CIRR DATABASE
 
                  A tool for corporate research
 
For more info, contact:  Kerry Dressler through EnviroNet mail
 
      CIRR actually stands for the Company and Industrial 
Research Reports Datebase.  Not all Libraries will have this 
available on computer, but if you have a Universtiy nearby, you 
might try there. It is usually updated monthly, and searches can 
be made by company name, or type of business. These reports are 
usually done by large stock brockerage houses for their clients, 
but there are also several trade journals that are abstracted.  
Most of the files are available on Microfiche, which can then be 
xeroxed using a viewer.  Companies that I've checked on have all 
been ones traded on stock exchanges.  This is a service for the 
College of Business Administration at the University near me. 
Large brockerage firms would probably have access to the system, 
also.
 
      I ran Waste Management, Inc. through the system and the 
file was 156 pages long!  It traces all the earnings, quarterly, 
large contracts, mergers, intereactions with other firms, and a 
variety of esoteric - business oriented information.  There are 
several firms that write these reports excerpting trade journals 
and tracing rumors.  They discussed the effect new EPA 
regulations would have on the company's earnings, as well as any 
legal problems they were having.  Market managers make their 
decisions on whether to buy or sell stocks by the accuracy of 
these reports. Reports were dated from January 1990 back to 
January 1982.  Other back files are available.
 
      Another, more available computer database is called 
Infotrak.  It has a vast number of subjects available, but rather 
than giving you an abstract, or having microfiche available , it 
only lists the periodicals that a particular subject may be found 
in.  You then have to hope your library carries that particular 
periodical.  A large number of trade journals has been added to 
the database and it is updated monthly.
 
      Both databases are fairly easy to access and have "print" 
features if a printer is on line.  CIRR can also be downloaded by 
subject to diskette.
 
 


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