Research Support
The Terry College of Business maintains licenses for several business-specific research applications and data sources. Terry College faculty, doctoral students, and staff may request access to these resources.
In addition to college-specific resources, faculty and sponsored students may wish to explore the Terry Undergraduate Research Subject Pool as well as general UGA Research Resources.
Statistical & Mathematical Software
Research software and services can be obtained in one of three ways:
- Terry College site licensed tools are FREE to college faculty, staff, and sponsored students. (For UGA site licensed software, such as JMP, go to sitesoft.uga.edu)
- The Terry Research Server (also known as "whopper.terry.uga.edu") offers command line access to several tools.
- 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:
| Software | Site License | Terry Research Server | Individual License |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematica: Computational software | Request Installation (Mathematica) | N/A | N/A |
| MATLAB: Numerical computing environment | N/A | N/A | Multi-department purchase; contact Terry OIT |
| Qualtrics: Survey development, distribution, and administration | Request Access (Qualtrics) | N/A | N/A |
| RATS: Regression Analysis of Time Series | N/A | Request Access (RATS) | No special pricing available; see Estima RATS website |
| SAS: Statistical Analysis System | N/A | Request Access (SAS) | Departmental Purchase, or Student Purchase |
| SPSS: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences | N/A | N/A | Departmental Purchase, or Student Purchase |
| Stata: Statistical package | N/A | Request Access (Stata) | Multi-department purchase; contact Terry OIT |
| Programming Languages & Utilities: | N/A | Request Access (Tools) | N/A |
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 2/7/2012)
- 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
- TRACE
- Thomson Reuters
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.
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 research applications and data are selected based on consensus of faculty request. Terry faculty may contact Daniel Feldman, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, to discuss additional research support needs.
Contact Information
University of Georgia
104 Caldwell Hall
