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Research Guides by Anna Clymer

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.


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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

      Subjects:
      • Accounting
      • Finance
      • Economics
      Contact & Additional Info:
      SSRN
      1239 University Ave, Floor 2
      Rochester, NY 14607
      • Vendor Phone Number212-448-2500
      • Vendor WebsiteSSRN

    • 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

      Subjects:
      • Finance
      • Economics
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Bloomberg
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE
      • Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
      • Vendor WebsiteBloomberg

    • Checkpoint Catalyst Academic Advantage Library


      Description:

      Adapt to a changing business tax landscape and never miss an important detail with powerful insight into a broad collection of complex tax topics. Authored by tax experts and created specifically for the web, Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Catalyst gives you tax research tools and practical guidance for resolving tax questions that arise with business-related transactions.

      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

      Subjects:
      • Accounting
      • Finance
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Thomson Reuters
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE

    • 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

      Subjects:
      • Accounting
      • Finance
      • Economics
      Contact & Additional Info:
      SSRN
      1239 University Ave, Floor 2
      Rochester, NY 14607
      • Vendor Phone Number212-448-2500
      • Vendor WebsiteSSRN

    • Crunchbase


      Description:

      Find the right companies, identify the right contacts, and connect with decision-makers with an all-in-one prospecting solution.

      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

      Subjects:
      • Management
      • Entrepreneurs
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Crunchbase
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE
      • Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
      • Vendor WebsiteCrunchbase

    • 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

      Subjects:
      • Accounting
      • Finance
      • Economics
      Contact & Additional Info:
      SSRN
      1239 University Ave, Floor 2
      Rochester, NY 14607
      • Vendor Phone Number212-448-2500
      • Vendor WebsiteSSRN

    • 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

      Subjects:
      • Management
      • Entrepreneurs
      Contact & Additional Info:
      SSRN
      1239 University Ave, Floor 2
      Rochester, NY 14607
      • Vendor Phone Number212-448-2500
      • Vendor WebsiteSSRN

    • 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

      Subjects:
      • Information Systems
      Contact & Additional Info:
      SSRN
      1239 University Ave, Floor 2
      Rochester, NY 14607
      • Vendor Phone Number212-448-2500
      • Vendor WebsiteSSRN

    • 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

      Subjects:
      • Accounting
      • Management
      Contact & Additional Info:
      SSRN
      1239 University Ave, Floor 2
      Rochester, NY 14607
      • Vendor Phone Number212-448-2500
      • Vendor WebsiteSSRN

    • Nielsen Ad Intel


      Description:

      For more than a decade, researchers at Chicago Booth and beyond have produced pathbreaking insights using the datasets housed at the Kilts Center.

      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

      Subjects:
      • Marketing
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Nielsen-Kilts Center
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE

    • Nielsen Retail Scanner


      Description:

      For more than a decade, researchers at Chicago Booth and beyond have produced pathbreaking insights using the datasets housed at the Kilts Center.

      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

      Subjects:
      • Marketing
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Nielsen-Kilts Center
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE

    • Nielsen Consumer Panel


      Description:

      For more than a decade, researchers at Chicago Booth and beyond have produced pathbreaking insights using the datasets housed at the Kilts Center.

      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

      Subjects:
      • Marketing
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Nielsen-Kilts Center
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE

    • Nielsen PromoData


      Description:

      For more than a decade, researchers at Chicago Booth and beyond have produced pathbreaking insights using the datasets housed at the Kilts Center.

      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

      Subjects:
      • Marketing
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Nielsen-Kilts Center
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE

    • Nielsen PanelView


      Description:

      For more than a decade, researchers at Chicago Booth and beyond have produced pathbreaking insights using the datasets housed at the Kilts Center.

      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

      Subjects:
      • Marketing
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Nielsen-Kilts Center
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE

    • Morningstar Direct


      Description:

      Morningstar Direct is an investment analysis platform that elevates the way you work with access to global data, research, and new insights.

      Access Instructions:

      For use in the trading center classroom.

      Type of Materials:
      • Data Reports
      • Datasets

      Subjects:
      • Finance
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Morningstar
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE
      • Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
      • Vendor WebsiteMorningstar

    • 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

      Subjects:
      • Accounting
      • Finance
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Thomson Reuters
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE

    • 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

      Subjects:
      • Finance
      Contact & Additional Info:
      S&P Global
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE
      • Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
      • Vendor WebsiteS&P Global

    • Supply Chain News and Insight


      Description:

      Two databases for LSCM_The Gartner Supply Chain practice brings together the most relevant analysis, peer-based best practices, metrics and data across Gartner and offers supply chain leaders a platform to make the choices that will drive their business forward.

      Access Instructions:

      DBACCESS

      Type of Materials:
      • Data Reports
      • Datasets

      Subjects:
      • Management
      • Supply Chain
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Gartner
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE
      • Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
      • Vendor WebsiteGartner

    • Supply Chain Providers Advisor


      Description:

      Two databases for LSCM_The Gartner Supply Chain practice brings together the most relevant analysis, peer-based best practices, metrics and data across Gartner and offers supply chain leaders a platform to make the choices that will drive their business forward.

      Access Instructions:

      DBACCESS

      Type of Materials:
      • Data Reports
      • Datasets

      Subjects:
      • Management
      • Supply Chain
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Gartner
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE
      • Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
      • Vendor WebsiteGartner

    • 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

      Subjects:
      • Finance
      • Economics
      Contact & Additional Info:
      SeekEdgar
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE
      • Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
      • Vendor WebsiteSeekEdgar

    • Dow Jones


      Description:

      Rely on an unrivaled selection of global news and data accessible via a powerful research platform, on mobile devices or integrated via advanced feeds and APIs.

      Access Instructions:

      Database used by Stephen Rowe and research team (Stephen Rowe, Caleb Rawson and Liz Cowle).

      Type of Materials:
      • Data Reports
      • Datasets

      Subjects:
      • Finance
      • Economics
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Factiva, INC
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE

    • Brandwatch Consumer Research


      Description:

      Brandwatch helps you to understand the people of the world in ways you didn’t think possible. No matter how fast things change, our technology follows in real-time. We’re the difference between leading the way and getting left behind.

      Access Instructions:

      DBACCESS

      Type of Materials:
      • Data Reports
      • Datasets

      Subjects:
      • Marketing
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Crimson Hexagon Inc.
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE

    • Database of U.S. Domiciled and U.S. Listed Funds


      Description:

      Research on investment, tax and regulatory processes.

      Access Instructions:

      Database of U.S. Domiciled and U.S. Listed Funds for research performed by Craig Rennie

      Type of Materials:
      • Data Reports
      • Datasets

      Subjects:
      • Finance
      • Economics
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Morningstar
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE
      • Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
      • Vendor WebsiteMorningstar

    • Pitchbook


      Description:

      VC, PE and M&A—done better
      Get data on over 3.4 million companies, 1.7 million deals, 406,000 investors and 85,000 funds—fast.

      Access Instructions:

      Limited access available to all Walton faculty/students via the link above.
      At this time we have 4 user license and they are assigned to:

      Jake Grandy --SEVI
      Oleg Petrenko --MGMT
      Michael Cummings --SEVI
      Shannon Younger --SEVI

      Type of Materials:
      • Data Reports

      Subjects:
      • 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

    • Factset


      Description:

      FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 162,000 of investment professionals around the world, providing instant anytime, anywhere access to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.

      Access Instructions:

      Type of Materials:
      • Data Reports

      Subjects:
      • Supply Chain
      Contact & Additional Info:
      Sarah Y O'Brien sarah.yango@factset.com
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE
      • Vendor Phone Number646-757-2611
      • Vendor WebsiteFactSet

    • 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

      Subjects:
      • Finance
      • Economics
      Contact & Additional Info:
      VENDOR
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE
      • Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
      • Vendor WebsiteNYSE

    • Elsevier B.V.


      Description:

      Elsevier is a Netherlands-based academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content.

      Access Instructions:

      Type of Materials:
      • Papers
      • Reports

      Subjects:
      • Finance
      • Economics
      • Accounting
      • Management
      Contact & Additional Info:
      VENDOR
      VENDORADDRESS
      VENDORCITYSTATE
      • Vendor Phone NumberVENDORPHONE
      • Vendor WebsiteElsevier

    • 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

      Subjects:
      • 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