Many know LexisNexis for its reputation in legal research.  On the non-law-school side of the library, we use LexisNexis primarily for news and business information.

A couple of the most interesting LexisNexis resources are Hoover’s Company Records and Experian Business Reports. 

Hoover’s profiles are well known, and while UST has other means of getting at the same profile info they contain, many prefer the Hoover’s format for finding out about estimated revenue, company leadership, and more.  Hoover’s profiles are especially good for private companies.

Experian Business Reports, however, are unique among our resources, and serve as a credit report for a business.  In these reports you can learn whether a business has taken out a loan, what it’s using as collateral, whether it’s repaid other loans on time, and more.  There is often very little that we can learn about small private businesses with standard information sources.  Having this kind of snapshot of a company can be extremely valuable.

Want to learn how to access these reports?  Here’s a very simple video.

Note that LexisNexis will be offline from 10:00p central Saturday night, March 13th, to 5:00a central Sunday morning, March 14th.