Environmental Scanning

GETTING STARTED WITH MERGENT

ACCESSING MERGENT

1 Go to the Library Homepage(access through Course Homepage or Student Portal)

2 Click “Find Articles & More”

3 Select “Databases by Subject”

4 Select “Business & Economics”

5 Select “Mergent”

RESEARCHING MERGENT

1 Enter the company name or ticker symbol

2 Select your company from the search results

3 Locate important information

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Contact information

Key Figures

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4 Select reports and download

5 Citation Format Author. (year). Title of Document. Retrieved from name of database.

Examples:

Mergent. (2016). Acadia Healthcare Annual Report. Retrieved from Mergent Online database.

Mergent. (2017). Acadia Healthcare Company Details. Retrieved from Mergent Online database.

Mergent. (2017). Acadia Healthcare Company Financials. Retrieved from Mergent Online database.

LIBRARY ASHFORD UNIVERSITY

October 2017