Foster Business Library


About Datastream



Datastream:
    Datastream provides daily historical pricing information for U.S. and international securities (debt and equity) and market indices. The database also includes macroeconomic information from a variety of sources including national governments, International Monetary Fund and OECD. Data may be printed or downloaded.

    Datastream is available in the Foster Business Library only on Public PC #020 on Tuesdays, from 8AM to noon, and on Thursdays, from noon to 5PM. A separate menu line for Datastream codes is available for access whenever the Foster Business Library is open.

    Datastream is shared with--and also available, with assistance provided--at he Center for Social Science Computation and Research, located, temporarily, on the sixth floor of Condon Hall, in rooms 601a-601g, 609, and 611. Condon Hall is located west of campus, at 1100 NE Campus Parkway; click here for a map. See the one-page PDF CSSCR Facilities and Services for Datastream.

Datastream Guides:
June 25, 1999; updated 24 March 2008.   Peter Stevens, Business Librarian, stevens@u.washington.edu