Business Databases

Fulltext database of thousands of magazine and newspaper articles, news wires, legal and government sources. Dates of coverage and updates vary from title to title.

This database contains detailed profiles of nearly 13,500 U.S. and international advertising agencies, including accounts represented by each agency, fields of specialization, breakdown of gross billings by media, contact information on agency personnel and more.

Materials relating to all aspects of agriculture, 1970-present.

Data for American multi-national firms and their worldwide operations including contact information for headquarters, branches, subsidiaries and affiliates. 190 countries and 1,200 industries covered. Searchable by company name (keyword), country, state, region, revenue, # of employees, industry type, Zip Code or any combination of these. Data is downloadable to Excel. Updated daily.

The Bank Regulatory databases provide 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. Dates of data coverage vary.

Indexes and abstracts over 800 business magazines and scholarly journals from 1982 to date, with full text of the articles from over 400 publications as far back as 1995. Updated daily

This database is an excellent source for hard to find, small, and local business publications. Information from over 500 local, regional, national and international newspapers, newswires and business journals covering companies, industries, executives and products, including current information. 1993-present. the University has data for 1985-1994 indexed on CD-ROM and its full text on microfiche.

Provides full-text articles from over 2,300 business journals, newspapers, magazines with indexing and abstracts for over 10,000 additional publications. Dates of coverage for some publications go back to 1965 and content is updated daily. Additional full text content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.

Detailed indexing and documentation on securities law, banking law, trade regulations, and government contracts. It tracks corporate capital changes.

This database, from the Tax.CCHGroup, provides comprehensive and authoritative tax news, research and software. Expert practitioners and tax law editors give practical guidance and complete details on federal, state and international tax issues.

Provides more than 300 annual and 100 quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplemental data items on more than 7500 publicly held companies. The COMPUSTAT databases on WRDS include Full Coverage, Research, Prices, Dividends & Earnings, Segments and Bank. For most companies annual data is available for 20 years and quarterly data for 48 quarters.

The Conference Board's research online collection is a searchable collection of full-text research reports on the latest issues in business management and US and global economics. Proprietary, non-biased research includes studies of Fortune 500 companies on business trends, corporate citizenship, sustainability, corporate governance, ethics, human resources, operations, business process, productivity and more. Executive summaries and special PowerPoint encapsulations are available for selected reports. Economics materials includes topline US and global economic indicators and full-text issues of Straighttalk that provides analysis and forecasts of US and international economic conditions by The Conference Board's chief economist, Gail Fosler, multiple winner of The Wall Street Journal citation as the most accurate forecaster.

The most comprehensive collection of security price, return, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and Nasdaq stock markets, including S&P. Additional CRSP files are daily and monthly Bonds and Stocks. Data from December 1925-present.

The best-known and oldest reported U.S. stock index. Daily data from 1896-1999.

An index of economic literature from periodicals, books, dissertations and working papers, 1969-present.

Access to over 6,000 full-text business publications including newspapers, newswires, journals, magazines, and trade publications. It also includes company, industry, and financial information.

The Fama-French Research Portfolios are constructed from the intersections of two portfolios formed on size, as measured by market equity (ME), and three portfolios using, as Manual proxy for value, the ratio of book equity to market equity (BE/ME). Returns from these portfolios are used to construct the Fama-French Factors. Monthly data from January 1927-present. Daily data from July 1, 1963-present. Updated annually.

Contains financial data and history of 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. Data from 1984-1998.

The WRDS FX database is based upon the Federal Reserve Board's H.10 release and contains Foreign Exchange (FX) rates for over 30 world currencies and trade-weighted indices.

Data for foreign (non-American) multi-national firms and their U.S. subsidiaries including contact information for headquarters and subsidiaries. 80 countries and 1,200 industries are covered. Searchable by company name (keyword), country, state, region, revenue, # of employees, industry type, Zip Code or any combination of these. Data is downloadable to Excel. Updated daily.

Provides access to Gartner's published research and analysis of the information technology industry.

Provides data series for the United States only (not international) including GDP, corporate before and after tax profits by industry, corporate capital consumption by industry, personal consumption expenditures by type of product, population, employment, compensation, etc. Dates of data coverage vary but all series go back at least 20 years and some series go back over 50 years.

Provides 2000 data types across 11 categories: Automotives and transport, Consumer markets, Economic indicators, Foreign trade, Industrial markets, IT and telecommunications, Leisure and lifestyles, Population and households, Resources and environment, Retailing, Service markets. Country statistics contains historic and forecast demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries. Country profiles contain key political and economic indicators. Lifestyle indicators contain a huge range of data such as eating habits, home ownership trends and crime patterns for 71 countries. Data updated annually, historic data back to 1977 and forecasts to 2016.

Coverage on more than 14,000 companies, including company profile, financials, list of officers, competitors, news stories and more.

Provides consensus and detail forecasts from security analysts, including earnings per share, revenue, cash flow, long-term growth projections and stock recommendations. Data from January 1974-present.

Provides 700+ U.S. industry market research reports and external environment reports.

Covers a wide range of disciplines and areas of study, including political science, sociology, economics, population studies, criminal justice, public health, aging, education, psychology, history, and substance abuse.

Key business ratios provide 14 key business ratios covering all critical areas of business performance: solvency, efficiency and profitability. Ratios are broken down into median figures, with upper and lower quartiles. Ratios are arranged by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes which makes it possible to compare a business' operating results with those of specific competitors or the industry as a whole.

Indexes and abstracts articles in operations research and management science selected from over 180 international journals. 1989-present

Financial information on thousands of U.S. and international public companies. Company information includes extensive online financial filings, annual reports, price and earnings data, quarterly and annual financial figures, company profiles, and spreadsheet financials.

Key business ratios provide 14 key business ratios covering all critical areas of business performance: solvency, efficiency and profitability. Ratios are broken down into median figures, with upper and lower quartiles. Ratios are arranged by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes which makes it possible to compare a business' operating results with those of specific competitors or the industry as a whole.

Fulltext database of thousands of magazine and newspaper articles, news wires, legal and government sources. Dates of coverage and updates vary from title to title.

Index to statistics published by all the major agencies of the U.S. government from 1973-present, the computer equivalent of the American Statistics Index. Where available, hotlinks to the full text of these documents is included. In addition, from 1999-present, 25,000 full text tables from these same sources as well as from various state, non-governmental and international intergovernmental agencies are being added as a separate searchable subfile.

Contains research reports covering U.S. and International marketplaces. Each market research report combines data and analysis of the competitive landscape, market-share analysis and consumer profiles. Complex demographic issues are broken into easy-to-understand sections, explaining consumer behavior and demonstrating the structure of the market.

NBER Researchers report their findings on a variety of economic subjects.The Working Papers are indexed back to 1992, and full text from 1994.

Contains intraday transactions data (trades and quotes) 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 Small Cap issues. 1993- present.

Provides 2000 data types across 11 categories: Automotives and transport, Consumer markets, Economic indicators, Foreign trade, Industrial markets, IT and telecommunications, Leisure and lifestyles, Population and households, Resources and environment, Retailing, Service markets. Country statistics contains historic and forecast demographic, economic and marketing statistics for 205 countries. Country profiles contain key political and economic indicators. Lifestyle indicators contain a huge range of data such as eating habits, home ownership trends and crime patterns for 71 countries. Data updated annually, historic data back to 1977 and forecasts to 2016.

Offers the choice of expiration date, strike (exercise) price, premium payment and any combination of 10 currencies currently available for a total of 100 possible currency pairs. 1993-present. Updated monthly.

Provides basic data, i.e., address, line of business, number of employees, estimated sales, etc., for 13+ million U.S. public and private businesses. A database of this type and size is impossible to keep up-to-date and company information, particularly for smaller private companies, may not be current.

Provides comprehensive full-text for over 50 regional business publications, including titles from Crain Communications. Dates of coverage for some publications go back to 1990 and content is updated daily.

As a result of Rule 11Ac1-5, market centers that trade national market system securities must make monthly, electronic disclosures of basic information concerning their quality of executions on a stock-by-stock basis. June 2001-present.

Produced by the Institutional Shareholder Services, this database contains research and analysis on social issue shareholder proposals raised at U.S. companies.

Index to the journal literature of the social sciences. It fully covers over 1,400 journals spanning 50 disciplines. Coverage also includes items relevant to the social sciences selected from 7,000 other journals. 1994-present. Updated weekly.

Database consists of five modules: Company Profiles; Involvement Reports; Queries; Portfolios; Shareholder Actions, and; Corporate Governance. Company Profiles provide detailed data on the social and environmental records of companies on the Russell 3000 Index and KLDís Domini 400 Social Index. Involvement Reports track companies in the global publicly traded universe, including: Alcohol; Contraceptives; Firearms; Gambling; Military; Nuclear Power, and; Tobacco. Queries allows sophisticated searches on the 660+ companies in the Socrates database. Portfolio functionality allows the creation of selected lists of companies. Shareholder Actions offers shareholder resolutions for companies globally publicly traded. Corporate Governance allows the viewing and export of corporate governance data provided by The Corporate Library (TCL) covering the Russell 1000 universe.

A service of the U.S, Department of Commerce, it features Daily Economic News, Frequently Requested Statistical Releases, Export and International Trade, Domestic Economic News and Statistical Series, Business Leads and Procurement Opportunities. Also includes the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), the U.S. Government's most comprehensive source of international trade data and export promotion information.

Financial information on thousands of U.S. and international public companies. Company information includes extensive online financial filings, annual reports, price and earnings data, quarterly and annual financial figures, company profiles, and spreadsheet financials.

One of the most widely used independent investment information services in the world. This database includes both the Standard Edition covering some 1,700 equity issues and the Small & Mid Cap Edition covering some 1,800 additional, mostly small-capitalization issues.

In addition to the most current 13 issues of the Standard and Mid Cap Investment Surveys this database includes the Value Line Mutual Fund Survey, Daily Options Survey, Special Situations Survey (emerging companies), Convertibles Survey and ETF Survey. Contains current information only. For Investment Survey Reports back to 1997, use Value Line Investment Survey with Historical Reports.

Features up to the minute news, analyst reports, as well as interviews with analysts, money managers, CEO's and other experts on various industries. Features include roundtables with leading experts and announcements of upcoming conferences on various topics such as managing healthcare costs, or investing in the water industry.

Contains time series indicators for national accounts, balance of payments, trade, finance, social, government, and public sector finance. 1970-present. Updated annually.

Internet-based business data service from The Wharton School accessing the most comprehensive sources of financial, accounting, economic, management, marketing, banking, and insurance data. WRDS offers point-and-click access to the following databases and data sets: Bank Regulatory, Compustat, CRSP - Center for Research in Security Prices, Dow Jones Averages, Fama French, FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Data Set, Foreign Exchange Rates, Global Insight (DRI), I/B/E/S - Institutional Brokers Estimates System, NYSE TAQ - Trade and Quote Database, PHLX - Philadelphia Stock Exchange's United Currency Options Market (UCOM), & SEC Disclosure of Order Execution (DOE).