MKT 7033: Topics in Strategy Research Seminar (Chandrasekaran)

An overview of featured library resources.

Things to Know

Scraping and Text Mining in Library Databases

If you are planning a text mining project that will require downloading a lot of data or articles, please reach out to Natasha.Arguello@utsa.edu before you start so that we can notify the database vendors.

Our database licenses do not allow scraping, running scripts, text mining, or what is called "systematic" downloads. Vendors typically have built-in limits on the amount of data or content downloads. Once these limits are exceeded, your access will be blocked.

Many vendors offer additional tools for text mining and analysis that may be licensed for an additional fee.

Requesting Datasets for Research Projects

If you need a dataset for a research project or dissertation, please keep in mind that it may take from several months to a year to complete licensing. If we have an existing contract with a vendor, this timeline is shorter. The library does not pay for research datasets used by individual researchers, but we are happy to assist with licensing and providing access. For dataset funding, reach out to your advisor and department chair who in turn will work with Dr. Sanchez at the Alvarez College of Business.

Capital IQ

We do not subscribe to Capital IQ PRO.

WRDS

WRDS is a platform for analyzing data. To access data, we also subscribe to a number of datasets / data sources, e.g. Compustat. If you encounter a data source that is grayed out, it means we currently don't subscribe to it.

WRDS requires a two-factor authentication.

WRDS recently added the Coding Tool Kit:

Research Datasets

Alvarez College of Business Research Datasets
A list of research databases provided by ACOB, some in collaboration with the Libraries.
NielsenIQ Consumer Panel and Retail Scanner Data (University of Chicago Kitls Center for Marketing)
Current ACOB subscription.
Texas Research Data Center Consortium
UTSA's Office of Research session on TRDC Consortium.
About Texas Research Data Center Consortium
Learn about available datasets, past proposals and publications, and how to apply for access.

ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)
Provides access to data files in social science areas such as economics, social and political behavior and attitudes, education, population, and health. Raw data is derived from censuses, surveys, and administrative records in data collections and over individual data files. Includes documentation for use with statistical software such as SAS, SPSS, and Stata.

Featured Resource (No UTSA Subscription)

Dewey Data
A platform for academic researchers providing access to multiple industry datasets.

Pricing by a research project, or by department, college or institution.
NO UTSA SUBSCRIPTION.

Featured Databases

Passport (Euromonitor)
Focus on consumer goods and services. Provides access to market research data, country reports, company profiles, and statistics on countries, consumers, and industries. Demographic, economic, and marketing statistics for selected countries worldwide, as well as several years of historic market size data for many consumer products in multiple countries, plus 5-year forecasts. Consumer lifestyles, companies and brands.
IBISWorld
Contains detailed industry market reports for the U.S., based on the NAICS classification. Reports include industry performance, lifecycle, products and markets, supply chain, operating conditions, regulation and policy, key competitors, barriers to entry, outlook, and more. Specialized Industry Reports address more narrowly defined product/service segments or emerging industries.
Capital IQ
Data on U.S. and international public and private companies, M&A deals, executives and boards worldwide; news, investment research, and more. Includes powerful screening tools, chart builders, and Office Plug-In modeling tool. By S&P Global. Please note that UTSA does not subscribe to Capital IQ PRO.

Access to Capital IQ is for current faculty, staff, and students only and requires approval by Capital IQ. To request a new Capital IQ account:
1. Click on the Capital IQ database link above; login with abc123 and passphrase; complete DUO authentication.
2. Click on New User in the top right header and enter your utsa.edu email.
3. Check your email box for confirmation and finish the sign-up. Your login credentials will be provided via email from Capital IQ.

Once your Capital IQ account is created, for future access you will need to use the proxied link to Capital IQ above on the library database page, and then your personal Capital IQ credentials to log in.

To download Office Plug-in, go to My Capital IQ tab > My Profile > Downloads. See research guide for more information. You may also complete Capital IQ training at S&P Market Intelligence Academic Resource Center.

Capital IQ - Office Plug In

WRDS
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is a comprehensive data management platform for financial, accounting, economic and management data accessible through a single interface. Access to specific datasets depends on UTSA subscriptions, including Compustat, CRSP, IBES, Risk Metrics, Bureau van Dijk, Audit Analytics, and more. Includes deep archives of historical data. WRDS may be accessed via (a) the web interface, (b) a UNIX terminal session, and (c) PC SAS Connect, Matlab, Stata, R, and Python.

WRDS is only available to these categories of current UTSA users:
• Faculty
• PhD students
• Master’s and undergraduate students
• Research Assistants (sponsored by a faculty member)
• Visiting faculty
• Staff
• Shared class accounts (must be requested by a sponsoring College of Business faculty member)

You must request a WRDS user account using your UTSA email. WRDS account requests are usually processed within two business days.

WRDS now requires 2FA DUO authentication. Follow the prompts to set up your WRDS DUO.

Other UTSA Resources of Interest

Wall Street Journal (Current) | WSJ.com
Register for free access to WSJ.com and the WSJ apps. Includes all WSJ articles, videos, interactive features, digital print daily edition, and more.
Sage Research Methods Online
Contains content on research methods from books, journals and reference sources; research methods videos; tutorials; case studies showing how research methods are applied; and practice datasets from actual research. Researchers can explore methods concepts to help them design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct their research, and write up their findings. Since SRMO focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, it can be used across the social sciences, health sciences, and more. Includes entire "Little Green Book" (quantitative research) and "Little Blue Book" (qualitative research) series.