ORFE Seniors: Introduction to the Library: Home

Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Introduction to the Library

Fall 2023

• Empirical Analysis
  • Financial Data at Princeton
  • Data & Statistical Services
• Text and Machine Learning datasets
  • Text Mining
  • Machine Learning Datasets
• Remote access
• FAQs (QuickAnswers)
• Locating Materials
  • Catalog (Books, Journal titles)
    • Borrow Direct : rapid book borrowing and delivery service offered by Princeton University Library and partner libraries-- Brown, Center for Research Libraries, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Stanford, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale.
    • Interlibrary Services (use if not available through Borrow Direct)  (Consult Worldcat for worldwide holdings)
  • Locations
  • H-HJ - Firestone B Floor; Engineering Library
  • O'Reilly for Higher Education, Programming ebooks and video content
  • ORFE Senior Theses
• Finding articles:
  • EconLit
  • ABI Inform
  • Operations Research
  • Literature Mapping tools that provide visualization of scholarly conversation for a topic
  • Article Express can obtain a copy of articles Princeton does not have for you.
• Additional Guides for Finance and Economics Data
• Citation Management Software - Zotero, Refworks, Endnote (Zotero and Mendeley integrate with Overleaf)
• Princeton University Overleaf, ORFE Senior Thesis LaTeX Template, Overleaf Guide
• Libkey browser extension
• Staying current:
  • Access to FT.COM, WSJ.com and the New York Times.  
  • Economist.Com 

  • Bloomberg.com.  Access to Bloomberg news via web browser or app after your account has been created. ACCESS INSTRUCTIONS: Create an account with an @princeton.edu email address and click "SIGN UP". This will trigger a verification code to be sent via email to the entered email address. Confirm your account by entering the 8 digit verification code that was sent to your @princeton.edu email address. Finish registration by entering a password for your account.

• A few tips for finance:

  • The key is matching.  Tickers can be reused.  Ideally, find the CUSIP, ISIN, and/or SEDOL.

  • Be aware of survivor bias.

  • Be aware of header data.

  • You will have much less information for private companies than public.

Bobray Bordelon, Economics, Finance, and Data Librarian bordelon@princeton.edu; Schedule appointment

Willow Dressel, Engineering Librarian, wdressel@princeton.edu; Schedule appointment
 

Data and Statistical Analysts data@princeton.edu; Schedule an appointment with DSS (for help with statistical methodology or using R, Stata,SAS, Python

Last updated September 13, 2023