The Office of Information Technology at Carlson School provides the following tools:

• WRDS -- WRDS is a web-based tool to access numerous databases. WRDS taps the most comprehensive sources of financial, accounting, economic, management, marketing, banking, and insurance data. Thomson Financial SDC - Proprietary Windows tools to access SDC Platinum database.

WRDS Login for registered users

• UNIX -- You can also query for data through Unix. This may be desirable for large queries or when you wish to export the results directly into another program such as SAS or Mathematica. This requires a mix of skills including familiarity with Unix commands as well as some programming ability.
  
  
• Windows Tools-- Several Windows tools are available to assist you with research.
  
  
• SDC Platinum - Thomson Financial - Proprietary Windows tools to access SDC Platinum database.