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Business Source Complete
Business; economics; journal articles; company information

Find journal articles in scholarly and business journals. The database also includes case studies, working papers, country economic reports and extensive company information such as SWOT analyses.
Self-teaching: Tutorial videos, Business Source Complete

EconLit
Economics; bibliography; links to books & journals

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The Bibliographic database of the American Economic Association. You can find scholarly literature in all fields of economics. E.g. macroeconomics, public finance, public economics, state and local government etc. Publications are classified by an international standard developed by the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL).
Coverage: Content dates back to 1883 and covers 73 countries
Self-education: Advanced Searching Tutorial, JEL Subject Classification

Web of Science
All subjects; journal articles

The Web of Science by Clarivate Analytics contains references of international journal articles from all scientific disciplines.
It includes data from eight citation indexes:
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S)
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH)
- Book Citation Index - Science (BKCI-S)
- Book Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (BKCI-SSH)
- Emerging Sources Citation Index
Chemical indexes:
- Current Chemical Reactions (CCR-EXPANDED)
- Index Chemicus (IC)
Citation indexes offer a unique search method to find later-published journal articles, in which a publication is cited.
Coverage: weekly updates
Self-teaching modules: Web of Science - concise, Web of Science platform LibGuide
Related: Journal Citation Reports
Research Starters - Business
Reference book; business topics

Find articles providing a brief overview on various business topics, providing insight in the implication for businesses or doing business. Articles usually include a description of various viewpoints, a glossary of terms and concepts, a bibliography and a suggested reading list. Written by experts in the fields of business, law, political science, psychology and economics.
RUQuest
All subjects; journals, books, journal articles

RUQuest is a search engine for the collection of the RU University Library, Nijmegen, and for collections of other libraries worldwide.
RUQuest contains printed and digital books, periodicals, journal articles, book chapters and more.
Full text publications can be opened by clicking 'View full text'.
Tutorial: RUQuest

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The NSM Library Team offers data workshops (free of charge) for students and staff of the Radboud University.

Orbis
Company specific; financials & accounting; ownership structure; M&A

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The Orbis database contains financial and business information on about 275 million companies worldwide, based on annual reports. Use Orbis especially to gather data on private (non listed) companies and ownership structure. The web-based interface enables you to build a customized dataset and filter on specific variables, or to compile a detailed report on an individual company. Some basic charting, analyzing and reporting tools are available, and the datasets can be exported to Excel. Orbis also provides company board and compensation details, information on M&A (more in Zephyr), business news and rumours.
Coverage: the last 10 years; daily updates.
Self-teaching: See the Help menu and Learning zone (top middle and top right) within Orbis.

2020_02 Orbis support session
Eikon/ Datastream - Thomson Reuters
Company ; financials & accounting; equity; indices; CSR/ESG; M&A (deals); macro-economics

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Comprehensive database that combines economic, financial and business information from many sources worldwide. Create and customize your own dataset for research on e.g. equity, stock markets, bonds, options, credit ratings, commodities, corporate social responsibility and macro-economic themes. An Excel add-in enables you to search the database directly from inside Excel and generate time-series as well as static datatypes.
Use the Eikon desktop-version to perform event studies (M&A, IPO etc.) and access company profiles of (mainly) listed companies worldwide, as well as news, broker estimates etc.
Eikon is only available on campus on 4 terminals in the data room (EOS 01.570) in the Elinor Ostrom Building . Consult for more information about availability and access the Eikon calendar.
Coverage : 1950 – present; daily updates
Self-teaching:
2020_02 Financials & equities support session
2020_02 Board & CSR/ESG data - support session
Eikon Training (video)
FactSet
Company specific; financials & accounting; equity; options; indices; M&A (deals)

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FactSet contains data on (mainly listed) companies worldwide. Use FactSet e.g. to obtain company financials, company profiles, stock data and data on financial and money markets. FactSet also offers modules to create datasets for e.g. Mergers & Acquisitions, IPOs and other events. A wide range of macro-economic indicators is available as well.
FactSet consists of a desktop version, Excel plugin, and a web version. FactSet software is installed on all student terminals in EOS and the Central Library. You can also install the software on your own device, to use off-campus as well.
Access: In order to use FactSet you need a personal account, send a request to the NSM Library team (datasupport-NSM@ubn.ru.nl) using your Radboud e-mail adress. Please note that it can take up to a week before FactSet has processed your request.

Self-teaching:
2020_02 Event studies / M&A - support session
2020_02 Financials & equities support session
FactSet - Downloads for lists of companies (Youtube - RDS Helpdesk VU Amsterdam)
FactSet - FDS codes guide [Time series in Excel] (PDF)
FactSet - Idea screening [company financials/ ratios, M&A/ deals in FactSet desktop] (PDF)
FactSet - Company/security tab [single company /security data in FactSet desktop] (PDF)
FactSet - Sidebar Guide [Excel] (PDF)
World Bank - DataBank
Macroeconomic data; time series; World Development Indicators (WDI)

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Reliable and tested macroeconomic data. Statistics and indicators are available with regard to a wide range of themes such as education, health and nutrition, and poverty. The data is especially relevant for making comparisons of countries or regions. Time-series data per country is also available. You can go directly to the various indicators as well. Please note, a wide range of Worldbank data is also included in Eikon.
Zephyr
M&A (deals); IPO; private equity; venture capital deals

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Zephyr is a database especially designed for performing event studies and tracking business rumours. Analyse events and deals like Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Initial Public Offerings (IPO's) and equity announcements by criteria or import a predefined set of deals. Please note, Zephyr data is included in Orbis, Orbis Bank Focus and M&A Research Catalyst.
Coverage: 1997 – present; updated daily
Self-teaching:
2020_02 Event studies / M&A - support session

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