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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.
Search the database list:
| 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 | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| 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 | University members will be prompted for their Raven ID |
| [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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |