Statistical & Mathematical Software

Research software and services can be obtained in one of three ways:

1. Site/Network licensed tools are available to Terry College faculty, staff, and sponsored students. Network licensed tools are shared across departments. (For UGA site licensed software, such as JMP, go to sitesoft.uga.edu)
2. The Terry Research Server (also known as "whopper.terry.uga.edu") offers command line access to several tools.
3. Individual licenses should be purchased via your academic department.

Click on the appropriate link to the right of the software or service to gain access:

**NOTE: SPSS and Stata licenses may only be installed on UGA-owned machines, as per vendor licensing restrictions.

Research Data Services

Wharton Research Data Services

The following datasets are available via the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). See Databases in WRDS for a detailed description of particular services or databases or, to request an account, visit WRDS Account Request. Your account will be authorized by the Terry College of Business WRDS account manager within approximately 48 hours.

Current Subscriptions (as of 7/5/2012)

• AuditAnalytics
• Bank Regulatory
• Blockholders
• CBOE Indexes
• COMPUSTAT
• CRSP
• CUSIP
• Corporate Library
• DMEF Academic Data
• Dow Jones
• Eventus
• FDIC
• Fama French & Liquidity Factors
• Federal Reserve Bank
• IBES
• IHS Global Insight
• IRI
• ISSM
• KLD
• Option Metrics
• PHLX
• Penn World Tables
• Risk Metrics
• SEC Order Execution
• TAQ
• TRACE
• Thomson Reuters

EDGAR Database

EDGAR—the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system—performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

DirectEDGAR, a tool to access EDGAR data, is available at the Terry College of Business. To access DirectEDGAR, contact Terry OIT. Please review the DirectEDGAR site for more information on this tool.

Thomson Reuters Guidance Datafeed

To replace the discontinued Thomson Reuters First Call Historical Database (FCHD) which is no longer available in WRDS (as of 2/2012), Terry College has purchased the Thomson Reuters Guidance Datafeed (PDF | 121.8 KB), a feed that offers quantitative (numeric) company expectations from press releases and transcripts of corporate events with First Call and I/B/E/S earnings forecasts. To access the Thomson Reuters Guidance Datafeed, contact Terry OIT. Once granted access to the network folder, please review the "Thomson Reuters Guidance Over Datafeeds User Guide — July 2009" PDF document for more information on data features, file layout, and codes.

SDC Platinum and Other Data Services

In addition, Terry College subscribes to SDC Platinum: Global New Issues / Mergers & Acquisitions (Request Installation). The UGA Libraries unit also houses over 50 business and economic databases for academic research and instruction. Browse by subject, or click on the alphabetical list link, from the Business and Economics Research Databases page.

Custom Consulting

In addition to traditional research software and data support, custom consulting is offered for projects that require unique technical solutions. Examples of custom technical consulting for research projects already under way include:

• Support for over 20 TB of additional research storage space (especially for data files over 20GB)
• Technical support for research projects, including encrypted data transport and extensive technical consultation
• Consulting on configuration and purchase of high-end workstations for heavy numerical computing
• Creation and management of Terry Undergraduate Research Subject Pool site

For more information on custom consulting, contact Jim Metcalf.

How to Get Help

• Email the Terry OIT Service Desk, or call 706-542-6799. Please provide your MyID as well as the name of the software, dataset, or tool to which you need access.
• Terry College funded data services are selected based on consensus of faculty request. Terry faculty may contact Daniel Feldman, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, to discuss additional research data needs.