Getting Started with Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS): How to Search
The WRDS web offers a common interface and consistent data format across all databases or datasets.
When you submit a query, it runs on WRDS servers, and your results will be made available for you to download when it is complete.
Detailed, step-by-step directions are available at https://wrds-www.wharton.upenn.edu/pages/support/getting-started/wrds-web-queries/. Must be logged in with a WRDS account to access this page.
Other Documentation
Available once logged into a WRDS account:
Manuals, Overviews, and Support Content related to Vendors and Products on the WRDS Platform.
The WRDS Cloud is our high-performance computing cluster, available to all WRDS subscribers
WRDS Data is easily accessible in your favorite programming language. Find out how to access WRDS through SAS, Python, R, MATLAB, and Stata.
To view data by concept:
Note: All links under concepts are blue, but BI's subscriptions do not cover all topics. You need to click on a concept to see if there is any available data.