ERIM PhD Reference Guide

possible target group, surveys can be conducted through several media at the same
time: over the Internet, through mobile devices and on paper. The data collected
through all these procedures can easily be reintegrated and exported with the
software provided.
Erasmus Data Service Centre (EDSC)
At the joint initiative of the University Library and the founding schools of ERIM, the
Erasmus University established a special data service centre in the summer of 2006.
The EDSC provides access to financial and social science databases and gives
individual support and workshops for students and staff of the Erasmus University
Rotterdam. For this work the EDSC has a team of five specialists ‐ the Datateam. The
Datateam is itself supported by an advisory body made up of representatives from
the faculties concerned and the University Library. Since the summer of 2007, the
work terrain of the EDSC has expanded to include social‐sciences data. This was
achieved in collaboration with the School of Social Sciences (FSW). The EDCS
provides entries to the 22 financial databases such as Bankscope (both world bank
information source as via Wharton), Company.info, various Compustat databases,
CRSP, ExecuComp, I/B/E/S, Market Insight, Reach, SDC, and various Thomson
databases such as Thomson One‐Banker, WRDS, Worldscope and Zephyr. In addition
to contributions to financial databases, EDSC provides entries to 17 social science
databases including EUROSTAT, OECD, Unctad and World Database of Happiness.
WRDS provides instant access to key databases in the fields of finance, accounting,
banking, economics, management, marketing and public policy, such as the CISDM
Hedge Fund/CTA Database and the CRSP database.
Academic Licences and Databases
The University Library provides ERIM Members and ERIM Doctoral Candidates access
to more than 250 databases. In addition to the databases at the University Library,
ERIM has access to specialised research software and databases for its members.
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