For help in searching SDC Platinum, look at their support documentation.

For College of Business Faculty or PhD students, appointments are highly recommended. You can contact STEM Entrepreneurship & Business Information Services to set up an appointment to get help with SDC. Email BIS@library.illinois.edu for Instructions on how to enter SDC. 
 
NOTE: Please break down large data sets into smaller chunks. Otherwise the download will time out. Start by choosing a 5 year window and a few industries.