You can find information on public companies at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Web site, www.sec.gov.

To search for an individual company’s filings, go to http://sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html and enter the company’s name or ticker symbol.

Filings are entered in reverse chronological order, with the most recent filing first. You can also search by form type (such as a 10-K or proxy statement) or for a specific date by using the search window at the top of each company’s filings page. Click on Form Type for a description of forms.

A new feature on this site let s you search for words in SEC documents. To use it, go to http://searchwww.sec.gov/EDGARFSClient/jsp/EDGAR_MainAccess.jsp.

Enter words or phrases in the search window, hit search and you will find all documents that contain any of those words. To narrow your search by company, time period and form type, click on Advanced Search and enter the relevant information. For tips on using the Boolean search engine, click on FAQ at the top right corner of the page.