Help Sheets for Databases

This is an international effort to highlight excellence in support materials for unique business sources. If you know of an additional source please forward your suggestion to Jennifer Boettcher.

Most databases come with "help" installed. You should look for icons featuring question marks. Also some publishers include printed manuals with their sources. The databases listed below tend to have unusual interfaces and need extra help. The ultimate place to seek assistance is your local librarian.

Compustat's Research Insight	Bloomberg Station	Value Line.com	Primark's Datastream	Reuter's Bridge	WRDS's Compustat
Simmons' Choices 3	Euromonitor's Global Market Information Database: GMID	Trade Dimensions' Demographics USA	Esri's ArcView GIS	Mediamark	Ad $pender
LIVEDGAR	KLD's Socrates	Census Bureau's American Factfinder	Factiva	FirstSearch's WorldScope	Thomson Research
CCH Internet Tax Research NetWork	RMA's Annual Statement Studies	Mergent Online
IMF's International Financial Statistics	World Bank's World Development Indicators	SourceOECD

FINANCIAL SOURCES

Research Insight
• Georgetown University
• Rutgers University
• College of William & Mary
• University of Western Ontario
• Babson College
• University of Otago
• Microsoft

BloombergStation Not available in Lauinger Library
• Georgetown University (how to save from academic account)
• Georgetown University (general help)
• Cornell University
• University of Texas-Austin
• Babson College

Value Line
• The College of William & Mary
• College of Old Westbury
• University of Pennsylvania

Datastream Not available in Lauinger Library
• Princeton University
• University of Pennsylvania

Reuters Bridge Not available in Lauinger Library
• University of Illinois
• Cornell University

Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS) (get username and password from your professor)
• University of Missouri-Columbia
• Babson College

MARKETING SOURCES

Simmons Choices 3
• University of Tennessee
• Purdue University
• Michigan State University (Basic Guide)
• Michigan State University (Video Tutorial)

Simmons Choices II
• Georgetown University
• University of Washington
• University of Pennsylvania

Euromonitor's Global Market Information Database: GMID

• Pace University
• University of Michigan

Demographics USA

• Georgetown University
• Column descriptions

Mintel

• College of William & Mary

ArcView Geographic Information System (GIS)

• Duke University
• ESRI Support
• U.S. Geographical Survey
• University of Colorado at Boulder

Mediamark Reporter
• Villanova University (web)
• Pace University (web)
• Marquette University (CD-ROM)
• University of Connecticut (CD-ROM)
• University of Washington(CD-ROM)
• Mediamark Technical Guide

Ad $pender
• Stanford University

Socrates
• Socrates's Help Sheet

American FactFinder's Economic Census and Surveys
• AFF Tutorial

Factiva
• Babson College
• Factiva
• Northwestern University

FirstSearch's Worldscope Not available in Lauinger Library
• Heather Rories, MLS '03*

LIVEDGAR
• Kristina Justh, MLS 03*

Thomson Research
• Babson College
• Thomson Financial

CCH Internet Tax Research Network
• Commerce Clearing House
• College at Old Westbury
• University of Michigan
• University of Texas- San Antonio

Annual Statement Studies
• RMA's Definitions of Ratios

Mergent Online
• College at Old Westburgy

International Financial Statistics (CD-ROM)
• Marquette University
• Georgetown University
• Columbia University
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Colorado School of Mines

World Development Indicators (CD-ROM)
• Georgetown University

SourceOECD
• Marquette University
• OECD Help sheet
• European University Institute * Students from CUA in my Business Information Class

  
  

  
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