Disclosure Corporate Snapshots

Revised 2/14/2002

Database name:  Disclosure
Short database name:  DISC
Available on: New FirstSearch Test Server and Production Server

Why select this database?

• Disclosure Corporate Snapshots contains information about more than 11,000 corporations whose shares are traded in the U.S.
• Its information is derived from reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), from company annual reports, and from other public reports.
• Records include company name and address, description of business, exchange where traded, and more.
• This database provides an abbreviated view of the DisclosureS database.
• It is produced by Disclosure, Inc.

Subjects included

Corporations whose shares are traded in the U.S.

Coverage/update frequency

Covers current information filed with the SEC, company annual reports, and other public reports.
Adds and revises records weekly.

Full Record Information Display

This database allows users to request the complete information for all of its records.   The full record is requested the same way ASCII full text is requested.  It is considered the same as a full-text request on FirstSearch.  Availability of the full record for individual institutions depends on each FirstSearch account.

To display the full record, set the ElementSet name to "t" and set the Record Type/Syntax to "text" before displaying the record.

Record display information

List of FirstSearch fields for Disclosure Corporate Snapshots and the MARC fields to which they correspond:

Indexes

What follows is a list of FirstSearch indexes and the combination of USE and STRUCTURE attributes that can be used to access them.

1. For any FirstSearch label where multiple USE attributes are listed all the attributes will provide the exact same search result sets.
2. Any USE attribute that is not marked as a restrictor is available via the SCAN service.
3. Restrictors are specially implemented indexes and are not available for scanning. Terms for these must be ANDed with other terms to limit the size of the result set. See the table provided for each restrictor to determine valid terms and their associated meaning.

FirstSearch Indexes and USE and STRUCTURE attributes used to access them:

* These tags do not display in Disclosure, but are part of the "full-text" record.  For explanations of these fields, please see the documentation for the DisclosureS database.

Restrictors

The following restrictors can be used only in conjunction with an index search.   They must be added to an index search with the Boolean AND in order to receive results:

* Both an index and a restrictor.

Sorting

Search results in the Disclosure database can be sorted by Company Name (2) and State (5200). 

General punctuation rules

(exceptions are made, but these are generally correct):

Searching tips

Keyword searches (1016): The Keyword search finds information in these fields: Company Name (245/a, 967/7), Notes (966/i), Description (966/m), and Subsidiaries (967/4).

Using limiters: You can limit searches by Exchange (5094) and State (5200).

Copyright

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