Walton Database Resources
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Mullins Library Business Guides
WRDS: Wharton Research Data Services
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is the leading, comprehensive, Internet-based data research service used by academic, government, non-profit institutions, and corporate firms. WRDS manages the data and delivers it in a seamless, unified, and consistent form. WRDS provides the user with one location to access over 200 terabytes of data across multiple disciplines including Finance, Marketing, and Economics.
To request assistance obtaining new database titles, email details to helpdesk@walton.uark.edu
Non-WRDS Accessible Database Descriptions and Links
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Accounting Research Network Site
Description:The Accounting Research Network on SSRN is an open access preprint server that provides a venue for authors to showcase their research papers in our digital library, speeding up the dissemination and providing the scholarly community access to groundbreaking working papers and early-stage research. SSRN provides the opportunity to share different outputs of research such as preprints, preliminary or exploratory investigations, book chapters, PhD dissertations, course and teaching materials, presentations, and posters among others. SSRN also helps accounting scholars discover the latest research in their own and other fields of interest, while providing a platform for the early sharing of their own work, making it available for subsequent work to be built upon more quickly.
Access Instructions:
To access the scription to the Accounting Research Network, follow the vendor link and click on University of Arkansas to set up your account.
Type of Materials:
Working Papers- Working Papers
Accounting, Finance, EconomicsSubjects:
- Accounting
- Finance
- Economics
Contact & Additional Info:SSRN
1239 University Ave, Floor 2
Rochester, NY 14607- Vendor Phone Number212-448-2500
- Vendor WebsiteSSRN
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Bloomberg Terminal
Description:The Bloomberg Terminal brings together real-time data on every market, proprietary, analyst-driven research, analytics, coverage of markets and securities with information across asset classes — from fixed income to equities, to foreign exchange, commodities and derivatives. 2,700 news professionals in 120 countries.
Access Instructions:
Bloomberg Subscription for FINN - Garrison Financial Institute.
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
Finance, EconomicsSubjects:
- Finance
- Economics
Contact & Additional Info: -
Corporate Governance Research Network
Description:Corporate governance is the collection of mechanisms, processes and relations used by various parties to control and to operate a corporation. The Corporate Governance Research Network on SSRN is an open access preprint server that provides a venue for authors to showcase their research papers in our digital library, speeding up the dissemination and providing the scholarly community access to groundbreaking working papers and early-stage research.
Access Instructions:
To access the scription to the Accounting Research Network, follow the vendor link and click on University of Arkansas to set up your account.
Type of Materials:
Working Papers- Working Papers
Accounting, Finance, EconomicsSubjects:
- Accounting
- Finance
- Economics
Contact & Additional Info:SSRN
1239 University Ave, Floor 2
Rochester, NY 14607- Vendor Phone Number212-448-2500
- Vendor WebsiteSSRN
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Crunchbase
Description:Access Instructions:
SEVI for one professor, Dr. Grandy. May entertain enterprise version if generate more interest. Paid with department funds.
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
Management, EntrepreneursSubjects:
- Management
- Entrepreneurs
Contact & Additional Info: -
Economics Research Network
Description:The study of economics looks at the impact of consumption, savings, investment and production on economic growth. The Economics Research Network on SSRN is an open access preprint server that provides a venue for authors to showcase their research papers in economics in our digital library, speeding up dissemination and providing the scholarly community access to groundbreaking working papers, early stage research and even peer reviewed or published journal articles.
Access Instructions:
To access the scription to the Economics Research Network, follow the link and click on University of Arkansas to set up your account.
Type of Materials:
Working Papers- Working Papers
Accounting, Finance, EconomicsSubjects:
- Accounting
- Finance
- Economics
Contact & Additional Info:SSRN
1239 University Ave, Floor 2
Rochester, NY 14607- Vendor Phone Number212-448-2500
- Vendor WebsiteSSRN
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Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Network
Description:Entrepreneurship involves the study of new business creation as well as the actual process of planning, launching and running a new business. The Entrepreneurship Research Network on SSRN is an open access preprint server that provides a venue for authors to showcase their research papers in our digital library, speeding up the dissemination and providing the scholarly community access to groundbreaking working papers and early-stage research
Access Instructions:
To access the scription to the, Entrepreneurship Research &Policy Network, follow the vendor link and click on University of Arkansas to set up your account.
Type of Materials:
Working Papers- Working Papers
Management, EntrepreneursSubjects:
- Management
- Entrepreneurs
Contact & Additional Info:SSRN
1239 University Ave, Floor 2
Rochester, NY 14607- Vendor Phone Number212-448-2500
- Vendor WebsiteSSRN
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Information System & eBusiness Network
Description:Information Systems (IS) is a field of study that integrates information and computing technologies with human ingenuity to manage an organization efficiently and effectively. The Information Systems & eBusiness Network on SSRN is an open access preprint server that provides a venue for authors to showcase their research papers in our digital library, speeding up the dissemination and providing the scholarly community access to groundbreaking working papers and early-stage research.
Access Instructions:
To access the scription to Information System & eBusiness Network, follow the vendor link and click on University of Arkansas to set up your account.
Type of Materials:
Working Papers- Working Papers
Information SystemsSubjects:
- Information Systems
Contact & Additional Info:SSRN
1239 University Ave, Floor 2
Rochester, NY 14607- Vendor Phone Number212-448-2500
- Vendor WebsiteSSRN
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Legal Scholarship Network
Description:Law is the basis of a functioning modern society. Laws dictate how members of a society must act and proscribe certain acts. From international laws to local ordinances, multiple layers of laws impact our daily lives. An understanding of law is necessary to analyze and understand interactions between individuals, businesses, and governments.
Access Instructions:
To access the scription to Legal Scholarship Network, follow the vendor link and click on University of Arkansas to set up your account.
Type of Materials:
Working Papers- Working Papers
Accounting, ManagementSubjects:
- Accounting
- Management
Contact & Additional Info:SSRN
1239 University Ave, Floor 2
Rochester, NY 14607- Vendor Phone Number212-448-2500
- Vendor WebsiteSSRN
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Nielsen Ad Intel
Description:Access Instructions:
Dinesh Gauri, Professor in the Department of Marketing will be renewing a subscription to access five databases (Ad Intel, Retail Scanner, Consumer Panel, PromoData, PanelView Surveys). This is related to research. This is for all departments.
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
MarketingSubjects:
- Marketing
Contact & Additional Info:Nielsen-Kilts Center
VENDORADDRESS
VENDORCITYSTATE- Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
- Vendor WebsiteNielsen-Kilts Center
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Nielsen Retail Scanner
Description:Access Instructions:
Dinesh Gauri, Professor in the Department of Marketing will be renewing a subscription to access five databases (Ad Intel, Retail Scanner, Consumer Panel, PromoData, PanelView Surveys). This is related to research. This is for all departments.
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
MarketingSubjects:
- Marketing
Contact & Additional Info:Nielsen-Kilts Center
VENDORADDRESS
VENDORCITYSTATE- Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
- Vendor WebsiteNielsen-Kilts Center
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Nielsen Consumer Panel
Description:Access Instructions:
Dinesh Gauri, Professor in the Department of Marketing will be renewing a subscription to access five databases (Ad Intel, Retail Scanner, Consumer Panel, PromoData, PanelView Surveys). This is related to research. This is for all departments.
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
MarketingSubjects:
- Marketing
Contact & Additional Info:Nielsen-Kilts Center
VENDORADDRESS
VENDORCITYSTATE- Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
- Vendor WebsiteNielsen-Kilts Center
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Nielsen PromoData
Description:Access Instructions:
Dinesh Gauri, Professor in the Department of Marketing will be renewing a subscription to access five databases (Ad Intel, Retail Scanner, Consumer Panel, PromoData, PanelView Surveys). This is related to research. This is for all departments.
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
MarketingSubjects:
- Marketing
Contact & Additional Info:Nielsen-Kilts Center
VENDORADDRESS
VENDORCITYSTATE- Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
- Vendor WebsiteNielsen-Kilts Center
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Nielsen PanelView
Description:Access Instructions:
Dinesh Gauri, Professor in the Department of Marketing will be renewing a subscription to access five databases (Ad Intel, Retail Scanner, Consumer Panel, PromoData, PanelView Surveys). This is related to research. This is for all departments.
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
MarketingSubjects:
- Marketing
Contact & Additional Info:Nielsen-Kilts Center
VENDORADDRESS
VENDORCITYSTATE- Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
- Vendor WebsiteNielsen-Kilts Center
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Morningstar Direct
Description:Access Instructions:
For use in the trading center classroom.
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
FinanceSubjects:
- Finance
Contact & Additional Info: -
RIA Academic Advantage Library
Description:The Academic Advantage Program offers academic institutions, including universities, community colleges and trade schools, the opportunity to receive some of the most widely used and respected tax and accounting products online.
Access Instructions:
Follow the intructions in the PDF that's linked above. VPN may be required if accessing this resource from off-campus.
Type of Materials:
Data Reports,Tutorials- Data Reports
- Tutorials
Accounting, FinanceSubjects:
- Accounting
- Finance
Contact & Additional Info:Thomson Reuters
VENDORADDRESS
VENDORCITYSTATE- Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
- Vendor WebsiteThomson Reuters
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S&P Capital IQ Desktop

Description:Today's investors expect news, financials and general information in real time. The market moves quickly and your IR program is expected to keep up. The S&P Capital IQ desktop gives IR professionals the market insight they need to monitor analyst sentiment, track shareholders and benchmark against the competition. Ability to download more than 5 years of past data.
Access Instructions:
Link to resource is on the S drive, click CIQ to access, but don't use Chrome (there are problems with Chrome accessing it). Renewal for Capital IQ Desktop-Craig Rennie.
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
FinanceSubjects:
- Finance
Contact & Additional Info: -
Supply Chain News and Insight
Description:Access Instructions:
DBACCESS
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
Management, Supply ChainSubjects:
- Management
- Supply Chain
Contact & Additional Info: -
Supply Chain Providers Advisor
Description:Access Instructions:
DBACCESS
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
Management, Supply ChainSubjects:
- Management
- Supply Chain
Contact & Additional Info: -
SeekEdgar

Description:The mission of the company is to empower users at a low cost using the Cloud Technology to search for financial and non-financial information in efficient and effective manner from companies' filings to regulatory agencies worldwide for their decisions. In the first phase, the company plans to provide the search capabilities for financial and non-financial information about public companies from the SEC filings using the Cloud technology. It provides two products SeekiNF and FRAANK.
Access Instructions:
New users will need to go to the login page at https://www.seekinf.com/ and enter a valid Walton email address and a proposed password, and click the “Login” button.
Users will then receive an email from Seek prompting them to activate their account. Afterwards they will be able to login using the credentials they provided during account activation.
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
Finance, EconomicsSubjects:
- Finance
- Economics
Contact & Additional Info: -
Dow Jones

Description:Access Instructions:
Database used by Stephen Rowe and research team (Stephen Rowe, Caleb Rawson and Liz Cowle).
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
Finance, EconomicsSubjects:
- Finance
- Economics
Contact & Additional Info:Factiva, INC
VENDORADDRESS
VENDORCITYSTATE- Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
- Vendor WebsiteFactiva, INC
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Brandwatch Consumer Research
Description:Access Instructions:
DBACCESS
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
MarketingSubjects:
- Marketing
Contact & Additional Info:Crimson Hexagon Inc.
VENDORADDRESS
VENDORCITYSTATE- Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
- Vendor WebsiteCrimson Hexagon Inc.
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Database of U.S. Domiciled and U.S. Listed Funds
Access Instructions:
Database of U.S. Domiciled and U.S. Listed Funds for research performed by Craig Rennie
Type of Materials:
Data Reports, Datasets- Data Reports
- Datasets
Finance, EconomicsSubjects:
- Finance
- Economics
Contact & Additional Info: -
Pitchbook
Description:Access Instructions:
Limited access available to all Walton faculty/students via the link above.
Jake Grandy --SEVI
At this time we have 4 user license and they are assigned to:
Oleg Petrenko --MGMT
Michael Cummings --SEVI
Shannon Younger --SEVI
Type of Materials:
Data Reports- Data Reports
Marketing, EntrepreneursSubjects:
- Marketing
- Entrepreneurs
Contact & Additional Info:PirchBook Data, Inc.
315 Park Avenue South, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10010- Vendor Phone Number646-757-2611
- Vendor WebsitePitchBook
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Factset
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Description:Access Instructions:
Type of Materials:
Data Reports- Data Reports
Supply ChainSubjects:
- Supply Chain
Contact & Additional Info:Sarah Y O'Brien sarah.yango@factset.com
VENDORADDRESS
VENDORCITYSTATE- Vendor Phone Number646-757-2611
- Vendor WebsiteFactSet
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NYSE Market Data (Daily TAQ)
Description:Daily TAQ (Trade and Quote) provides users access to all trades and quotes for all issues traded on NYSE, Nasdaq and the regional exchanges for the previous trading day. It’s a comprehensive history of daily activity from NYSE markets and the U.S. Consolidated Tape covering all U.S. Equities instruments (including all CTA and UTP participating markets). The Daily TAQ files also include the NBBO, Master file, Quote and Trade Admin Messages, and, CTA and UTP Admin Message files. Historical Data available as of 1993-present.
Access Instructions:
Type of Materials:
Datasets- Datasets
Finance, EconomicsSubjects:
- Finance
- Economics
Contact & Additional Info: -
Elsevier B.V.

Description:Access Instructions:
Type of Materials:
Papers, Reports- Papers
- Reports
Finance, Economics, Accounting, ManagementSubjects:
- Finance
- Economics
- Accounting
- Management
Contact & Additional Info: -
WARC
Description:Offers marketing research, including branding, start-ups, consumer attention, neuromarketing, packaging, experiential marketing, cultural insights, global, non-profits, and more.
Note that the UofA only has access to certain segments of WARC, including Strategy and case studies and some rankings and surveys.
Access Instructions:
On Campus (or VPN) users will be taken directly to WARC, Off campus users will need to authenticate via OpenAthens using UARK SSO credentials
Type of Materials:
Case Studies, Surveys- Case Studies
- Surveys
MarketingSubjects:
- Marketing
Contact & Additional Info:WARC
55 W 46th St
New York, NY- Vendor Phone Number+1 212 201 2800
- Vendor Websitewarc.com
- Original Purchase DateJanuary, 2023