Research Guides

Must Connect to Darden VPN. Please connect to the VPN prior to accessing D&B Hoovers. If an “invalid IP” error appears please turn on the VPN and reload the page to resolve the issue. Go to this updated version of the popular Hoovers database with background information on companies and industries. Provides in depth list of company subsidiaries and affiliates and company financial data. Select from a broad assortment of market research reports and download RMA Industry Norms pdfs providing industry financial ratios. Use D&B Hoovers to search and build a company list, limiting by location, industry, size, etc.

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Use LSEG Workspace to access a wide variety of financial information for public companies including financials, analyst reports, corporate and government bond information, industry information, news and much more!

Go to Factset for current news, market data, financial filings, and data for equities, ETFs, currency, indices, fixed income, commodities, futures, and economics. You can create portfolios, analyze their constituents, monitor performance and compare to benchmark indices or funds.

Log onto the library Bloomberg terminals for real-time and historical data for stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, indices, etc. Also features news as well as information on corporate executives and directors. Use the League command to view investment banking league tables and details on specific deals. Use the MA command to search for Mergers and Acquisitions deals.

Aggregated news from national and local newspapers, magazines, trade publications, and transcripts. Factiva includes access to the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Barron's. Content is available in 22 languages. Factiva also houses succinct company profiles, Factiva's indexing tools and more.

Connect to the Darden VPN prior to logging in. Search Pitchbook for information on venture capital and private equity companies, funds, limited partners, service providers, founders, investors and buyers. In many cases, Pitchbook provides information about deals and funding. Please note this is a new link, so update your bookmarks, or go to my.pitchbook.com and click on Log in with SSO.

Search this database for information about emerging market countries, companies, industries, and economic conditions.

Consider using CapIQ if you need current and historical market and financial data and/or want to screen for companies, deals, and persons. Cap IQ is also a great source for earnings call transcripts, and company compariative analysis. 

Search this database for company information, SEC filings, newspaper and trade journal articles, legal information, and biographies. For company information, use the Menu near the top of the page to select Company Dossier. Search for your company. Many conglomerates will have a Company Hierarchy page, showing subsidiaries and affiliated companies.