• Bloomberg
  • Restrictions: Current students and faculty only
  • Location: the Margolis Market Information Lab (MIL) in the Business Instructional Facility (BIF).
  • Instructions:

1. Type the stock's ticker symbol
2. Hit EQUITY and then GO
3. Choose Historical Prices

• CRSP (Center for Research in Security Prices)
  • Available through WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services)
  • Restrictions: Current students and faculty only
  • Available through Business Information Services. To inquire further please contact: BIS@library.illinois.edu

• Historical New York Times
  • Restrictions: 1) On campus-anyone, 2) Off campus: Current students and faculty only.
  • Description: Digitized copies of the NYT (1851 - 2003)
  • Search Terms:
    • The General List (Jul 10, 1889-Dec 29, 1891)
    • Stock Quotations (May 19, 1890-May 24, 1897)
    • Stock Quote (Jan 1, 1890-Present)
  • In the Advanced Search, select 'Stock Quote' as your Document type.

Note: Images can be blurry.

• Historical Wall Street Journal
  • Restrictions: 1) On campus-anyone 2) Off campus: Current students and faculty only.
  • Description: Digitized copies of the WSJ (1889 - 1991)
  • Search Terms:
    • The General List (Jul 10, 1889-Dec 29, 1891)
    • Stock Quotations (May 19, 1890-May 24, 1897)
    • Stock Quote (Jan 1, 1890-Present)

Note: Images can be blurry.

• Daily Stock Price Record

You may also want to try this print resource (Call number: 332.63 Is4)

Recommended FREE Resources:

• Yahoo Finance (~1970s- present) and Google Finance (~last 5 years)

1. In upper left corner, enter company name or ticker into search box
2. In options list (on left), click on Historical Prices
3. Change values in the data ranges boxes

If you're having trouble accessing these databases or getting an error code, try opening the link in a private or incognito window. For further assistance, contact bis@library.illinois.edu.