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Bond Ratings

Mergent Manuals (previously Moody's Manuals)
Moody's Manuals include Bank & Finance, Industrial, International, Municipal & Government, OTC Industrial, OTC Unlisted, Public Utilities, Transportation. Publication date varies from 1909- to date. Annual, with weekly or twice-weekly news issues. It summarizes information found in annual reports, 10-K's, and news services. It also includes income statements. Current issues are located in the open shelf collection- search CATNYP for exact Call # for various titles and dates.

Mergent Online (EIC)
Database of statistics and information on more than 21,000 US and international companies, including 10,000 NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq exchange companies. Includes information on long term debt issues of each company and a snapshot of each issue with ratings. All SEC (EDGAR®) filings and domestic and international annual reports from 1996 - present are included. Updated: Weekly.

Standard & Poor's Corporation/Bond Guide
Monthly. Lib. has: 50:7 (1986) - date. 7600 issues includes foreign bond and prices. Call # JLK 86-191. Latest 12 months in Financial Services.

Standard & Poor's Creditweek
Weekly. Lib. has: 1981- date. Call # JLM 83-438. Current year & cum index in Financial Services Continues: Standard & Poor's Fixed Income Investor (JLM 76-1069 Library has: v. 1-9; June 16, 1973-Oct. 31, 1983 (incomplete). Continues: Standard & Poor's Corporation. Bond Outlook

Standard & Poor's Net Advantage (EIC)
Database of Statistics and Articles. Includes Bond Guide, Corporation Records, Dividend Record, Earnings Guide, Industry Surveys, Mutual Fund Reports, The Outlook, Standard & Poor's Register, Stock Guide, and Standard & Poor's Stock Reports. Updated: Weekly.

Convertible Bonds

Mergent Bond Record
Monthly. Lib. has: July (1999) -date. Call #JBM 00-40. Latest 3 months in Financial Services.
Previously Moody's Bond Record (Lib. has: 39 (1972) -43(1976), 45(1978)- 66:6(1999). Call # JLM 76-1576).

Value Line Online (EIC)
Convertible Survey. Lists all Convertible Securities, including Bonds and Preferred Stocks

Coupon and Maturity

Barron's (http://www.barrons.com/)
Weekly. Latest at Delivery Desk. All earlier issues, 1921- in *ZAN-T920, Microforms Room..
Continues:
Barron’s National Business and Financial Weekly, August 10,1942-Feb. 28, 1994. Continues: Barron’s, The National Financial Weekly: May 9, 1921-August 3, 1942.

Investor's Business Daily
Daily (except) Saturdays, Sundays, and general legal holidays). Lib. has: 1991- 1995 - date. Call #: *ZAN-B344 Continues: Investor's daily (Library has: Vol. 1, no. 185 (Dec.1984) - (Sept.1991). In microform. Call #*XLE - 382).

Mergent Bond Record (see details above)
(previously Moody's Bond Record)

Mergent Manuals
(previously Moody's Manuals) (see details above)

Mergent Online (EIC) (see details above)

Standard & Poor's Corporation/Bond Guide (see details above)

Standard & Poor's Corporation Records (see details above)

Standard & Poor's Net Advantage (EIC) (see details above)

Wall Street Journal (http://www.wsj.com/) (EIC)
Kept at B. Altman Delivery Desk.

Interest and Payment Dates

Mergent Bond Record
(previously Moody's Bond Record) (see details above)

Mergent Online (EIC) (see details above)

Standard & Poor's Corporation/Bond Guide (see details above)

Standard & Poor's Corporation Records (see details above)

Standard & Poor's Net Advantage (EIC) (see details above)

Yield to Maturity

Mergent Bond Record
(previously Moody's Bond Record) (see details above)

Mergent Online (EIC) (see details above)

Standard & Poor's Corporation/Bond Guide (see details above)

Standard & Poor's Net Advantage (EIC) (see details above)

Bond Prices

Mergent Bond Record
(Previously Moody's Bond Record) (see details above)
Prices given for corporate bonds.

Mergent Manuals
(Previously Moody's Manuals) (see details above)

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
http://www.finra.org/marketdata
Finra is a comprehensive market data resource for investors, which includes detailed data on equities, options and a wide range of bonds. It combines corporate, municipal, Treasury and Agency bond information with more traditional market data information Contains transaction information (time of transaction, price, yield and volume) on bonds as reported to NASD TRACE (Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine). In addition, basic descriptive information and credit ratings on individual corporate bonds are available.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
http://apps.finra.org/regulatory%5Fsystems/traceaggregates/1/
Contains aggregate market data for Bonds as reported to NASD TRACE.

National Quotation Bureau Semi-Annual Bond Summary
Use Call # JBL 94-199 for 1994-2004. Continues: The National Bond Summary (Vol. 138 (July 1, 1983)-v. 159 (Jan. 1, 1994), use call # JBL 92-114). Continues: The National Monthly Bond Summary (Vol. 87 (July 1, 1957/Jan. 1, 1958)-v. 137 (Jan. 1983) use call# TGA (incomplete).

Standard & Poor's Corporation/Bond Guide (see details above)

Standard & Poor's Statistical Service
Basic Statistics. Banking and Finance. Latest ed. in binder at McGraw-Desk in *R-SIBL HG4915.S43
Library has: 1985 - , in call # JBM 94-694. Updated by Standard & Poor's Statistical Service. Current statistics. Updates in part and partly cumulated in Standard & Poor's Security Price Index Record, Statistical Service. - - Latest edition at McGraw Desk
in *R-SIBL HG4915.S42. 1988-1998, 2000, 2004- in JBM 92-945.

Wall Street Journal

Bond Education

Bond Market Association
http://www.investinginbonds.com/

Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Savings Bonds Redemption Calculator
http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/sav/savcalc.htm

Treasury Direct
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/

Yahoo Finance Bonds Center (Bonds 101)
http://bonds.yahoo.com/