For historical research, this provides descriptions of 4400 resources, organized largely by the type of business or trade (coal mining, petrochemicals, wine & spirits, railways, etc.). Limited online access via the Internet Archive.
Search for global news and information content, including Dow Jones, Reuters Newswires, and The Wall Street Journal. Text & data mining prohibited by license. See the "more" link for details.
Text and data mining (TDM) of Factiva content is prohibited by license. TDM includes mass downloading of content via scripts (aka scraping) *and* via Factiva's internal tools for downloading content. Contact a reference librarian for alternative sources for TDM needs.
Full text online of all issues of important core journals (with a 3-5 year lag) back to 19th century, including many in business, finance, economics, and statistics.
Search for financial information, covering corporate research, competitive analysis, investment information, and industry analysis
A database covering a broad spectrum of industry, company and investment analysis including Industry Surveys, and Equity Research (formerly Stock Reports). Industry data sets include key ratios, benchmarks, constituents, financial metrics, etc. by sub-industry or geography (see Markets tab). Archived Industry Surveys included as far back as 1999 depending upon title continuity. Company data covers a global universe of over 3 million private and public companies.
Search for downloadable statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries
WRDS is a data portal providing access to more than 50 datasets from various providers covering finance, accounting, economics, management, marketing, banking, insurance, and more.
Refinitiv Workspace (RWS) contains market data, company financials and filings, earnings estimates, transaction data, analyst research, and more. RWS replaces Thomson ONE and provides access to similar content.
Ford Library's Database Terms of Use apply to Refinitiv Workspace. You may retain data downloaded from Refinitiv Workspace for only as long as: 1) you are enrolled or employed at Duke; and 2) only as long as Duke maintains an active subscription to the product. Students may lose access at the end of the academic year in May.
The DataStream (aka DataStream Advance or DS Advance) client software from Refinitiv (fka Thomson Reuters) has been retired by the provider. Duke users may now access DataStream data via WRDS, or via the Refinitiv Workspace web site and application, available in mid-late February 2022.
