Internet access to the World Wide Web has provided a wealth of information accessible with our personal computers. Many chapters in this text contain Real World Cases that require you to access the web to research an accounting issue. The purpose of this case is to introduce you to the Internet home page of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its EDGAR database.

Required:
1. Choose the subaddress “About the SEC.” What are the two basic objectives of the 1933 Securities Act?
2. Return to the SEC home page and access EDGAR. Describe the contents of the database.