Guides: ANTH347 Anthropology of Corporations: Company Accounts & Financials

Annual Reports & Company Filings

Mergent Archives
Dating back to the early twentieth century, Mergent's Historical Annual Reports collection offers over 700,000 reports from US, Canadian and European companies.
Proquest Historical Annual Reports
Full image of historical annual reports from US companies. Coverage begins from the late nineteenth century.

SEC EDGAR
EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

LSEG Workspace (formerly Refinitiv Workspace)
This resource includes some pre-Edgar filings including annual reports for larger companies. Search by company name or ticker in the top left corner. In the Company Views menu, click on Filings then Company Filings. If a company has changed names over time, use the Screening & Analysis option, choose Filings and then Filings Search. Search by company name and select Annual Reports from the Filing Category/Type options.

Microform Collections:(U.S. and International) Annual Reports, 10-Ks. 1950-1991
For companies on the NYSE and AMEX exchanges. Some proxies are also available. Ask a the Lippincott Reference Desk for Assistance.

LSEG Workspace (formerly Refinitiv Workspace)
Access to current and historical data, including financial statements, filings, stock prices, earnings estimates, deals, analyst reports, and more. Please note: Thomson ONE requires Internet Explorer