 If you are looking for a private company, enter the company name and LexisNexis Company Dossier<\/i> will give you a list of guesses.\u00a0 Try, for example, Hallmark to find information about the greeting card company.\u00a0 The name search strategy will also work for a publicly traded company, but it is more efficient to search by ticker. \u00a0Click here <\/a>to see a short tutorial on searching LexisNexis Company Dossier<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n Why faculty should know this database:\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>The links in the left column of the company Snapshot<\/i> include Mergers & Acquisitions, SEC filings, and Investment Research Reports.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n Why students should know this database:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0 Stock Quotes and Charts can be customized to include historical information, and the Financials Overview includes ratio analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n Tags<\/span><\/b>: companies, financials, mergers & acquisitions, NAICS, news, private companies, SIC codes, ticker symbol<\/span><\/p>\n Cost:<\/b> LexisNexis Company Dossier<\/i> is part of LexisNexis Academic<\/i>, a subscription paid by the Libraries annually; for more information contact mdugan@purdue.edu<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n ——————————<\/span><\/p>\n Database of the Week comes to you from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics. If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact parrlib@purdue.edu<\/a>.\u00a0 Database of the Week is archived\u00a0 at https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/category\/MGMT\/<\/a>.\u00a0 For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (<\/span>@PurdueLibraries<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n