Mergent products were integrated with FTSE Russell's on August 31, 2019. Some platforms have changed.
"Mergent Intellect is a highly flexible web-based application that features a deep collection of worldwide business information that enables companies to generate insightful business intelligence."
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"Coupling Mergent's expertise in developing products for the reference marketplace with D&B®'s private company database, Mergent Intellect offers new and existing clients a unique opportunity to access private and public U.S and international business data, industry news, facts and figures, executive contact information, the ability to access industry profiles and much more.
Additionally, through Mergent’s partnership with Whitepages Pro, clients now have immediate access to contact information for over 250 million U.S. consumers. This enhanced search tool features specific information - name, address, previous address, age, number of household members and reverse phone number lookup capabilities - another valuable source of business insight."
Select "Company Dossier" to create a list of companies meeting certain criteria
Sources include newspapers, wire services, magazines, SEC filings, law cases, state and federal codes, law review journals, and reference works. Limited coverage of health administration news.
LexisNexis Academic (previous platform) is no longer accessible, as of December 2018.
Step-by-Step for Creating a Company List Using Nexis Uni
Select Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) from the UCF Library databases.
The search form for "Create a Company List" allows restrictions by multiple criteria
For example, restrict your search by the type of company, e.g., public, private, headquarters, etc.
and/or restrict your search to a specific range of sales/revenue
and/or restrict your search to small or large companies by number of employees
Select a specific industry or industries using the SIC or NAICS number(s)
If you don't know the NAICS Code number for the industry, you can use the NAICS Lookup feature.
NAICS Lookup opens another window for you to identify the NAICS Code of the industry or industries
Use the plus signs to browse through the NAICS Code structure
Selecting the OK button in NAICS Lookup pastes your selection(s) into the search form
You can also search for companies by other descriptive information, but be aware that not all company listings include these items
You can restrict your search to Fortune 500 or Fortune 1000 companies
You can also limit your search geographically
To limit to a specific state you must first select "United States" as the country
You can also limit the search to a specific ZIP or ZIPs
or cover a large local area using the telephone area code(s)
After you've selected the search criteria, select the "Create" button
The Preview screen lets you check to see if you're retrieving the intended type of results
You can customize which details about the companies will be included in the list
You can also change the order in which the list will be sorted
Generate the company list using the "Update" button
You can download the list into Excel -- 3,000 records at a time