{"id":1160,"date":"2014-12-17T16:57:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T22:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2016-12-02T11:32:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T17:32:11","slug":"database-of-the-week-mergent-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/2014\/12\/17\/database-of-the-week-mergent-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Database of the Week: Mergent Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p>Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p><b>The database: <\/b>Mergent Online<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/12\/Mergent.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1161 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/12\/Mergent-300x160.png\" alt=\"Mergent\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/12\/Mergent-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/12\/Mergent-1024x547.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/12\/Mergent.png 1650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Where to find it: <\/b>You can find it <a href=\"http:\/\/proxy.lib.uiowa.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/www.mergentonline.com\/compsearch.asp\">here<\/a>, and under M in the databases <a title=\"Database A-Z list\" href=\"http:\/\/guides.lib.uiowa.edu\/az.php?a=m&amp;s=29833\" target=\"_blank\">A-Z list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Use it to find<\/b><b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Company information on both public and big private companies<\/li>\n<li>Business summary information &#8211; history, properties, subsidiaries, long-term debt, capital stock, business segments<\/li>\n<li>Executive information<\/li>\n<li>Ownership information<\/li>\n<li>Equity pricing and reports<\/li>\n<li>Access to company news<\/li>\n<li>List of company competitors<\/li>\n<li>Quick access to Annual Reports and other SEC filings<\/li>\n<li>Industry reports: automotive, banking, food &amp; beverage, heavy construction, insurance, media, , pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, healthcare, oil &amp; gas, retail, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Company News<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/12\/Mergent2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1163 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/12\/Mergent2-300x160.png\" alt=\"Mergent2\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/12\/Mergent2-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/12\/Mergent2-1024x548.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/files\/2014\/12\/Mergent2.png 1659w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<b>Tips for searching:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Search by company name or ticker symbol<\/li>\n<li>Use the &#8220;Advanced Search&#8221; to search fro companies by: state, city, zip code, year incorporated, number of employees, number of shareholders, auditor, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Use the tabs across the top to do a: executive search, government filings search, report search, ownership search or bond search<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Take a look at our tutorials below:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AyKAVM9ORwk<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vXt9C794DcI<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jmNkmXmZoSk<\/p>\n<p>Want help using Mergent ? Contact <a href=\"mailto:willow-fuchs@uiowa.edu\">Willow<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:kimberly-bloedel@uiowa.edu\">Kim<\/a> and set up an appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week we will highlight one of the many databases we have here at the Pomerantz Business Library. The database: Mergent Online Where to find it: You can find it here, and under M in the databases A-Z list. Use it to find: Company information on both public and big private companies Business summary information<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/2014\/12\/17\/database-of-the-week-mergent-online\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Database of the Week: Mergent Online&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[24,20,41,27,37,15,18],"syndication":[66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1167,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions\/1167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}