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Access to more data than you’ll ever have again… unless you become a librarian. ”
An A-Z list of our business databases – available to you wherever you are in the world
Head to our Database Intelligence page for tips on where to get started with some of our key resources.
| Database | What is it good for? | Tags | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABI Inform Complete (ProQuest) | Academic articles, country data, financial data, industry data, market research, news, people | Ejournals | For off-campus access, University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Bloomberg | International company & economic data and news, recent and historic. Import/export from Excel | Company | CJBS students can find details of how to access this database in their VLE (learn.jbs) |
| Business Source Ultimate (EBSCO) | Excellent starting place for all kinds of research: Academic articles, country data, financial data, industry data, market research, news, people | Ejournals | For off-campus access, if you are not automatically prompted for your Raven ID, choose ‘Shibboleth Login’ – watch a video showing you how |
| Capital IQ (S&P) | Great for tearsheet information: Company profiles, competitor analysis, financial data, industry data, news, people. Also includes access to Capital IQ Pro, good for private company and private markets data | Company | Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| Cite Them Right | Comprehensive guide to citations and references in the Harvard Style | Referencing | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Compustat | Annual and quarterly income statements, balance sheets, statements and supplemental data on North American public companies | Company | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for masters students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| CRSP (Registration required) | Dataset comprising security price, return and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock markets | Company | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Masters students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| The Economist (magazine) | The Economist Online offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science and technology | Ejournals | Access via ABI/Inform. For off-campus access, University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| The Economist (online articles) | The Economist Online offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science and technology | Ejournals | Access via ABI/Inform. For off-campus access, University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Economist Historical Archive | Delivers a complete searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2006 | Ejournals | For off-campus access, University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country Data | Includes a full suite of up to 320 key economic indicators for a country | Market | For off-campus access, University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Industry Reports | Includes five-year forecasts and latest developments across 4 key industries – Energy, Healthcare, Financial Services and Telecommunications – in 60 major economies | Industry | If you are not automatically prompted for your Raven ID, select Client Log In. Once in EMIS, select the INDUSTRIES option at the top of the screen |
| Eikon | International company and economic data and news, recent and historic. Deals and private equity. Import/export from Excel | Company | CJBS students can find details of how to access this database in their VLE (learn.jbs) |
| EMIS University | News, industry, company, market data and reports for emerging and established markets | Emerging markets | If you are not automatically prompted for your Raven ID, select Client Log In |
| [email protected] | Discover databases, journals, full text services and other resources held by the University of Cambridge | University | Free access – no password required |
| EVENTUS | Performs event studies using data read from the CRSP stock databases or pre-extracted from other sources | Financial | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Masters students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| Factiva | Global database of the world’s most important and popular newspapers and trade journals | News | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| FAME | UK and Ireland database covering 7 million companies. Can be used to create mailing lists | Company | For off-campus access, type in ‘University of Cambridge’ and University members will prompted for their Raven ID |
| Financial Times (FT.com) | The latest UK and international business, finance, economic and political news | News | University of Cambridge members can sign in using their University email address and Raven, for access through a browser, tablet or smartphone |
| FT.com Special Reports | In-depth analysis on a wide-range of sectors and countries around the world | News | University of Cambridge members can sign in using their University email address and Raven, for access through a browser, tablet or smartphone |
| FitchConnect | Credit ratings and analysis for financial markets, banking news coverage and country and industry reports | Industry | For off-campus, click “Single Sign-on”. In the selection bar provided, type cam and click “Single Sign-on” again. You will then be prompted for your Raven ID |
| Fitch Solutions Reports | Reports on a wide range of industries from countries around the world | Industry | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Harvard Business Review | Access to articles from the printed edition of the Harvard Business Review. Access digital-only articles | Ejournals | For off-campus access, if you are not automatically prompted for your Raven ID, choose ‘Shibboleth Login’ – watch a video showing you how |
| Henry Stewart Talks | Audio-visual talks on marketing and management from Henry Stewart Talks | Video | For off-campus access, choose ‘Login via institution (Shibboleth)’ |
| IBIS World | Industry and market reports database covering UK, US, China and Australia. Reports can be downloaded as PDFs | Industry | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Investext | Broker reports and financial data. | Company | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| ISS | Research and data covering corporate governance, proxy voting and corporate responsibility | Company | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Masters students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| J.P. Morgan Research | Features thousands of analyst reports covering over 3,000 global companies and all industries. Coverage is 2011 to current with a one week embargo. | Financial | For off-campus access, University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| JSTOR | Great for older academic articles, 4-5 years old or older | Ejournals | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Library Catalogue (iDiscover) | Catalogue of the holdings of the libraries at the University of Cambridge. Search across print and digital collections, including newspapers and databases | Books | Free access – no password required |
| MarketLine | Profiles up-to-date information on major companies, industries and geographies | Market | For off-campus access, if you are not automatically prompted for your Raven ID, select ‘Sign in via Shibboleth’ and choose ‘University of Cambridge’ |
| Markit CDS | CDS composite and contributor level data on approximately 2,800 individual entities | Company | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Masters students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| Mergent Archives | An archive of over 180K corporate and industry related documents spanning over 100 countries | Industry | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Mergent FISD | US bond data including issue details on over 140,000 corporate, corporate MTN, supranational, US Agency, and US Treasury debt securities | Company | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Masters students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| Mergent Intellect | Private company data | Company | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Mergent Online | Database of US company financials, government filings and executives | Company | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Mintel Academic | UK consumer & market and European retail reports database; reports provide market size data, current issues, forecasts and key industry players | Market | For off-campus access, choose ‘Federated log in’, type in ‘University of Cambridge’ and University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Mintel Market Sizes | Industry and country data containing market size, market share and forecast data for thousands of consumer goods categories worldwide | Market | For off-campus access, choose ‘Federated log in’, type in ‘University of Cambridge’ and University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| MSCI ESG Intangible Value Assessment (IVA) | Environmental Social Governance (ESG) timeseries company ratings data from 2007-2020 | Company | Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| MSCI GMI Ratings | Annual corporate governance data | Company | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Masters students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| The New York Times | The latest US and international news, comment and analysis by one of the leading US daily newspapers | News | CJBS students can contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access through your browser, tablet or smartphone |
| OECD iLibrary | Publications from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, featuring country and industry statistics and socio-economic data and reports. | Market | For off-campus access, University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Option Metrics: Ivy DB US & Europe | Historical option price, underlying security information, implied volatility, and sensitivity information | Company | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Masters students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| Option Metrics: Ivy DB Global & Canada | Historical option price, underlying security information, implied volatility, and sensitivity information | Company | Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| Orbis | Company profiles, competitor analysis, financial data, industry data, news, people. Can be used to create mailing lists | Company | For off-campus access, University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Passport (Euromonitor International) | Excellent starting place for research: Country data, industry data, market research | Market | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID. First time users will also be prompted to complete a registration form. |
| Pioneers Post | Social enterprise magazine with an entrepreneurial focus | News | Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |
| PubMed | Over 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and e-books | Medical | For off-campus access, use the link provided on our databases page for seamless access |
| Sage Research Methods | Guides for every stage of the research process | Research | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| ScienceDirect | Multi-disciplinary collection of electronic journals including business, management and economics titles. Also some ebooks | Ejournals | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Scopus | The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. | Ejournals | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Statista | Statistical data based on market and opinion research | Market | For off-campus access, University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| UK Data Service | Access to over 5,000 digital datasets, on a range of economic and social data, quantitative and qualitative | Economic | For off-campus access, select ‘Login’ then ‘Login to UK Data Service’. Search for ‘University of Cambridge’ and University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| Web of Science | Huge database of articles in science, tech, social sciences and humanities. Includes citation analysis tools | Ejournals | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| WRDS | The Wharton School’s gateway to financial datasets. Postgrads have a class password. PhDs and faculty have an individual password | Company | Current faculty and PhD students can register for individual accounts. Shared ‘class’ accounts are available for Masters students. Contact the Information and Library Services team for help with access |