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TTT specialist business databases

‘Train the trainer’ materials for the Library's specialist financial and business databases at The University of Manchester.

  • Datastream
  • WRDS
  • Eikon
  • Bloomberg
  • Published resources
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    Phil Reed
    Oct 11, 2021

    Bloomberg instructor training 20211011

    Using BMC to get a grounding in accounting and finance

    Last week

    • Started WRDS training from our UG workshop

    This week

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    Phil Reed
    Sep 27, 2021

    WRDS instructor training 20210927

    First session of a new run to train up colleagues who are somewhat new to business databases. This series will be delivered every two weeks, some online and some face-to-face. I have prepared an induction plan for one colleague (person A) and will allow more familiar…

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    Phil Reed
    Jul 14, 2020

    Eikon/WRDS instructor training 20200714

    Eikon ESG search, booking system, try out the new CRSP/Compustat guide

    Review homework

    • Team were tasked to write a new guide on searching for ESG data…
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    Phil Reed
    Jun 26, 2020

    Eikon instructor training 20200623

    Run through our published Eikon guides

    Before the session

    • All knew what Eikon was, roughly what it covered.
    • All had seen it being demonstrated.
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    Phil Reed
    Jul 31, 2019

    CRSP and Compustat via WRDS 20190901

    BLA New Business Librarians Training Day

    Supporting materials

    • Slides/materials: onedrive

    Practicalities

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    Phil Reed
    Jul 24, 2019

    Datastream instructor training 20190724

    Reviewing a variety of recent student enquiries

    Last session’s challenge

    Last session we looked at custom headers to combine time series and static request…

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    Phil Reed
    Jul 2, 2019

    Datastream instructor training 20190702

    ASSET4 for ESG data; Custom headers for combining static and time series requests

    Last session’s challenge

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    Phil Reed
    Jul 2, 2019

    Datastream instructor training schedule

    Sessions so far, still to come, challenges

    This schedule is being used for library staff who have participated in our Introduction to Datastream workshop and want to become more confidence with Datastream…

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    Phil Reed
    Jun 12, 2019

    Datastream instructor training 20190611: panel data and request tables

    Configure panel data layout with request tables

    Datastream instructor training 20190611

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