Guides: DESC Graziadio Decision Sciences: Locating Data

Datasets from Library Databases

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) This link opens in a new window
Census and survey data from around the world for integrated and comparative research. Must create a free account profile to create data sets.
ICPSR Direct This link opens in a new window
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research collection of social science data. First time users will be asked to create an ICPSR MyData account.
Wharton Research Data Services This link opens in a new window
Access to databases in finance, accounting, banking, economics, management, marketing and public policy. **Access limited to Pepperdine faculty, staff, and doctoral students. Users must apply for account access and be approved by the Pepperdine WRDS representative.**
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources, includes access to the Global Consumer Survey .

Sources of Company Financial Data (Publicly Traded Companies)

Below is detailed information for locating financial data for publicly traded companies.

Tips on locating ratios for companies and industries are provided in the InfoGuides for company ratios and industry ratios.

Mergent Online This link opens in a new window
Business and financial information for U.S. and international companies. SEC filings (real-time and archived to 1993) for NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchange companies. Select private company reports available.

Example: I need the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement and ratio data for Amgen. Note: The income statement contains Earnings Per Share Data.

Type in either Amgen or the ticker symbol (amgn) into the box
Select Amgen
Click Company Financials
Use the pull-down menu to select the type of financial data (Balance Sheet, Income Statement or Cash Flow)
Use the pull-down menu to select the number of years of financial data (3, 5, 7, 10 or 15)
Change the currency to US Dollar if searching for a foreign firm such as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Select the Years you need with the pull-down menu
Click Refresh
Click the link for Ratios

Example: I want to compare Tesla's Source of Gross Margin, EBITDA P/E Ratio, and Market Cap against competitors.

Type tesla motors into the search box and click search
Click Competitors

Example: I want to compare financials for two companies in the same industry: Tesla Motors and General Motors and Ford.

Type tesla motors into the search box and click search
Click + to Company Analysis List at the top of the screen
Search for Ford
Click + to Company Analysis at the top of the screen
Go to "My Mergent Tools" on the right hand side and select Company Analysis List
Click the link for Company Comparison Report
Select your companies by clicking >>
Click the plus signs + for Financials
Click the types of financials (and/or ratios) that you need
Click > to add the financials (and/or ratios)
Click the box for Include Average
Select the years you want
Use the pull-down menu to select Microsoft Excel format
Click Create Report

Example: I need a 10-K (annual report) for Costco.

Type in either costco wholesale or the ticker symbol (COST) into the box
Select Costco
Click Reports
Click the most recent 10-K or Annual Report

Example: I need 10-Q reports for Amgen.

Click the link for Government Filings
Click the circle for ticker symbol and type amgn into the box
Scroll to the section for Filing Date Search and click the circle for Last 12 months
Scroll to Filing Type and select 10-Q
Click Search
Use your browser's Edit/Find in Page feature to search for terms such as investing

Please note: If you are researching a foreign company traded on a U.S. exchange you will search for the company’s 20-F instead of the 10-K.

Supply Chain Data from Bloomberg (Library Subscription Database - IN LIBRARY ONLY)

Bloomberg is one of the world's leading financial databases and contains supply chain data. Use Bloomberg supply chain function to measure and analyze a company's supply-chain health, track key customers, suppliers, and competitors.

Bloomberg terminals are on-site only workstations available on the Malibu campus at the Payson Library and Drescher Library. These workstations are limited to Pepperdine students, staff, and faculty and require an account. Students can set up the account the first time they use one of the terminals. Special assistance from a library worker is required to use the Bloomberg Terminals at the Drescher Campus Library.

Bloomberg is a command driven system. Use Bloomberg commands to locate data and analysis specific to supply chains. Bloomberg SPLC <GO> provides supply chain relationships of tens of thousands of companies from source documents in over a dozen languages with access to proprietary supply chain relationship data unavailable through other sources. Bloomberg SPLC <GO> "offers industry-leading insight into a company’s supply chain relationships. Users can map a company to its customers, suppliers, and competitors, and therefore begin to measure and analyze a company’s supply-chain health based on the wealth of financial data available on the Bloomberg terminal." Use the function, SPLC <GO> data to answer questions such as:

Who are the biggest customers for the company?
Who are the biggest suppliers for the company?
How have the company's suppliers performed financially?

For example, to find Apple's suppliers, search by the company ticker and function, type AAPL <Equity> SPLC <Go>

Group suppliers by country to assess geographic supply chain concentration
Filter supplier list using industry subgroup or economic sectors.
Obtain Supplier News, type NI SUPPLY <Go> or NI SPLC <Go>

Related Library Guides

The below pages contain sources for specific types of business data.

Google Dataset Search indexes almost 25 million of datasets. You can filter the results based on the types of dataset that you want (e.g., tables, images, text), or whether the dataset is available for free from the provider. Try it here:

https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/