WRDS subscriptions are funded via Warwick Business School. Requests from staff or students associated with the Economics department (e.g. MSc Economics) will always be approved. Requests from other departments will be forwarded to the funding group within WBS to seek approval. In these cases you will be contacted to provide more information about the request.
Step 1:
Step 2:
- In the centre of the login screen click on the link entitled “account request.”
- Then, click on the link entitled “Request a user account.”
Step 3:
- Fill out the account request form. Please ensure you use your WBS usercode and email as your login details, if you have one.
- Select the appropriate kind of account
- Master’s students: ‘Masters’
- PHD students: 'PhD'
- Staff: ‘Faculty'
- If you are requesting a 'Masters Student' account, please use your Programme Director's details to complete the relevant faculty fields
- Click the box entitled ‘submit request.”
Step 4:
- Your request is then sent to the Warwick University WRDS Administrator for approval. This is part of our Authentication Process to ensure that no one outside the University of Warwick attempts to receive an account. If approved you will receive a message telling you how to log in to the WRDS service. If your request is denied they you will be told why.
1.2 Technical and Research Support
WRDS' staff of technical and research specialists may be reached at
wrds-support@wharton.upenn.edu. They are available to assist you with difficulties pertaining to database access, data queries, and programming in SAS, FORTRAN, or C. If you request support related to a particular program which you are unable to execute successfully, please copy the program into the body of your e-mail for a quicker response. This is helpful for detecting any errors in your program.
Types of Accounts
Faculty: Faculty accounts are available to all standing faculty of member institutions. Standard accounts allow unlimited access via web, telnet, and/or FTP, and include 25 MB of permanent disk storage.
PhD: PhD accounts are available to all current Ph.D. candidates of member institutions. Standard accounts allow unlimited access via web, telnet, and/or FTP, and include 25 MB of permanent disk storage.
Masters: Masters accounts are available to all current Masters candidates of member institutions. Standard accounts allow unlimited access via web, telnet, and/or FTP, and include 25 MB of permanent disk storage.
Research: Research accounts are available to graduate and undergraduate students performing research for a faculty member. Research Accounts allow access via web, telnet, and/or FTP, and include 25 MB of permanent disk storage.
Library / Class: Primarily for students, Library / Class accounts may only be requested by standing faculty of member institutions. These accounts are used to access the WRDS web interface and do not include disk storage. These accounts expire at the end of the semester.
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