New Subscription to Wharton Research Data Services

Bilkent University Library is pleased to announce the subscription to Wharton Research Data Services database.

WRDS is a comprehensive Internet-based data management system that allows researchers to easily retrieve information from a wide variety of financial, economic, and marketing data sources. The WRDS component databases are listed below:

COMPUSTAT: The database of U.S. and Canadian fundamental and market information on active and inactive publicly held companies. It provides more than 300 annual and 100 quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplemental data items.

CRSP: The Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) maintains the most comprehensive collection of security price, return, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock markets. Additional CRSP files provide stock indices, beta- and cap-based portfolios, treasury bond and risk-free rates, mutual funds, and real estate data.

CUSIP: CUSIP Service Bureau, which is operated by Standard & Poor’s for the American Bankers Association, exists for the primary purpose of uniquely identifying issuers and issues of financial instruments within a standard framework, and disseminating this data to the financial marketplace via various media.

Note: To use WRDS, please register for a WRDS account with your institutional e-mail address.

The following instructions will guide you in obtaining your WRDS account.

Step 1: Go to http://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu

Step 2:  Select the Register tab

Step 3:  Complete the Account Request form selecting ‘Bilkent University’

Step 4: Once you submit an Account Request, an email will be sent to your WRDS Representatives.

After receiving approval, an account will be created and you will receive an e-mail message with a special URL and instructions for setting the account password and logging into WRDS. You will also be notified if the request has been denied.

For further information please go to the link:

https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/pages/support/getting-started/