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A-Z Listing of Business Databases

Here is a listing of business databases made available to you by Jackson Library for academic use only.  These databases are accessible via GSB (or Stanford) Computers. 

GSB users can access web-based databases remotely through WebApps.
All Stanford users have off-campus access to databases that are on Stanford Network through the university's proxy server.

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ABI/INFORM Global

Covers 1,600+ leading business and management publications, including 350+ English-language titles from outside the U.S. Easy access to articles on 60,000 companies, with coverage from 1971-. Full text articles available for many important journals, including: Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, and Journal of the Academy of Marketing.

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Ad$pender

Summary level advertising expenditures across 11 media (print and broadcast). Includes data from 2000 to present.

Guide [icon - pdf]
 


CD-ROM Workstation

AIP (Directory of Alternative Investments Programs)

see Directory of Alternative Programs

CD-ROM Workstation

or

Online Access [icon - Password]
at Jackson Library Information Desk
(Current Stanford Users Only)

Amadeus

A pan-European financial database containing information on over 5 million companies from 34 countries, including all the EU countries and Eastern Europe. Note: When accessing the database via WRDS, click on Bureau van Dijk on the opening screen.

Access via Bureau van DijkAccess via WRDS • Guide [icon - pdf]


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Audit Analytics

Audit Analytics provides detailed research on auditor information, sarbanes-oxley disclosures, compliance disclosures, litigation, and corporate governance.
Current Stanford students, faculty, and staff.  • request an account

Access the Database (with personal account)  • Access via WRDS

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Bank Regulatory

Provides accounting data for Bank Holding Companies, Commercial Banks, Savings Banks, and Savings and Loans Institutions. The source of the data comes from the required regulatory forms filled for supervising purposes.

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BankScope

Comprehensive, global database containing information on over 22,000 public and private banks. Includes Fitch, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s ratings. Instant peer group analysis provided by integrated analysis software. Data is updated daily. Note: When accessing the database via WRDS, click on Bureau van Dijk on the opening screen.

Access via Bureau van DijkAccess via WRDS Guide [icon - pdf]
 


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Berkeley Options

Real-time and historical market data, news and technical analysis. Details.
Current Stanford faculty and PhD students only.

 


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Bloomberg

Real-time and historical market data, news, technical analysis. 
Full service: Current GSB faculty, staff, and students only. Basic version: Current Stanford students, faculty, staff, GSB alumni, and authorized visiting scholars only

Guide: Basic Service [icon - pdf] Full Service [icon - pdf]
 

Trader's Pit [icon - Password]

 

Board Analyst

see The Corporate Library
 


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BoardEx

BoardEx analyses the top corporate decision-makers who represent the boards and senior management of U.S. and European public and private companies.
Current GSB students, faculty, and staff onlyrequest an account

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Books in Print

Listings and bibliographic information for books currently available from publishers in the U.S. 

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Business Insights

Offers timely market research reports with global coverage in 5 industry areas: finance, energy, healthcare, consumer goods, and e-commerce and technology. 

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Business Monitor Online

Covering up to 175 markets worldwide, provides intra-daily alerts and new stories, country risk ratings, macroeconomics analyses and forecasts, financial analyses of debt, equity and forex developments; market research and forecast reports covering 11 industries, and a database of 50,000 multinational company subsidiaries networked  across global markets.

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Business Source Complete

Contains over 2,400 full text scholarly journals and business periodicals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, including such core title as: Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, and California Management Review.  Also includes country economic reports from the EIU, WEFA, ICON Group and CountryWatch. Other EBSCO databases - including: Regional Business News (U.S.), Academic Source Premier, ERIC, Medline, etc.

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Capital IQ

A unique platform combining detailed information on investment banking, private equity, corporations, investment management, professional services, and brokerage.
Current GSB students, faculty, and staff (and current Stanford students involved in GSB coursework)

Access the Database (SUNet ID required) •  Guide [icon - pdf]
 



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Capital Changes Reporter

Covers federal tax consequences of capital changes for more than 58,000 corporations and organizations resulting from stock dividends, stock splits, reorganizations, exchanges, rights and other changes in capital structure.

Guide [icon - pdf]
 


CD-ROM Workstation

Census Data

This main site for the United States Census Bureau offers essential social, demographic, and economic information.

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China Data Online

Comprehensive database focusing on economic statistics of China, arranged by regions and categories. Includes monthly and yearly reports on China's macroeconomic development, statistical databases about China's population and economy at the county and city level, and financial indicators of more than 568 industrial branches. Also includes statistical yearbooks, census data, industrial and marketing surveys, and an atlas of China.

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CISDM (Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets)

Hedge Funds, CTAs, and CPOs. Includes investment strategy/style, historical monthly returns, assets under management, leverage, minimum initial investment, and fee structure.

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Choices 3 (Simmons Market Research Bureau)

Quarterly quantitative product and media surveys providing advertising and marketing researchers with detailed demographic and marketing segments of media audiences. Fall 2005 Release.

Guide [icon - pdf]
 


CD-ROM Workstation

Compustat (Standard & Poor's)

• Compustat North America - financial data items on more than 24,000 public companies.
• Compustat Global - data on publicly held companies in more than 80 countries.
• EMDB (Emerging Markets Database) - covers 53 emerging markets and more than 2,200 stocks in developing countries.
• Quarterly updated data also available: COMPQ
Details

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Compustat / Executive Compensation

Historical data on executive compensation trends.

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The Corporate Library (Board Analyst)

Comprehensive objective corporate governance, compensation, and critical company information. It contains information on over 12,400 U.S. companies and over 135,000 directors. Information includes:

• Corporate Board Structure and Independence
• Director Positions and Committee Assignments
• Executive Compensation
• Director Compensation
• Audit Fees
• Corporate Ownership
• Takeover Defenses

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CorpTech

Directory and profiles of U.S. technology companies.

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Country Navigator

Allows you to establish a personal cultural intelligence profile and preferences and compare those with the attitudes and preferences of your targeted country. The analysis provides links to relevant country information and learning resources so you can identify differences and receive practical instruction on applying business skills. It includes in-depth information on Culture & Lifestyle, Business Skills, Leadership Styles, Security and Travel Information in 39 countries.  You will have an individual account based on your GSB e-mail address and can save any pertinent information to your account.

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CountryWatch

Provides economic and political information on 192 countries of the world. Also delivers a globally integrated macroeconomic forecast for each of those countries, and includes CountryWire which delivers the latest news on those countries.

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CQ.com on Congress

Contains up-to-date news and analysis of current legislation and Congressional activities.

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CRSP

Produced by the University of Chicago's Center for Research in Securities Prices, the CRSP database contains daily and monthly price, volume, and return data for NYSE, ASE, and NASDAQ stocks. Details
Quarterly updated data also available: CRSPQ

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CRSP/Compustat Merged Database

Compustat data repackaged in CRSP Access binary format (quarterly updates).

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CRSP Mutual Funds

Provides open-ended U.S. mutual fund data for funds of all investment objectives,  principally equity funds, taxable and municipal bond funds, and money market funds. Data from 1961-  (quarterly updates).

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Currency Options (PHLX)

One of North America's primary, marketplaces for trading currency options. Provides any combination of 10 currencies for a possible 100 currency pairs.

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Datamonitor

 see MarketLine


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Datastream

Long runs of easy-to-download data on stocks, bonds, commodities, and economic indicators. Current Stanford students, faculty, staff, GSB alumni, and authorized visiting scholars only.

Guide [icon - pdf]
 


Trader's Pit [icon - Password]

Directory of Alternative Investment Programs (AIP)

A companion to Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory. Profiles public and corporate pension funds, endowments and foundations, finance and insurance companies, and other key players in the alternative investment market. Provides articles on institutional investors participation as well as analysis and rankings in the alternative investment market.

Guide [icon - pdf]
 


CD-ROM Workstation

or

Online Access [icon - Password]
at Jackson Library Information Desk
(Current Stanford Users Only)

Dow Jones Averages & Total Return Indexes

Includes daily and monthly data

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DRI / Basic Economics

is now Global Insight


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EBSCO's Business Source Complete

see Business Source Complete




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Econlit

Indexing and abstracts of articles from academic journals in economics.

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Economist.com

Electronic version of the Economist magazine.

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EIU CountryData

An analytical database of worldwide economic indicators and forecasts which covers 115 countries and gives access to 271 economic series and more than 750,000 individual data points.

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eMarketer

Brings together the latest research, statistics and trend data in IT. The Core Reports use information compiled from major research companies, associations and government agencies, and the eStat Database includes charts, articles featuring statistics, surveys and forecasts on topics ranging from Advertising to Wi-Fi.

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Eventus

Performs event studies that compute abnormal returns for specific corporate actions or events using data directly from the CRSP stock base.

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Executive Compensation

see Compustat / Executive Compensation


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Factiva

Provides comprehensive coverage for full-text newspapers, magazines, newswires, company financials, and stock quotes.  Includes Wall Street Journal (June 13, 1979- ).
Note: Factiva does not currently provide full-text coverage of The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Mercury News (San Jose) as well as other newspapers. For a complete list of these “blocked” titles, consult staff at the Library’s Information Desk.

Access the Database (8 simultaneous users)  •  Guide [icon - pdf]
 


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Faulkner's Advisory for Information Technology Studies

Offers a wide range of reports which continually monitor the events and trends that shape and redefine the IT and communications industries as well as unbiased intelligence about the products, services and vendors that play a critical role in those industries.

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FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

Contains 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). These entities include commercial banks, savings banks, or savings and loans.

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Federal Reserve Bank Reports

Comprises 3 databases:

 • Foreign Exchange Rates (Federal Reserve Board's H.10 Report) - rates for 30+ world currencies.
 • Interest Rates (Federal Reserve Board's H.15 Report) - selected interest rates for U.S. treasuries, private money market, and capital market instruments.
 • FRB Philadelphia State Indexes - a set of coincident indexes for the 50 states

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First Call

A history of First Call's Real Time Earnings Estimates containing major data tables including Broker Estimate Details, Consensus Estimates, Reported Actuals, Stock Splits, etc. Data back to 1990 on over 9,700 securities (US, Canadian, ADR's).

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First Research

Industry overview, recent developments, challenges, opportunities, call prep questions, financial information, etc.

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Forrester Research

Publications analyze a broad range of technology areas such as new media, computing, software, networking, telecommunications and the Internet, and project how technology trends will affect businesses, consumers, and society. 
Current Stanford students, faculty, and staff only.

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Personal Account [icon - Password]

 

Freedonia Focus

A collection of over 250  industry market research reports covering 18 industry sectors.
Current Stanford students, faculty, staff and authorized visiting scholars only
.

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Frost & Sullivan: Healthcare

Offers strategic market reports on the global healthcare market.
Current GSB students, faculty, and staff

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Galante's Venture Capital & Private Equity Directory

Contains almost 1,750 profiles of venture capital, buyout, mezzanine and other private equity firms.  Also includes names, dates and sizes of investment pools each private investment manager has raised during the past 10 years.

Guide [icon - pdf]
 


CD-ROM Workstation

or

Online Access [icon - Password]
at Jackson Library Information Desk
(Current Stanford Users Only)

Gartner Research

In-depth analysis and market intelligence for the IT industry. Covers full range of products and technologies associated with computer hardware, software, communications products, financial services, electronic business, and healthcare application software worldwide. 
Current Stanford students, faculty, and staff only.

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Global Development Finance (GDF)

A wealth of historical as well as current data on the debt and financial flows for 138 countries. Issued by the World Bank.

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Global Financial Data

Provides long term and current world economic data on over 150 countries. Includes comprehensive analysis tools that provide the ability to graph and analyze the data.
Current Stanford students, faculty, and staff only.

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Global Insight (Formerly: DRI)

Offers detailed macroeconomic time series data for the U.S. on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.  Covers 1945 - present.

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GuideStar

Provides nonprofit organization information via two search methods: 1) Nonprofit & Donation Search and 2) People Search.

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Hoover's Online

Basic and "premium-level" content from Hoover's Online. Concise company and industry profiles, and more.  Premium content accessible from GSB Computers. 

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I/B/E/S

Provides Wall Street earnings forecasts and the consensus data derived from these forecasts for more than 3,500 publicly traded companies in the U.S. Details

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InfoTech Trends

Provides market information from published periodical sources on computers, peripherals, software, storage, Internet, and communications equipment. 

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International Financial Statistics

Historical financial and economic data for IMF member countries.

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International Financial Reporting Standards

Includes IFRSs and Interpretations, EDs, Issue Papers and Discussion Papers, Glossary of Terms, and other helpful tools.



CD-ROM Workstation

 

Investext

             see Thomson Investext

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IRRC Governance and Directors Datasets

see RiskMetrics



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ISI Emerging Markets

Provides hard-to-get news, thousands of public and private company profiles, in-depth industry profiles and research reports, macroeconomic analysis, forecasts and statistics, financial statements from the emerging markets in over 70 countries in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa.

Produced by ISI (Internet Securities, Inc.) in 21 offices around the world, and carries material from more than 9500 local and international sources, all integrated into an intuitive and customizable interface supporting 20 languages

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JSTOR

Provides browsing, searching and printing of the full text of key journals in economics and other disciplines. 

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Jupiter Research

Provides research, and analysis backed by proprietary data, to help companies profit from the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on their business. Areas covered include personal technologies and access, online advertising, web technologies and operations.

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KLD Research and Analytics, Inc.

Comprehensive database for socially responsible companies. Database includes research, benchmarks and compliance data. Also provides access to Domini 400 SocialSM Index (DS 400 Index), a socially screened, capitalization-weighted index of 400 common stocks. 

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Key Business Ratios

D&B draws statistics from over one million public and private companies providing 14 key business ratios for over 800 lines of business.

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Kompass

Provides service, product, trade and brand information for 1.6 million companies in over 70 countries.

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Laser Disclosure

Full-text of annual reports, 10-K reports, registrations and proxies filed with the SEC from late 1988 to the present. Details



CD-ROM Workstation

 

Leadership Library

Who's who information from 14 US sectors, including corporate, financial, government (federal, state, municipal) and non-profit. 
Note: Downloading from Leadership Library is restricted to Stanford. Consult Reference Desk Staff for information.

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LehmanLive

Provides Lehman Brothers' fixed income and equity research.
Current Stanford students, faculty, and staffrequest an account

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Personal Account [icon - Password] [icon - Stanford Network]

or

Trader's Pit

LexisNexis Academic

Offers a full-text collection of business, company, financial, and general news information. 

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LexisNexis Statistical

Comprehensive index to statistical information in publications produced by U.S. and state governments and other organizations.

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MarketLine

Comprehensive information, news and market reports for international companies, industries and countries.

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MarketResearch.com Academic

Market research reports from leading sources - Kalorama Information, Packaged Facts, MarketLooks, Icon Group International and Specialists in Business Information. With reports ranging from 20 to 400 pages in length and containing charts, tables, graphs and key facts about the topic area, the coverage includes the business-related subject areas of consumer products, demographics, food, beverage, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, etc. Some reports are "embargoed" for a 12 month period.

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Mergent Corporate Manuals

(via Mergent WebReports)
Extensive historical information on public companies. Includes the following Mergent / Moody's manuals:

 • 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-

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Mergent FISD

A comprehensive database of publicly-offered U.S. bonds.  Contains issue details on over 140,000 corporate, corporate MTN (medium term note), supranational, U.S. Agency, and U.S. Treasury debt securities and includes more than 550 data items.  Provides details on debt issues and the issuers, as well as transactions by insurance companies. It is used to research market trends, deal structures, issuer capital structures and other areas of fixed income debt research.

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Mergent Online

Formerly known as Moody's, it provides access to detailed corporate financial histories. Allows for the custom building of company reports and peer analysis. Links to full text Edgar documents. Also includes country profiles and maps.

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Million Dollar Database

Basic information - including size, type of ownership, and principal executives - on over 300,000 U.S. companies.  From Dun & Bradstreet. 

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Mintel

Offers a series of market research reports covering the US and European marketplace. Each report combines data & analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis, demographic issues and consumer profiles.
Current Stanford students, faculty, staff and authorized visiting scholars only (Valid Stanford email address required for registration)
.

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NeighborhoodScout

NeighborhoodScout® - Includes nearly 200 characteristics in a searchable neighborhood research tool that covers every neighborhood (census tract) in America. NeighborhoodScout can be queried either by selecting lifestyle segmentations such as retirement real estate, vacation homes, family neighborhoods, and luxury communities, or by selecting combinations of criteria. Criteria include: school ratings, home appreciation rates, house values, crime rates, income, ethnicity, and many more.
This database requires a username and password and is for current Stanford University students, faculty and staff use only (Inquire at the Jackson Library Information Desk to log in).

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New York Times Historical Archive

Provides full-text coverage from 1851 through 2003 of The New York Times newspaper as well as the its Sunday Magazine and Book Review section.

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OECD Database

see  SourceOECD

 


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OneSource's US Business Browser

An integrated site offering a collection of core business information on companies and industries - news stories, corporate overviews, financial data, research reports, executive biographies, and more. Includes analyst reports from Investext.

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OptionMetrics

Historical (6+ years) prices of options and their associated underlying instruments, correctly calculated implied volatilities, and options sensitivities.

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ORBIS

Provides descriptive and financial information for over 33 million companies worldwide. Also contains further details such as news, market research, ratings, country reports, scanned reports, ownership and M&A data.

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PAIS

Index to literature on contemporary and public affairs, especially government and politics, international relations, economics, and political economy. 

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Plunkett Research Online

Takes you directly to industry-specific research portals for the most important business sectors, from energy to e-commerce and retailing to financial services.

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PsycINFO

Provide access to international literature in psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines including business, management, sociology, education, law, and medicine, from the 1800s to the present.

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Rand California

Up-to-date statistics and analysis of the California economy.

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Reference USA

A two part database : the business portion provides information on 12 million US businesses while the residential portion gives information on 120 million US households.
Please note: Maximum download is 25 records at a time.

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Revenues From Sports Venues

A unique resource that provides complete information on US and Canadian sports venues including ticket prices, history on luxury suite prices, signage and advertising placements, naming rights deals, and so much more.

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CD-ROM Workstation

RiskMetrics (formerly IRRC)

Objective and unbiased research and data provided by the Investor Responsibility Research Center.

 • Governance data (1990-2004) also known as IRRC Takeover Defense database, includes proxy voting and corporate responsibility issues.
 • Directors data (1996-2003) details the structure and practices for around 1,500 of the largest US publicly traded companies

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Sand Hill Index

A timely, comprehensive, and unbiased benchmark of venture capital value.
Current GSB students, faculty, and staff only.

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SDC

Provides data on mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, and VC funding ( VentureXpert ). From Securities Data Corporation. 
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SourceBook America

Data on population, households, families, race, income, spending potential, and much more. Indexed by ZIP code and by County.

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SourceOECD

Full text access to all of the published output of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Includes monographs, serials, and a growing number of statistical databases.  Coverage extends from 1998 or 1999.

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Sports Business Research Network

Provides an array of information - data, articles, research - on the Sports and Sporting Goods industries. 

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Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

A compilation of 18 S&P databases that provide a comprehensive picture of the investment world. Includes stock and bond guides and reports, mutual funds, dividend records, industry surveys, and much more.

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Stanford Dissertations

Full-text PDF files of dissertations since 1989-

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Stat-USA

Compendium of economic, business, and international trade information produced by the U.S. government. 

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TAQ (Trade and Quote)

Intraday transactions data for all securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and American Stock Exchange (AMEX), as well as Nasdaq National Market System (NMS) and SmallCap issues.  

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TableBase

Provides access to tabular information on companies, products, industries, countries, and markets.

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Thomson Financial (Ownership Data)

 • Mutual fund holdings -- all registered funds filing with the SEC, plus 3,000 global funds. Data from 1980.
 • CDA/Spectrum institutional money manager holdings -- 13(f) common stock holdings and transactions. Data from 1980
 • Insider filing data -- transaction and holdings info. Data from 1986

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Thomson Investext

Provides investment research reports written by analysts at investment banks and consulting firms. Investext analyst reports are available from the "Company Analysis > Research" area.

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Thomson One Banker - Analytics

Offers company financials, earnings estimates, real time market data and stock quotes combined with advanced filtering and screening capabilities. Retrieved data can be downloaded in bulk. An Excel Add-in is provided allowing downloading and analysis of data.  It must be custom installed; consult a librarian for the Add-in.

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Thomson Research

Provides full-text SEC filings and historical financial reports of companies worldwide. 

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UN Commodity Trade Statistics

Import/Export statistics on commodities worldwide.

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Wall Street Journal

 • Coverage in Factiva: 6/13/79-1/1/84 (selected full-text); 1/2/84-current (full-text); Use this interface to browse today's headlines.
 • Coverage in ABI/INFORM: 1984 - current.
 • Historical Archive (1889 - 1989): searchable full-text back to the first issue. 

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WDI Online

World Development Indicators issued by the World Bank. Provides direct access to more than 700 development indicators, with time series for 208 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2006, where data are available.

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World Bank e-Library

A fully cross-searchable portal of over 1,200 World Bank titles, plus each new book as it is published. Offers abstracts as well as full text in PDF. 

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World Competitiveness Online

The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook analyzes and ranks the ability of nations to create and maintain an environment that sustains the competitiveness of enterprises.  It covers 55 countries using 323 criteria in four categories: economic performance, government efficiency, business efficiency, and infrastructure, to provide and multifaceted view of the competitiveness of nations.

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WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services)

To access please click on individual datasets:
Amadeus  • Audit Analytics •  The Corporate Library (Board Analyst) • BankScope  •  CISDM •  Compustat •  Compustat / Executive  Compensation  •  Currency Options (PHLX)  •  CRSP  •  CRSP/Compustat Merged  •  CRSP Mutua