Databases – Management Library

Below is a list of curated business focused databases selected by the Management Library’s research team.

ABI/INFORM

Description:
ABI/INFORM database by ProQuest allows you to search for annual reports, dissertations, and articles of academic, trade, and popular press publications. You can opt to search just one or many databases at the same time. Other databases by ProQuest include, but are not limited to: Historical Annual Reports – 42,000 annual reports from more than...

Topics:
articles, company, industry

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Academic Search: Alumni Edition

Description:
Academic Search: Alumni Edition provides full-text articles in subjects of science, education, and energy.

Topics:
alumni access

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Barclays Capital Live

Description:
Barclays Capital Live is a resource for Barclays analyst reports as well as financial information on equities, fixed income, and credit markets.

Topics:
analyst reports, finance, on-campus only

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Bizminer

Description:
BizMiner produces granular industry statistical reports that provide industry financial analysis benchmarks for more than 5,000 lines of business and industry market trends on thousands more. Market analysis reports are available at the national and local levels down to the zip code. Micro Firm Profit-Loss Reports cover sole proprietorships and start-ups which is ideal for...

Topics:
entrepreneurship

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Bloomberg

Description:
Bloomberg is one of the world’s premier financial databases and provides data on equities, indices, commodities, currencies, and more. Information on M&A deals, IPOs, and league tables are available in pre-build and customized screens. Excel API and Launchpad allow you to analyze data and customize views. BMC, BPS, and BHL have videos and documents for...

Topics:
commodities, company, finance, law, on-campus only

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Business Insights: Essentials

Description:
Business Insights: Essentials brings together a wide variety of business information, including company profiles, company brand and market share, rankings, company histories, chronologies, and articles.

Topics:
company

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Business Source Complete

Description:
Business Source Complete includes scholarly journals, business periodicals, trade journals, industry reports, and related information. It covers such topics as management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, and much more. It also provide access to industry, market, and company research which often contain SWOT (Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats) analysis of larger companies.

Topics:
articles, company, featured, industry

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Business Source: Alumni Edition

Description:
Business Source: Alumni Edition provides full-text access to business and management articles and reports. It includes global industry and country reports, as well as trade publications ranging from the Johnson School’s very own Administrative Science Quarterly to the trade journals such as Telecomm Asia.

Topics:
alumni access

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Capital IQ

Description:
If asked for your username, enter your Cornell email address. S&P’s Capital IQ is a premier financial database providing easy-to-use tools for financial statements, deals, and sector analysis.

Topics:
company, directories, finance, industry, private equity

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CEIC Data

Description:
CEIC provides access to 1.2 million macro-economic time series and statistics from more than 50 countries. Contains 4 databases – Regional, China Premium, Sector information, and the Daily database. World-wide stock exchange indices are also available through the daily database.

Topics:
commodities, economics, international

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Compact D

Description:
Compact D is a CD-ROM product that contains information from the annual reports of publicly traded U.S. companies. Compact D is searchable by officer name, insider trader name, fortune number, and other textual data.

Topics:
academic research, finance, on-campus only

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CQ Interactive

Description:
Created as a supplement to the popular Case in Point, CQ Interactive provides additional case questions, drills, interview and resume advice for preparing for an interview.

Topics:
careers

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Data Axle (formerly Reference USA)

Description:
Data Axle (formerly Reference USA) contains 60 million US business listings, 2 million Canadian businesses, and consumer profiles. Great for locating competitors, suppliers, and assessing market potential.

Topics:
company

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EconLit

Description:
EconLit is a database of the American Economic Association’s full-text journal articles, dissertations, and working paper series. Subjects include economic theory and practice, fiscal theory, econometrics, agricultural economics, public finance, demography, monetary theory, international economics, and more.

Topics:
articles, economics, international

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EIU.com

Description:
EIU.com provides a suite of products from the Economist Intelligence Unit covering international markets. City Data – pricing information on over 160 products and services in 123 cities worldwide. Items range from the cost of a loaf of bread to the average electricity bill of a local family, from the cost of office rents to...

Topics:
demographics, economics, international, market research

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Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources

Description:
This encyclopedia identifies print and electronic sources of business information. Includes various types of resources including associations, directories, databases, newsletters, indexes, and research centers within each subject area. Select the most recent edition and explore the Subject Category to view sources for a particular market, industry, or topic.

Topics:
directories

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Factiva

Description:
Factiva is a database that provides powerful tools for searching and monitoring daily newspapers, magazines, journals, newswires, and trade publications including the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). With its News Pages feature, Factiva allows you to browse the current day’s front-page headlines from major U.S. newspapers and magazines.

Topics:
articles, company, featured

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FDI Markets

Description:
Comprehensive data and other information on flows and stock of foreign direct investment (FDI), operations of transnational corporations (TNCs), investment treaties and methodologies of FDI of all countries worldwide since 1990.

Topics:
finance, international

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Financial Times

Description:
Access to Financial Times (FT.com) is provided via a partnership of the library and the Johnson Graduate School of Management. FT.com provides the latest business news from around the world. Cornell students, faculty, and staff should create an account with your Cornell email address. Mobile apps are available to use in conjunction with your account.

Topics:
articles

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Foundation Directory

Description:
The Foundation Directory contains information about the largest public and private foundations in the U.S. and links to foundation web sites. Includes full text access from more than 250,000 IRS 990 forms, 80,000 detailed funder profiles, half a million recently awarded grants, RFPs, key staff affiliations, publications, news and job postings.

Topics:
directories, non-profit

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Frost & Sullivan

Description:
Frost & Sullivan provides in-depth market research and strategy reports with European and global coverage of emerging technologies in the following areas: Aerospace & Defense; Automotive & Transportation; Chemicals, Materials and Food; Electronics & Security; Energy & Power Supplies; Environment & Building Technologies; Healthcare; Industrial Automation & Process Control; Information & Communication Technologies; Measurement &...

Topics:
industry, market research

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Gale Directory Library

Description:
The Gale Directory Library provides online access to several publications including Brands and Their Companies, Business Rankings Annual, Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory, Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources, Market Share Reporter, Tradeshows Worldwide and more.

Topics:
directories

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Gale Virtual Reference Library

Description:
Gale Virtual Reference Library provides access to all volumes of the Business Plans Handbook as well as other resources targeting entrepreneurs.

Topics:
entrepreneurship

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Global Financial Data

Description:
Global Financial Data contains historical financial market and economic data ideal for academic research.

Topics:
academic research

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GlobalData Travel & Tourism

Description:
GlobalData (formerly known as Canadean) provides unique and market leading data and insights into the global travel and tourism market. It is a complete resource for travel and tourism market data and analysis, containing comprehensive consumer surveys, alongside industry information on key companies, markets, manufacturers, and financial deals.

Topics:
industry, international, market research

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GuideStar Premium

Description:
Guidestar provides information on programs and finances of charities and nonprofits, news on philanthropy, and resources for donors and volunteers. Search by name, keyword, city or state, nonprofit type (public charity, private operating foundation, or private nonoperating foundation), NTEE code, or income range. Profiles include revenue and expenses breakdown, contact information, 990s, mission statements, and...

Topics:
directories, non-profit

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Harvard Business Review

Description:
Read Harvard Business Review articles through the Library’s subscription.

Topics:
academic research, articles

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Hospitality & Tourism Index™ (HTI) - Alumni

Description:
Hospitality & Tourism Index – Alumni includes scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. Publications include Hotel & Motel Management, Journal of Leisure Research, and Nation’s Restaurant News. Subject areas covered include the culinary arts, demographics and statistics, development and investment, food and beverage management, hospitality law, hotel management...

Topics:
alumni access, industry

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IBISWorld

Description:
IBISWorld provides industry research reports and profiles for more than 700 United States industries as well as a wide range of industries in China and Canada. Reports include industry performance, outlook, major companies, supply chain, demand drivers, cost structure, barriers to entry, and key statistics.

Topics:
featured, industry

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INFORMS

Description:
INFORMS provides full-text access to academic journals including: Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Marketing Science, Operations Research, and Organization Science.

Topics:
academic research

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International Financial Statistics

Description:
International Financial Statistics Online, published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), serves as a standard source of international financial data, including inflation, exchange rates, international liquidity, international banking, money and banking, interest rates, prices, production, international transactions, government accounts, and more.

Topics:
economics, international

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Leadership Connect

Description:
Leadership Connect allows screening for people, companies, and organizations by type, industry, job function, geographic location, size, or keyword. Ideal for searching NGOs, government agencies, board memberships, law firms, think tanks, and not-for-profit organizations. Use the advanced search to create lists based on biographical or organizational details.

Topics:
careers, directories, non-profit, people

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LinkedIn Learning

Description:
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) offers thousands of detailed courses on the latest software, creative, and business skills for people at all experience levels. Sign in with “Single Sign-On”. Use the www.cornell.edu domain if prompted. More information on linking it to your LinkedIn account available at https://it.cornell.edu/linkedinlearning/how-log-linkedin-learning

Topics:
careers

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Media Intelligence Center

Description:
Media Intelligence Center (formerly Audit Bureau of Circulations) provides detailed circulation and subscription data for thousands of journals, magazines, and newspapers.

Topics:
academic research, market research

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Mergent Archives

Description:
Mergent Archives allows you to access a vast collection of corporate and industry related documents, covering more than 100 countries and industries. Coverage goes back to 1909. It includes PDFs of annual reports, the Moody’s manuals (later renamed Mergent): Bank & Finance, Industrial, International, OTC Industrial, Public Utility, Transportation, OTC Unlisted, and D&B Million Dollar...

Topics:
academic research, alumni access, company, industry

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Mergent Intellect

Description:
Mergent Intellect is a directory of worldwide business information (using D&B’s Hoover’s data) that enables you to access private and public U.S and international business data, executive contact information, industry research, and the ability to access industry profiles. Use the First Research industry profiles to find “call prep” questions, which are a great starting point...

Topics:
company, directories

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Mintel GNPD

Description:
Mintel’s GNPD (Global New Products Database) monitors worldwide product innovation and new product activity in consumer packaged goods markets. Covers food, drink, household, beauty & personal care, healthcare, and pet sectors. GNPD allows you to screen hundreds of thousands of products by country, category, packaging, price, and other features.

Topics:
market research

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Mintel Reports

Description:
Mintel Reports produces full-text market research reports for the U.S., U.K., and selected other countries. Mintel reports discuss market drivers, market size and trends, market segmentation, supply structure, advertising and promotion, retail distribution, consumer characteristics, and market forecasts.

Topics:
demographics, featured, market research

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MSCI ESG Direct

Description:
MSCI ESG Direct measures the social, environmental, and governance performance of nearly 5,000 corporations.

Topics:
company, sustainability/CSR

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Nexis Uni

Description:
Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis Nexis Academic) is an excellent source for legal research. It also provides access to full-text articles from thousands of publications, including full-text business, medical, legal, tax, or accounting newspapers, journals, and trade magazines.

Topics:
articles, law

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OECD iLibrary

Description:
OECD iLibrary includes reports and data on the 30 OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries as well as data on more than 100 additional countries. Topics covered include business, development, education, employment, energy, environment, finance, goverance, investment, and taxation. Popular titles include the OECD Economic Outlook, Entrepreneurship at a Glance, and the World Energy Outlook.

Topics:
economics, international

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Orbis

Description:
Bureau van Dijk’s Orbis database has information on more than 310 million companies across the globe. Use Orbis to find, analyze, and compare companies.

Topics:
company, international

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Passport

Description:
Euromonitor’s Passport database contains data and statistics for countries around the world covering consumer market sizes, market data & forecasts, consumer lifestyles, companies and brands, country risk, infrastructure, and industrial sectors. Ideal for international projects such as new market entry and for searching consumer goods on food, beverage, beauty and personal care, home appliances, pet...

Topics:
demographics, economics, international, market research

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PitchBook

Description:
Pitchbook provides data covering the private equity space. Includes information on thousands of private equity and venture capital deals, investors, funds, LPs, and more. Official source of data for the National Venture Capital Association. Use your Cornell email address with the Log in with SSO option.

Topics:
entrepreneurship, finance, private equity

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Prendismo

Description:
Prendismo provides a collection of more than 17,000 short video clips on various business topics including careers, entrepreneurship, and leadership. The clips come from in-depth video interviews or presentations by entrepreneurs and other experts involved with supporting entrepreneurship and small businesses. Interviewees include startup and experienced entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, bankers, angel investors, and employees of...

Topics:
alumni access, entrepreneurship

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PsycINFO

Description:
PsycINFO, a database of the American Psychological Association (APA), is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health. Journal coverage, which spans from the 1800s to the present, includes international material selected from around 2,500 periodicals in dozens of languages.

Topics:
academic research

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Research Online (The Conference Board)

Description:
Research Online contains full-text research reports and data on the latest issues in business management and economics from The Conference Board. It includes studies of 500 companies on business trends, leadership decisions, corporate governance, HR, productivity, CRM and more. It also is your source for Conference Board economic indicators such as the Consumer Confidence Index®(CCI),...

Topics:
economics, sustainability/CSR

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Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

Description:
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is a non-profit organization that maintains a data archive (1930s to the present) of public opinion polls conducted or sponsored by major polling, media, and public policy organizations such as Gallup, Roper, ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, Pew Research Centers, the New York Times, USA Today and the Wall...

Topics:
academic research, demographics, economics, international, market research

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S&P Capital IQ Pro

Description:
S&P Capital IQ Pro (also known as Market Intelligence and as SNL Interactive) provides access to financial data, news, and analytics for real estate investment trusts (REITs) as well as industry data on bank & thrifts, financial services, insurance, real estate in North America and other markets. Through the news tab, users can access Real...

Topics:
analyst reports, finance, industry

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ScienceDirect

Description:
ScienceDirect provides full-text access to academic journal articles in the social sciences such as business, economics, finance, management, and psychology.

Topics:
academic research

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Scopus

Description:
Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings covering the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

Topics:
academic research, articles

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SimplyAnalytics

Description:
SimplyAnalytics (formerly SimplyMap) is a web-based mapping application that lets users quickly create professional-quality, thematic maps and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data for the United States. In addition to mapping data from government agencies such as the U.S. Census, SimplyMap includes consumer and brand-level data from private market research firms such as EASI,...

Topics:
demographics, market research

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Social Science Research Network

Description:
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is an online initiative devoted to disseminating working research papers and abstracts in the social sciences, such as accounting, economics, finanical economics, legal scholarship, and management. SSRN has emerged as a primary database for scholars to share works-in-progress and as an important measure of scholarly productivity.

Topics:
academic research

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Sports Market Analytics (SMA)

Description:
Sports Market Analytics (formerly Sports Business Research Network) contains full-text articles providing news and market research information from sports industry sources, including international sporting goods equipment market reports for 35 countries, export and import statistics, trade magazine and newsletter pages dealing with finance, licensing, fashion, women’s and youth sports, marketing, sponsorship, research reports, sports broadcasting,...

Topics:
alumni access, industry, market research

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Springerlink

Description:
SpringerLink provides full-text access to academic journals in subjects such as business, economics, and management.

Topics:
academic research

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Statista

Description:
Statista provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on more than 600 industries. In addition to tables and charts, Statista also provides infographics and studies on selected industries and topics.

Topics:
industry, market research

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Street Diligence

Description:
Street Diligence takes the frustration and tedium out of due diligence and capital structure analysis of indentures, credit agreements, and their amendments. Break down key covenant terms and conditions of high-yield, stressed, and distressed fixed income securities. Street Diligence allows you to easily compare multiple securities at once. All the data on the site is...

Topics:
finance

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Technavio

Description:
Technavio provides over 17,000 marketing research reports over 100 industry segments and over 800 niche and emerging technologies.

Topics:
international, market research

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Technomic

Description:
Technomic is the premier database for researching the restaurant industry (including limited and full service) and the alcoholic beverage (beer, wine, and spirits) industry. Find sales figures food and beverages, menus, franchise information, rankings, news, industry publications, and more.

Topics:
industry

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The Economist

Description:
Read The Economist for free through the Cornell Library subscription.

Topics:
articles

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The New York Times

Description:
Read The New York Times through the Cornell Library subscription.

Topics:
articles

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The US Census Bureau

Description:
The Census Bureau publishes statistics on US population, housing, industry, and business. Topical information includes many types of geographic areas, including counties, cities, towns, congressional districts, American Indian reservations, census tracks, and census blocks. Ideal for collecting U.S. demographic data such as age, income, and households. Locate business statistics by NAICS and location.

Topics:
alumni access, demographics

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UN Comtrade

Description:
UN Comtrade provides annual international trade statistics by commodity (Harmonised System and the Standard International Trade Classification). All values are converted in US dollars and metric units and the coverage dates as far back as 1962. Ideal for finding historical data on trade by commodity in between nations.

Topics:
alumni access, commodities, international

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Uniworld

Description:
Covering over 190 countries, Uniworld is a source for multinational business contact information. It allows screening for companies by industry, geographic location, size, or keyword. It is ideal when you are looking to find American firms operating in other countries or foreign firms operating in the United States.

Topics:
directories, international

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Vault

Description:
Vault provides information specific job roles and industries. The Vault Guides to Jobs series is ideal for learning about careers and include information on the work environment, education requirements, a typical day in the life, and career outlook.

Topics:
careers

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Wall Street Journal

Description:
Access to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is provided via a partnership of the library and the Cornell Student Assembly. WSJ.com provides the latest business news from around the world. Cornell students, faculty, and staff should create an account with your Cornell email address. Mobile apps are available to use in conjunction with your account.

Topics:
articles

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Web of Science

Description:
Web of Science provides access to the Science citation index expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social sciences citation index (SSCI), and Arts & humanities citation index (A&HCI). These ISI citation databases are multidisciplinary databases of bibliographic information indexed to be searched by subject, author, journal, and/or author address. They can also be searched for articles that cite a...

Topics:
academic research, articles

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Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS)

Description:
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is a comprehensive data management system that allows retrieval of information from a wide variety of financial, economic, and marketing data sources such as Compustat, Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), Ivy DB (Option Metrics), MSCI GMI Ratings, IBES, Worldscope, RavenPack, and more. Ideal for large research projects covering...

Topics:
academic research, accounting, finance, on-campus only

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Wiley Online Library

Description:
Wiley provides full text access to ebooks and academic journals in subjects such as business & management, finance, investments, and accounting.

Topics:
academic research, finance

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Workspace

Description:
Refinitiv Workspace (a.k.a. LSEG Workspace) contains public and private company information for both U.S. and international firms, investment reports, breaking news and economic statistics. It covers a broad range of financial market trends, and includes deals data, private equity/venture capital coverage, and environmental performance information (ESG). After Market Research reports are from well-known investment analyst...

Topics:
academic research, accounting, analyst reports, company, finance, private equity, sustainability/CSR

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