Databases A-Z: Jackson Library: Stanford GSB

A-Z Listing of Business Databases

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Database / Access Restrictions	Description / Guide
ABI/INFORM Global	Full text business/management articles. Quick Guide
Ad$pender Access at CD-ROM Workstation in Trader's Pit	Advertising expenditures across various media. Covers latest 5 years. Quick Guide
AIP	see LP Source Basic
Amadeus	see ORBIS (Most Amadeus data is available via ORBIS)
America's Newspapers	Full-text content of local and regional news. Also known as NewsBank America’s Newspapers.
Audit Analytics For current Stanford community First time users need to request an account Data also availalbe via WRDS	Auditor information, sarbanes-oxley disclosures, compliance disclosures, litigation, and corporate governance.
Bank Regulatory (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Accounting data for bank holding companies, banks, and savings and loans Institutions.
Berkeley Options For current Stanford faculty and PhD students details	Real-time and historical market data, news and technical analysis.
Bloomberg For current Stanford community Access in Trader's Pit	Real-time and historical market data, news, technical analysis. Quick Guide
Board Analyst	see The Corporate Library (via WRDS)
Books in Print	Information for books currently available from publishers in the U.S.
Business Insights	Global market research reports in 5 industries: finance, energy, healthcare, consumer goods, and e-commerce and technology. Quick Guide
Business Monitor Online	Country risk ratings, macroeconomics analyses and forecasts. Quick Guide
Business Source Complete	Full-text business journals, including Harvard Business Review as well as EIU, ICON reports.
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Database / Access Restrictions	Description
Capital Changes Reporter Access at CD-ROM Workstation in Trader's Pit	Federal tax consequences of capital changes for organizations. Quick Guide
Capital IQ For current GSB community and current Stanford students involved in GSB coursework Note: GSB students: login with your SUNet ID Other Stanford students: access at Information Desk GSB faculty and staff: request an account	Financial information on companies, private equity, etc. Quick Guide The database is not available to students over summer.
Census Data	U.S. Census Bureau site, offering social, demographic, and economic information.
China Data Online	Economic statistics of China.
CISDM Hedge Fund (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets, covering hedge funds, CTAs, and CPOs. Includes investment strategy/style, historical monthly returns, assets under management, leverage, minimum initial investment, and fee structure.
Choices 3 (Simmons Market Research Bureau) Access at CD-ROM Workstation in Trader's Pit	Information on media audiences. Spring 2006 Release and some older data files. Quick Guide
Compustat (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	North America: public companies in the U.S. and Canada. Global: public companies in 80+ countries. EMDB (Emerging Markets Database): covers 53 markets Quick Guide Alternative access for faculty and PhD students
Compustat: Executive Compensation (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Historical data on executive compensation trends. Quick Guide
The Conference Board	Reports on business management and economics.
Corporate Library (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Corporate Board Structure and Independence, Director Positions and Committee Assignments, Executive Compensation, Director Compensation, Audit Fees, Corporate Ownership, Takeover Defenses
CorpTech For current Stanford community	Directory of high-tech companies in the U.S. and Canada.
Country Navigator For current GSB community First time user needs to sign up for an account, using GSB e-mail address	Culture, leadership styles, and travel Information.
CountryWatch	Economic and political information on 192 countries. Quick Guide
CQ.com on Congress	News and analysis of current legislation and Congressional activities.
CRSP (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Stock price, volume, and return data for NYSE, ASE, and NASDAQ. Produced by the University of Chicago's Center for Research in Securities Prices. Quick Guide Alternative access for faculty and PhD students
CRSP: CRSP/Compustat Merged (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Compustat data repackaged in CRSP Access binary format (quarterly updates). Quick Guide
CRSP: Mutual Funds (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Open-ended U.S. mutual fund data from 1961- (quarterly updates). Quick Guide
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Database / Access Restrictions	Description
Datastream For current Stanford community Access in Trader's Pit	Easy-to-download historical data on stocks, bonds, commodities, and economic indicators. Jump Start Guide
Directory of Alternative Investment Programs (AIP)	see LP Source Basic
Dissertations & Theses \| Stanford Dissertations	Ph. D. dissertations and selected masters theses from 1861 to the present. Full text limited to Stanford dissertations (1989-).
Dow Jones Averages & Total Return Indexes (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Includes daily and monthly data.
DRI / Basic Economics	see Global Insight (via WRDS)
Econlit	Indexing and abstracts of academic journals in economics.
Economist.com \| Historical Archive	Economist.com provides e-version of the Economist magazine, from 2000 to present. The Historical Archive covers 1843-2003.
EIU CountryData	Worldwide economic indicators and forecasts. Quick Guide
eMarketer	Articles, charts, and graphs on e-business and online marketing. Quick Guide
Eventus (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Event studies using data directly from the CRSP stock base.
Executive Compensation	see Compustat: Executive Compensation
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Database / Access Restrictions	Description
Factiva	Newspapers, magazines, company financials, and stock quotes. Quick Guide Note: 8 simultaneous users
Faulkner's Advisory for IT Studies	Reports on the IT and communications industries. Quick Guide
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)(via WRDS) For current Stanford community	FDIC data set, containing historical financial data for all entities filing the Report of Condition and Income (Call Report) and some savings institutions filing the OTS Thrift Financial Report (TFR).
Federal Reserve Bank Reports (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Foreign Exchange Rates (Federal Reserve Board’s H.10 Report), Interest Rates (Federal Reserve Board’s H.15 Report), and FRB-Philadelphia State Indexes.
First Call Historical Database (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	A history of First Call's Real Time Earnings Estimates. Quick Guide
First Research	Industry overview, recent developments, challenges, opportunities, call prep questions, etc. Jump-Start Guide
Forrester Research For current Stanford community	Technology trends covering media, computing, software, networking, telecommunications, the Internet, and consumer technologies. Includes Jupiter contents.
Frost & Sullivan: Healthcare For current Stanford community, excluding the Office of Technology Licensing Downloading PDF reports	Reports on the global healthcare market. Quick Guide
Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory	see LP Source Basic
Gartner Research For current Stanford community	Analyst reports covering the IT industry. Quick Guide
Global Development Finance (GDF)	Debt and financial flows for 138 countries. Issued by the World Bank. Quick Guide
Global Financial Data For current Stanford community	World economic data on over 150 countries. Quick Guide
Global Insight (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Macroeconomic time series data for the U.S. Covers 1945 - present. Quick Guide
GuideStar	Nonprofit organization information. Note: 2 simultaneous users
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Database	Description
Hoover's Online	Company and industry profiles. Quick Guide Note: 5 simultaneous users
I/B/E/S (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Wall Street earnings forecasts and the consensus data. Quick Guide Alternative access for faculty and PhD students
IBISWorld	Industry market research reports, business environment, and China industry reports. Quick Guide
Indiastat.com For current Stanford community	Socio-economic statistical data and useful information on India.
InfoTech Trends	Market information on computers, peripherals, software, storage, Internet, etc. Quick Guide
International Financial Statistics	Historical financial and economic data for IMF member countries. Quick Guide
International Financial Reporting Standards Access at CD-ROM Workstation in Trader's Pit	IFRSs and Interpretations, EDs, Issue Papers and Discussion Papers, etc.
Investext	see Thomson Investext
IRRC Governance and Directors Datasets	see RiskMetrics (via WRDS)
ISI Emerging Markets For current Stanford community	News, company/industry profiles, macroeconomic analysis for emerging markets. Quick Guide
JSTOR	Full text key journals in economics, etc. with 0-10 year time lag.
Laser Disclosure Access at CD-ROM Workstation in Jackson Library	Annual reports, 10-K reports, registrations and proxies filed with the SEC from late 1988 to the present. Data Coverage
Leadership Library	Who's who information, covering corporations, governments, and non-profits. Quick Guide Note: Downloading is restricted to Stanford. Consult Information Desk staff for information.
LehmanLive (IE Browser only) For current Stanford community Registered users: Use Personal Account No new accounts are being accepted as of 1/5/09 Also available in Trader's Pit	Lehman Brothers' fixed income and equity research.
LexisNexis Academic	Full-text business, company, financial, and general news information.
LexisNexis Statistical	U.S. and state governments' statistical information. Quick Guide
Local Market Audience Analyst (SRDS)	Provides demographic and consumer lifestyle data for all DMAs and U.S. counties. Previously published annually as Lifestyle Market Analyst (Jackson Library HF5415.33.U6 L54).
LP Source Basic Access at CD-ROM Workstation in Trader's Pit Also available online at Information Desk (for current Stanford community and GSB alumni)	Profiles active limited partners and other investment firms, including their investment criteria, allocation targets, preferred industries, fund histories, executives, etc. Previously published as Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory and Directory of Alternative Investment Programs.
MarketResearch.com Academic	Market research reports from Kalorama Information, Packaged Facts, Icon Group, etc. Quick Guide
Mergent Corporate Manuals	Historical information on public companies. Includes Industrial Manual 1920-, OTC Industrial Manual 1970-, OTC Unlisted Manual 1986-, Bank & Finance Manual 1928-, Public Utility Manual 1914-, Transportation Manual 1909-, International Manual, 1981-
Mergent FISD (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Mergent Fixed Income Securities Database, covering data on publicly-offered U.S. bonds.
Mergent Online	Corporate financial histories and profiles, and industry reports. Formerly known as Moody's. Quick Guide Note: 4 simultaneous users
Million Dollar Database	Brief profile of U.S. companies from Dun & Bradstreet. Quick Guide Note: 5 simultaneous users
Mint Global Alternative search interface: ORBIS	Profiles about 60 million public and private companies worldwide. Provides the same data as ORBIS. Mint Global offers a simpler end-user interface.
Mintel For current Stanford community	Market research reports mainly for the US and European marketplace. Jump-Start Guide Note: Valid Stanford email address required for registration.
Mutual Fund Links (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Joins data from CRSP Mutual Fund Database (MFDB) to data in the Thomson Mutual Fund Holdings Database.
NeighborhoodScout For current Stanford community	Neighborhood research tool by different criteria such as school ratings, home value, crime rates, etc. Note: Inquire about login at Information Desk in the Library.
New York Times Historical Archive	The New York Times, 1851 through 2003.
The New Palgrave Economics Dictionary Online	Full text of the 8 volume print edition.
NYSE TAQ (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	The Trade and Quote database includes intraday transactions data for securities listed on NYSE, AMEX, Nasdaq National Market System (NMS) and SmallCap issues. Quick Guide
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Database	Description
OECD Database	see SourceOECD
OneSource North America Business Browser Personal account (current GSB community) Guest Access	Corporate overviews, financials, analyst reports, etc. Quick Guide
OptionMetrics (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Historical price and implied volatility data for the US equity and index options markets.
ORBIS Alternative search interface: Mint Global	Profiles about 60 million public and private companies worldwide. Provides the same data as Mint Global. Orbis offers a traditional BvD interface. Quick Guide
PAIS	Index to literature on public affairs.
Palgrave Economic Dictionary Online	see The New Palgrave Economics Dictionary Online
Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX)(via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Provides any combination of 10 currencies for a possible 100 currency pairs.
PsycINFO	Literature in psychology and related disciplines, from the 1800s to the present.
Rand California	Statistics of the California economy. Quick Guide
Reference USA	U.S. business profiles and U.S. households data. Note: Maximum download per search - 100 records on campus; 25 records remotely.
Revenues From Sports Venues Access at CD-ROM Workstation in Trader's Pit	U.S. and Canadian sports venues including ticket prices, history on luxury suite prices, signage and advertising placements, naming rights deals, and so much more. Quick Guide
RiskMetrics (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Provides two datasets: RiskMetrics Group Historical Governance (formerly the IRRC Takeover Defence database) and Historical Directors data. Quick Guide
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Database	Description
Sand Hill Index \| Commentary (Q4 2008) For current GSB community (Other users can access the database CD-ROM Workstation in Trader's Pit)	Benchmark of venture capital value. Quick Guide
SDC For current Stanford community Access at CD-ROM Workstation in Trader's Pit	Data on M&A and IPOs, from Securities Data Corporation. Quick Guide
Social Explorer	Describes the demography of the U.S. through the use of interactive maps and reports.
SourceBook America Access at CD-ROM Workstation in Trader's Pit	Data on population, households, families, race, income, spending potential, and much more. Indexed by ZIP code and by County. Quick Guide
SourceOECD	Full text publications from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Quick Guide
Sports Business Research Network	Data, articles, research on the Sports and Sporting Goods industries. Jump Start Guide
SRDS	see Local Market Audience Analyst (SRDS)
Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage	S&P stock and bond guides and reports, mutual funds, dividend records, industry surveys, etc. Quick Guide
Stat-USA	Economic, business, and international trade information produced by the U.S. government. Quick Guide
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Database	Description
TAQ	see NYSE TAQ (via WRDS)
TableBase	Tabular statistics on companies, products, industries, countries, and markets. Jump-Start Guide Note: 3 simultaneous users
Thomson Investext (IE Browser only)	Analyst reports from investment banks and consulting firms. Go to "Company Analysis > Research" area.
Thomson One Banker - Analytics (IE Browser only)	Company financials, earnings estimates, market data and stock quotes, private equity firms, etc. For Excel Add-in, consult a librarian. Jump-Start Guide
Thomson Research	SEC filings and historical financial reports.
Thomson Reuters (via WRDS) For current Stanford community	Mutual fund holdings (CDA/Spectrum s12), 13f institutional holdings (CDA/Spectrum s34), and Insider filing data. Data from 1986 Quick Guide
UN Commodity Trade Statistics	Import/Export statistics on commodities worldwide. Quick Guide
Uniworld	Includes Directory of American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries and Directory of Foreign Firms Operating in the U.S.
Wall Street Journal Access via Factiva Access via ABI/INFORM Historical Archive	Factiva: 1/2/84 - current. ABI/INFORM: 1984 - current. Historical Archive (1889 - 1989): back to the first issue.
WDI Online	Development indicators by the World Bank. Quick Guide
World Bank e-Library	World Bank publications.
World Competitiveness Online For current Stanford community	Describes competitiveness of countries based on their economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency, and infrastructure. Quick Guide
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) For current Stanford community To access, please click on individual datasets: AuditAnalytics • Corporate Library • Bank Regulatory • CISDM Hedge Fund • Compustat • Compustat: Executive Compensation • CRSP • CRSP: CRSP/Compustat Merged • CRSP: Mutual Funds • Dow Jones Averages & Total Return Indexes • Eventus • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) • Federal Reserve Bank Reports • First Call Historical Database • Global Insight • I/B/E/S • Mergent FISD • Mutual Fund Links • NYSE TAQ • OptionMetrics • Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) • RiskMetrics • Thomson Reuters • WRDS Documentation	Taps the most comprehensive sources of financial, accounting, economic, management, marketing, banking, and insurance data.

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Jackson Library

A-Z Listing of Business Databases

Ad$pender

AIP

Amadeus

Berkeley Options

Bloomberg

Board Analyst

Capital Changes Reporter

Choices 3 (Simmons Market Research Bureau)

Datastream

Directory of Alternative Investment Programs (AIP)

DRI / Basic Economics

Executive Compensation

Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory

International Financial Reporting Standards

Investext

IRRC Governance and Directors Datasets

Laser Disclosure

LP Source Basic

OECD Database

OneSource North America Business Browser

Palgrave Economic Dictionary Online

Revenues From Sports Venues

SDC

SourceBook America

TAQ

Wall Street Journal

WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services)

Licensed for the Stanford (or GSB) community for academic use only