I've found it to be *much* better to use WWW for EDGAR. There's a search
option that's more efficient, quicker, and more up to date than
downloading the index. Searches generally run in a couple of seconds --
faster than I could load the index into a PC or UNIX word processor/text
editor. If you have WWW capability, the URL is
http://town.hall.org/edgar/edgar.html
If not, you can log into lawnet (telnet to acc.wuacc.edu and log in as
lawnet), look for SCALL resources, then look for Irell & Manella's menu.
I have the option there to search indexes, but, again, it's faster to just
connect and use the search feature. There may be a quicker way to access
EDGAR through lawnet, but I don't know it offhand.
Dave James
Irell & Manella
1800 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 203-7926
djames@netcom.com
On Wed, 22 Jun 1994 devlin@shrsys.hslc.org wrote:
> Just did a demo yesterday to our staff about the joys of retrieving
> EDGAR filings. I emphasized FTP over e-mail access. The question
> came up, "how frequently are the filings loaded?" I thought
> 24 hours since the company files electronically with the SEC but
> now I want to confirm this. The company index file (takes over an
> hour to transfer to my PC) is our starting point. I obtain it
> weekly due to time constraints and a low level of requests (at this
> point) so we're a week behind but it has worked out OK so far.
>
> While I'm asking, has anyone considered the Moody's EDGAR online subscription
> access bit? I'm not real clear how this works but since the steps are
> a little cumbersome and the data is slightly garbled in terms of
> formatting, I know we are interested in vendors who might take the time
> and re-market this info via a net account (and not charge as much as
> Lexis or Disclosure doc. delivery). Any input is appreciated.
>
> Suzanne Devlin
> Dechert Price & Rhoads
> (devlin@hslc.org NOT dechert@hslc.org- changed addresses:-))
>
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