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

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

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
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: daily updates
Related: Journal Citation Reports

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Find Data

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

BoardEx (via WRDS)
Company specific, board & director data, company networks, board diversity

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Access since December 2020 via WRDS
BoardEx provides company board details for major listed companies in Europe and the United Kingdom and includes data on directors, senior management and non-disclosed earners. Use the BoardEx data e.g. to analyse board interlocks, board composition, compensation and networks. The following datasets are available: company details, director profiles, compensation, director networks, company networks, and announcements.
Coverage: 1997 – present
Access: is accessible via WRDS, for which you need an account (both staff and students). To get one, register at Register for WRDS. All students can register as 'Masters/Undergrads'. This account is personal and may not be shared with others. Only RU staff and students are permitted to use WRDS. Use your Radboud e-mail address. For more information contact the NSM datasupport (datasupport-NSM@ubn.ru.nl).
Self-teaching:
2021_03 Board & CSR/ESG data - support session
Introduction to Boardex
Data Dictionary
Compustat Global and North America (via WRDS)
Company specific; financials & accounting; market data

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Compustat consists of company financials and market data of more than 47,000 active and 37,000 inactive companies in the US & Canada and other countries worldwide. The data goes back to approximately 1950 for N-America and back to 1987 for Global.
Compustat is accessible via WRDS, for which you need an account (both staff and students). To get one, register at Register for WRDS. All students can register as 'Masters/Undergrads'. This account is personal and may not be shared with others. Only RU staff and students are permitted to use WRDS. Use your Radboud e-mail address.
If you need support you may use the options on WRDS yourself (e.g. Support - Manuals and Overviews), or contact us at datasupport-NSM@ubn.ru.nl (also for questions about accounts).
Self-teaching:
2021_02 Financials & equities support session
Eikon/Datastream - Refinitiv (Workspace)
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 your own dataset for e.g. equity, stock markets, bonds, options, commodities, CSR/ESG, and macro-economy. An Excel add-in enables you to search the database directly and generate time-series as well as static data.
Use the Eikon desktop to access company profiles of (mainly) listed companies worldwide, as well as news, broker estimates etc.
Since June 2022 you can access Eikon and Datastream using the Workspace (for Students). Request an account by sending an e-mail to datasupport-NSM@ubn.ru.nl using your Radboud email address. These accounts can be used until we reach the limit and we have to assign it to another student. Or, we will apply a time limit. . Consult for more information about availability and access the Eikon calendar.
Coverage : 1950 – present; daily updates
Self-teaching:
See the pdfs at the bottom of the
Workshops and presentations (pdf)
Eikon Training (video)
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.
2021_02 Orbis - support session
World Bank - Databank
Macroeconomic data; World Development Indicators (WDI); time series

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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.
2021_02 Macroeconomics & sector data - support session
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:
2021_02 Event studies / M&A - support session