New Wharton interface

The past year a lot of work has been done by the University of Pennsylvania to create a new interface with improvements. These improvements will make searching in databases through Wharton even better. One of the improvements is that it has become easier to get additional help on elements of the search screen. Below you can see a an example of the new interface.

Some features and even some database content has since July of 2009 been moved to the new interface. In case of the Compustat database ExecuComp you are warned in the old interface with the message:

"Compustat Executive Compensation Notice to WRDS Execucomp users:
Starting in July 2009, all Execucomp updates will be made on the new

WRDS website, which can be accessed via the link http://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu/wrds/. The previous update can

still be accessed on this site."

At the moment, however, it seems that the use of the new interface is limited to people who use Wharton accounts or request (similar?) accounts by email. This is less than ideal for regular users who want to do uncomplicated searches through the web interface. I have requested to be notified when the new interface be made available to subscribing organisations based on ip/network-recognition. This is the way many organisations offer access to their customers. As soon as I hear anything about this I will post a new message on the blog.

In the meantime, if you do not want to give your personal email address to Wharton you can of course create and use a new gmail or other free email account to request access.

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10:43 AM - 29 October 2009