Bloomberg Professional Introduction: Overview

These guidelines are in effect while the CDVS lab is closed during the COVID-19 emergency measures at Duke. Forward questions to askdata@duke.edu. Fuqua students only should contact reference-librarians@fuqua.duke.edu 

Have an Existing Bloomberg Terminal Login

• Students with a pre-existing Duke Bloomberg Terminal Login can go to https://bba.bloomberg.net and try to log in with your prior credentials. There will be a multi-factor authentication option (e.g., a code sent via text).
• If this doesn't work, you will need to register for another Bloomberg Terminal Login as described in the next section, through the https://portal.bloombergforeducation.com/register site.
• The number of simultaneous users is limited to the number of terminals we have (comparable to using the physical Terminals in the lab), so you may need to wait until a Terminal I.D. is freed up.

Need to get a Terminal Login

1. Students needing a new Duke Bloomberg login need to register at https://portal.bloombergforeducation.com/register with their duke.edu email address.  This is the same site that students use free BMC training module access for the fall of 2020, but you can ignore the BMC part and just access the “Terminal” option.
2. You then need to contact mark.thomas@duke.edu to get your status activated for “Terminal” access.
3. You then go back into the Bloomberg for Education site to go through an account creation wizard to create your Bloomberg Terminal Login. There will be a multi-factor authentication option (e.g., a code sent via text).
4. Once you've set up your new Bloomberg Terminal Login, you can then follow instructions for those with existing logins (above), going to the https://bba.bloomberg.net site.
5. Important: Your new Login will be separate from any earlier one you've had, so you won't have access to a previous Launchpad or other personalized settings.

Mediated search

If you don't need an account or just need assistance, we can do mediated searches for those with well-defined parameters (specific series or tickers; specific Bloomberg functions; defined time period). We can then provide you with a data extract. Contact askdata@duke.edu.