Maintenance Wharton interface

Earlier this week Wharton announced that they were going to do some maintenance on 29 September on their servers to increase capacity and allow for expansion. This meant that the databases available through Wharton (CRSP, Compustat, NYSE TAQ, Amadeus etc.) could temporarily not be queried through the Wharton website.

At the moment queries can be run again through the Wharton website but the maintenance is still causing problems for students and researchers. Queries will take much longer than usual: the search result can easily take 30 minutes before it is ready for download.

The problems have been reported to the Wharton support desk.

Training: Global Market Information Database

The Data Center is organizing a training on the Global Market Information Database on the 30th of September. The training is given by the database provider (Euromonitor). Students, researchers and professors are all welcome. This training will be given in English.
Registration required, max. 15 participants: register here
Start date: 30-09-2009
Time: 14.00-15.30
Location: VU MediaXperience, Main building, room 1A-01j
Description: How to use this database to find information on consumers, industries, service sectors, etc.

New courses published !

The Data Center has organized some courses on the most heavily used databases. Those databases are:

• Datastream (Stocks, Bonds, Macroeconomic data, etc.)
  
• SDC platinum (Mergers & Acquisitions, IPO's, Venture Capital)
  
• Wharton databases (Amadeus, Compustat Global, CRSP etc.)

The courses will help you get started using the database and give you some tips on more advanced options. You can find the courses on the library website in the Agenda.Through the Agenda you can also sign up for the course(s) of your choosing.