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Amadeus (via WRDS) This link opens in a new window
A database from Bureau van Dijk containing financial statement data as well as basic company and management information for public and private companies in Europe.
Capital IQ This link opens in a new window
Find company profiles and financial data for U.S. and international public and private companies, investment firms, and hedge funds. Covers key developments, relationships among firms and people, biographical and contact data, M&A transactions including IPOs, venture capital/private equity data, and regulatory filings
Compact Disclosure (Compact D/SEC)
Selected financial information found in the SEC filings of U.S. publicly traded companies. Each CD covers previous ten years of financials. Monthly discs from Oct. 1995-2006 available at Dewey Library.
Compustat: Snapshot (via WRDS) This link opens in a new window
Historical analysis and backtesting database that provides fundamental financial data on publicly traded companies and shows all values obtained in the data collection process. Provides both the preliminary and the final data.
Compustat Global (via WRDS)
Compustat Global provides detailed fundamental data for major companies trading on international exchanges.

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Special files are available that contain financial services data, currency translations, and market data. Annual data date back to 1987 .
Compustat North America (via WRDS)
Use to find detailed fundamental data for companies trading on all of the major United States and Canadian exchanges. Coverage goes back to 1950.

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Special files are available that contain bank specific data. There is also industry specific data for airlines, gaming, homebuilding, health care facilities, lodging, managed health care (HMOs), mining, oil & gas, retail, semiconductors, and utilities.
CRSP/Compustat Merged (via WRDS) This link opens in a new window
A convenient way to link CRSP market and corporate action data with Compustat fundamental data. (quarterly updates).
Datastream
Historical, global coverage of equities, stock markets, commodities, futures, currencies, options, bond markets, company financials, and economic data. We have a limited number of licenses available for MIT faculty and graduate students.To request an account, please fill out this form. Datastream excel plug-in does not work on Macs. Walk-in access remains available to all current MIT students, faculty, and staff at Dewey Library on workstations 5 & 6.

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Please note: Datastream cannot be used for any commercial purposes, including student internships and other employment opportunities. You must also delete any content that is downloaded for a specific project after the project is completed. For any questions, please contact Shikha Sharma at sharmash[at]mit.edu
EMIS Professional (formerly ISI Emerging Markets)
Information about emerging market countries, their companies, and industries. It includes country profiles; macroeconomic statistics, forecasts, and analysis; reports on financial markets, companies and industries; exchange rates; analyst reports; and business news, both in English and the local languages. Coverage includes countries from Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, Central Asia-Caucasus, Southeast Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and Middle East.
LSEG Workspace
LSEG Workspace, formerly Refinitiv Workspace (RWS) provides information on public & private global companies and includes: financials and filings, news & corporate events, earnings estimates, price quotes, M&A transactions, PE/VC data, ESG ratings and analyst reports. Screen and analyze companies, deals/league tables, PE/VC firms, funds and portfolio companies, mergers and acquisition deals, and more.

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New users should first register for an account. Please note: LSEG Workspace cannot be used for any commercial purposes, including student internships and other employment opportunities. You must also delete any content that is downloaded for a specific project after the project is completed. For any questions, please contact Shikha Sharma at sharmash@mit.edu

Mergent Archives
Historical information on public companies. Includes Industrial Manual 1920-, OTC Industrial Manual 1970-, OTC Unlisted Manual 1986-, Bank & Finance Manual 1928-, Public Utility Manual 1914-, Transportation Manual 1909-, International Manual 1981-. Also includes Municipal & Government Manual 1918-

Orbis This link opens in a new window
Contains information on public and private companies worldwide. It can be used to research individual companies, or to screen for companies meeting certain financial, geographic or operating criteria. Also available via WRDS

SNL FIG This link opens in a new window
SNL FIG provides financial data for the banking and insurance sector. Get details on assets, deposits, loans, regulatory capital and performance for thousands of banking institutions worldwide. Includes detailed statutory financial data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for U.S. public and private insurance companies of various types including property & casualty; life, accident & health; life separate account statements and health companies.

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Worldscope (via WRDS)
Provides fundamental data for major international companies. 1980+.

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