Bloomberg is a global financial database, which is heavily used in both academic and professional settings. Use Bloomberg to find nearly any type of financial data, including equities, fixed income, indices, commodities, currencies, and more. Bloomberg has data on more than 5 million bonds, equities, commodities, currencies & funds. If a company is publicly traded, Bloomberg will have some information on it. Also included are profiles of over a million people.
To book a time slot for the Bloomberg workstation in the Sainsbury Library please use this form:
https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/SainsburyLibrary@said.onmicrosoft.com/bookings/
Note: if you are a non-SBS student you MUST book during our normal staffed hours.
Bloomberg can be accessed on one terminal within the Sainsbury Library.
The Sainsbury Library terminal is mainly for Saïd Business School users. All users should use their Bodleian Libraries account to log into the terminal, then set up a personal Bloomberg account.
Use the online booking form to arrange access.
The Bloomberg terminal has a monthly download limit which is remotely enforced by Bloomberg. When the terminal is at its monthly limit users will see #N/A LIMIT error message in Excel. The data limit will automatically reset on the first of the month.
Please remember that systematic downloading is not allowed. Be considerate of fellow users - always download only what you need.
You may have noticed that the keyboards on the Bloomberg terminal looks a bit unusual. This is because it is designed so that you can access information very quickly (once you've learned how). There is a headphone jack located at the back of the keyboard, use this for listening to audio on the terminal with your own headphones.
Bloomberg Certification
BCER <GO>
Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) is a ~10-hour, self-paced e-learning course that provides an interactive introduction to the financial markets. BMC consists of 5 modules—Economic Indicators, Currencies, Fixed Income, Equities, and Getting Started on the Terminal—woven together from Bloomberg data, news, analytics and television. For more information, and a breakdown of the modules, please visit the Bloomberg website.
Bloomberg ESG Certificate is a ~7-hour sel-paced course on how to implement ESG strategies and prepare ESG reports for regulators through the lens of a fictitious buy-side management firm. Course modules include Introduction to ESG, Researching & Adopting ESG, ESG Integration, Corporate Governance & Shareholder Activism, and Reporting Sustainability Activism.
You must create a Bloomberg for Education account inside your standard Bloomberg account.
Sign up to these certificates by typing BCER <GO> on the Bloomberg terminal.
Bloomberg has lots of cheat sheets and tips - type BU <GO> on the terminal to access.
For specific, or more detailed questions, use the HELP button to send an email to Bloomberg support. They should respond within 24 hours.
Bloomberg has an Office API which means you can download and manipulate data using Excel. Type XLTP <GO> to access a library of Excel templates.
You will need to install the Office add-in each time you use the terminal. To do this, select Start > Bloomberg > Install Office Add-ins. This will enable a Bloomberg tab in Excel.