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Databases

• Bloomberg Professional
  Live and historical market data, news, analytics and reports. Located in the Humanities & Social Sciences Library, McLennan, 2nd Floor. Click (see here to see how to create an account. 
• Datastream
  Financial and statistical data - International.  Located in the Humanities & Social Sciences Library, McLennan, 2nd Floor. See our quick video on how to use Datastream.
• Morningstar
  Financial and statistical data including fund information - International. Located in the Humanities & Social Sciences Library, McLennan, 2nd Floor.
• CRSP
  US stock price, treasury bill and mutual fund data from 1961 to the present. Stock and treasury bill data are updated annually; mutual fund data is updated quarterly
• ThomsonOne (contains Thomson Research Reports) -- Analyst reports. Note: Works only with Internet Explorer
• NetAdvantage (Standard & Poor's)
  Industry surveys, comparative company data, industry associations and publications, as well as company stock reports for US companies.
• Value Line Investment Survey
  Concise reports on more than 90 US industries. Contains Timeliness rank, performance against Value Line composite, aggregate industry financials/key ratios, and analyst's commentary.
• FP Infomart
  Canadian public companies. Corporate surveys key executives, stock performance, key financial ratios and related industry reports.
• SDC Platinum
  New issues, M&A, syndicated loans, private equity, project finance, poison pills, and more. Available on a dedicated terminal, second floor, Humanities & Social Sciences. Contact library for more information.
• Wharton Research Data Services (wrds)
  McGill PhD candidates and faculty may request their own personal account with Wharton's.
  • AuditAnalytics
  • Bank Regulatory
  • Blockholders
  • Bureau van Dijk - Amadeus
  • CBOE Indexes
  • CISDM Hedge fund
  • COMPUSTAT
  • CRSP
  • CUSIP
  • Corporate Library
  • DMEF Academic Data
  • Dow Jones
  • FDIC
  • Fama French & Liquidity Factors
  • Federal Reserve Bank
  • GovPX
  • IBES
  • IRI
  • KLD
  • MFLINKS
  • Mergent FISD
  • Option Metrics
  • PHLX
  • Penn World Tables
  • SEC Order Execution
  • TAQ
  • TRACE
  • Thomson Reuters
• Factiva - great for company and industry news, includes press releases. 
• Mergent Online
  International coverage, mostly public companies. Comprehensive financials, competitors, annual reports and more.
• Mergent Bondviewer and Eventsdata
  Find bond ratings and corporate actions, dividends, UIts, and fixed income. 

Reference Books

• Dictionary of Finance and Banking
  Also available in print.
• International Encyclopedia of Technical Analysis
• Encyclopedia of Finance
• Handbook of Alternative Investments
• Dictionnaire bancaire, économique et financier = Banking, economic and financial dictionary
• Handbook of International Financial Terms