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Audit AnalyticsAudit Analytics provides information on Auditor Information, Sarbanes-Oxley Disclosures, Compliance Disclosures, Litigation, and Corporate Governance data for over 20,000 public companies and more than 1,500 accounting firms. More...Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
BloombergBloomberg is a comprehensive, online service for global financial information that includes: Company information (stock performance, news, balance sheets, historical data, officers, evaluations, etc.); information on U.S. and foreign markets; extensive sets of data and statistics on industries, companies, etc.; numerous options for analyzing and graphing data. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsTrading Room
Bloomberg TaxBloomberg Tax provides users with online access to statutes, regulations, tax codes, court cases, and expert analysis, articles, and commentary on tax planning. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
BoardExBoardEx is a database of companies and board members in the United States and selected countries. BoardEx provides a web based desktop tool that lets you analyze the relationships between and amongst 380,000 leading business people. More...Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
Business Insights: EssentialsBusiness Insights: Essentials provides in-depth information on U.S. and international businesses, industries and products. Included are company and industry profiles, financial data, investment reports, business periodicals, interactive charting and comparison tools, and more. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
CalcbenchProvides access to Financial statements, XBRL data, Proxy statements, textual analysis data. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsATC
CapitalIQCapital IQ Platform is a web and Excel-based research product that combines deep information on companies, markets, and people worldwide with robust tools for fundamental analysis, idea generation, and workflow management. Capital IQ Platform is deployed at over 2,700 leading investment banks, fund managers, private capital firms, and corporations worldwide. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsTrading Room
Capital IQ Key DevelopmentsProvides concise summaries of significant news and corporate events that may impact securities' market value. It tracks various Key Development types, such as executive changes, M&A rumors, corporate guidance revisions, delayed regulatory filings, and SEC investigations, among others. Each Key Development record contains the announcement date, entry date, modification date, headline, detailed situation summary, event type, company role, and additional identifiers.Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
CapitalIQ NetAdvantageStandard & Poor's Net Advantage provides access to S&P's Company and Industry Surveys, Stock Guides, Dividend Records, Mutual Fund Ratings, Corporation Records and much more. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
Capital IQ People IntelligenceCapital IQ People Intelligence covers biographical data of managers and board members of private and public companies worldwide. Each professional in the Capital IQ database has a distinct profile which can include contact details, biography, education.Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
Capital IQ TransactionsComprehensive database of financial transactions including mergers, acquisitions, private equity deals, and venture capital investments.Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
CCH IntelliconnectCCH Intelliconnect provides access to a full range of tax information. Federal tax information includes briefings, tax codes, interpretations and rulings, and more. State tax information includes state tax guides and reporters, multistate tax info, and practice tools. Financial and estate planning and international tax treaty information is also included. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
Claritas 360Claritas 360 is on the Kantar SRDS Media Planning Platform. It is a web application that allows users to measure consumer demand and evaluate locations and markets. It provides users with information for finding best customers, customer locations, and how best to engage with them. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
Compustat GlobalProvides financial and market data, focusing on the non-U.S. and non-Canadian marketplace. Database covers total of 28,500 active companies, representing over 90% of the world’s market capitalization, including 90% of the Asian market cap, 90% of the Indian market cap, 95% of the Taiwanese market cap and 95% of the European market cap. More...Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
Consumer Expenditure SurveyThe Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX) provides information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and household characteristics. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
CountryData Online (CDO, PRS Group)CountryData Online (CDO, PRS Group) offers political, economic, financial, and social data back to 1984 (in most cases) for over 140 countries. Updated monthly, CDO also includes risk ratings from International Country Risk Guide, as well as forecasts and geographic data from Political Risk Services. More...Faculty/StudentsAvailable through both Library and Trading RoomTrading Room
CRSP Indexes DatabaseCRSP provides a wide range of indexes that can be used as benchmarks of market performance. Broad market indexes are provided with CRSP stock files. Additional market indexes, stock portfolios, bond indexes, and inflation series are provided with the CRSP Index files. More...Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
CRSP Mutual Funds DatabaseIncludes a history of each mutual fund’s name, investment style, fee structure, holdings, and asset allocation. Also included are monthly total returns, monthly total net assets, monthly/daily net asset values, and dividends. All data items are for publicly traded open-end mutual funds and begin at varying times between 1962 and 2008. More...Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
CRSP/Compustat (North America) Merged DatabaseThe CRSP/COMPUSTAT Merged Database allows for concurrent database access to CRSP’s stock data and Compustat’s fundamental data. The database provides the historical matching of CRSP price, distribution, and total return data with Compustat fundamental data. More...Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
D&B Business BrowserD&B Business Browser provides company and industry information, as well as information about company executives. Over 18 million companies, including international companies, are profiled, and well over 25 million company executives. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
D&B Key Business RatiosD&B Key Business Ratios (KBR), provided by Mergent, provides immediate online access to recent competitive industry benchmarking data for public and private companies. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
Demographics NowDemographics Now is a comprehensive business and residential research tool. Users can compare the demographics and market potential of United States geographies, produce comprehensive business/residential lists and detailed demographic reports. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
Doing Business Project from the World Bank and IFCThe Doing Business Project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 183 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
EikonProvides access to analytics and financial content going back to 1950s, including comprehensive company overview pages with news, event updates and macro-economic data. More...FacultyContact ATCATC
Executive Compensation Data (Execucomp)Execucomp is a part of Compustat (North America) database and tracks compensation for companies within the S&P 1500. Top executives’ compensation data since 1992 are available. More...Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
FactSetFactSet is a complete source for financial information. It combines more than 200 databases from industry-leading suppliers and powerful analytical tools into a single information system. FactSet has more thn 50 applications that allow users to analyze companies, portfolios, markets, and economies seamlessly. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsTrading Room
Hoover's Company ProfilesHoover's Company Profiles features profiles of more than 40,000 companies, 600 industries, and 225,000 key executives. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
I/B/E/SThe IBES database contains detail and consensus estimates of up to 26 forecast measures for more than 70,000 companies in more than 90 countries. Detail Earnings Estimate History contains forecast changes dating back to 1982 for US companies and 1987 for non-US companies. More...Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
IBISWorld Industries and MarketsSearchable by industry, keyword, company name, and NAICS code, IBIS World Industries and Markets contains United States and Specialized Industry reports, selected Global Industry reports, and UK Brexit Impact Statements. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
IHS ConnectIHS Connect provides continuously updated analysis of general business conditions, economic information and general risk assessment for countries, continents and regions. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
Investext from MergentInvestext provides investment research reports written by analysts at leading investment banks, brokerage houses and consulting firms. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
ISS Directors DataISS Director Data allows investors to access an important but non-traditional source of information at a Board level and across the directors to provide a lens into the boardroom. Covers more than 150,000 global directors across 110+ countries, going back to 2013. More...Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
ISS Incentive Lab CompensationProvides access to executive compensatoin data on incentive awards, including performance metrics, performance goals and payout structures. More...Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
ISS Voting ResultsProvides access to vote results data, institutional voting policies, shareholder meeting results. More...Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
KLD Research & Analytics, Inc. (KLD)KLD provides research on the social and environmental records of publicly traded companies to institutional investors worldwide. KLD Social Ratings outlines the criteria by which KLD measures corporate social responsibility. More...Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
MRI-Simmons InsightsMRI-Simmons Insights provides access to consumer demographic, psychographic, brand preference, and media data from the Simmons National Consumer Survey. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
Mergent ArchivesMergent Archives provides access to almost 100 years of Moody Corporate and Municipal Manuals, and more than 85 years of Annual Reports for companies across the globe and offers 30 years of archived KBR data, in PDF format. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
Mergent IntellectMergent Intellect offers comprehensive data on companies, industries, demographics, consumer lifestyles, people, and jobs. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
Mergent OnlineMergent Online contains the following Mergent Manuals: Bank & Finance, Industrial, International, Public Utility & Transportation, OTC Industrial and OTC Unlisted. Inactive (no longer traded) companies, on both US and international exchanges, are also included. The BondViewer contains a wide-range of bond data.. The D&B 20 Million Plus Private Company database is also included. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
Morningstar DirectMorningstar provides detailed information on more than 20,000 mutual funds, equities, ETFs, and hedge funds, including historical data (monthly, quarterly and annual), fund composition, portfolio screening, risk adjusted star-ratings, investment style boxes, and analyst reviews and commentaries. More...Faculty/StudentsContact TR for detailsTrading Room
National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. Free resource. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
PrivCoPrivCo provides private company financial data including M&A activity, investor information, private equity and venture capital data. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsLibrary
SDC PlatinumSDC Platinum is a financial transactions database that provides detailed information on new issues, mergers and acquisitions, etc. The subscription includes Worldwide Mergers and Acquisitions, Global Corporate New Issues, and Joint Ventures. More...FacultyWRDSATC
SeekEdgarSearch SEC Filings for financial and non-financial information such as board members, executive compensation, audit committee, compensation committee, etc. More...Faculty/StudentsAccess InstructionsATC
Thomson Reuters Insider FilingCapture all U.S. insider activity as reported on Forms 3, 4, 5, and 144 in line-by-line detail. A unique cleansing process is used by Thomson Reuters that adds value by making systematic interpretations on the accuracy of as-reported data and inserts “cleansed” fields for comparison. More...Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
Thomson Reuters Institutional (13f) HoldingsAccess Institutional Common Stock Holdings and Transactions, as reported on Form 13F filed with the SEC by institutional managers with $100 million or more in Assets Under Management.Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
Thomson Reuters Mutual Fund HoldingsThomson-Reuters Mutual Fund Holdings database provides security holding information for all registered mutual funds that report their holdings with the SEC, plus 3,000 global funds. Reported securities include all NYSE/AMEX/NASDAQ, Toronto, and Montreal common stocks.Faculty/StudentsWRDSATC
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Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI)A research collaborative and network of diverse professionals promoting evidence-based policy-making and public interest science that advances the Environmental Right-to-Know (ERTK).Access here
Harvard’s Library Innovation Lab TeamHarvard Law School Library Innovation Lab has created a data vault to download, sign as authentic, and make available copies of public government data that is most valuable to researchers, scholars, civil society and the public at large across every field.Access here
ICPSRAn international consortium of more than 810 academic institutions and research organizations. Based at the University of Michigan.Access here
ICPSR Data LumosA crowd-sourced repository for US federal government data. This is the main repository for Data Rescue Project's data.Access here
IPUMSBased at the University of Minnesota, provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space.Access here
DryadA generalist repository is available to help with data publication, storage, and preservation.Access here
Silencing Science TrackerA joint initiative of the Columbia University Law School’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund.Access here