Answered By: Becky Smith, STEM Entrepreneurship & Business
Last Updated: Jun 29, 2020     Views: 960

  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
  • Global Financial Data (GFD)
    • Restrictions: 1) On campus- for scholarly use only, 2) Off campus: Current students and faculty only.
    • Instructions:
      • In GFD, click on 'U.S. Stocks Database' located on the left column.
      • U.S. Stocks Database allows you to search for current and historical individual securities traded on US Exchanges.
      • Search for stocks, bonds, ETFs and other individual securities.
      • Includes current and delisted securities, with some pre-dating 1800.
  • 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.

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  • 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)

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  • Daily Stock Price Record

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


Recommended FREE Resources:

  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

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