Reference at Newman Library

Tag: COMPUSTAT

WRDS for Librarians at SLA

For the first time WRDS offered a session at SLA for college and university librarians and they showed off their new Website and its new interface. Go to http://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu and have a look. You will like it.

The best new feature is the Tools tab where you can do a search for any variable across all WRDS databases and find not only which databases to use but also which files to use.

There is also a suite of E-Learning videos that cover each database, downloading and other technical applications, and how to use stat packages like SAS with WRDS files.

WRDS also offers sample programs and research applications where they show how to perform frequently used operations like building portfolios and how to replicate “classic” studies.

WRDS is also planning to add a Librarian category in the WRDS Forums. I use the forums a lot so this should be useful.

WRDS also announced that they hope to offer monthly updates for Compustat soon.

What I Learned at the SLA Exhibits

Mergent Online will be introducing a new interface before September and before year end expects to have its Municipal and Government Manuals in an online format. This will complete the historical archive of the former Moody’s Manuals that we subscribe to in Mergent WebReports.

RefWorks will be at CUNY sometime in August or September to offer training sessions for librarians. The location has not yet been decided but it could be Baruch.

The Copyright Clearance Center now offers an annual licensing service specifically for academic libraries.

Euromonitor has added a new print title Emerging Consumer Markets which covers the BRIC economies –Brazil, Russia, China and India- along with Mexico and South Africa. A table of contents for this title is here.

Business Monitor has added coverage of several more industries including freight transport, water, power, mining and shipping.Reports in these sectors focus on emerging market countries rather than North America.

S&P NetAdvantage is featuring links to its Compustat data more prominently.