Bloomberg Terminals
Welcome to Copley Library's Guide on accessing and using the Bloomberg Terminals!
The Bloomberg Terminals, otherwise known as Bloomberg Professional, are used by finance and business professionals for up-to-the-minute financial data and news on publicly-traded and private companies. The Terminals at USD are available to current faculty, students, and staff and are to be used for educational purposes only. The Terminals are available for in-person use only and are not available remotely.
Locations for the Terminal:
#1: Knauss Center for Business Education, Rivetti and Zocco Financial Markets Lab, KCBE 314, 3rd Floor (48 terminals)
#2: Copley Library, 2nd floor, near the information desk (1 terminal)
> > For instructions on using the Bloomberg Terminal in Copley Library, click here.
- STEPS FOR CREATING A BLOOMBERG TERMINALS ACCOUNTStep-by-step instructions to create a Bloomberg Terminals account.
- BLOOMBERG YOUTUBE CHANNELOfficial Bloomberg Channel on YouTube
- GETTING STARTED WITH BLOOMBERGBasic information on using the Bloomberg Terminal.
- BLOOMBERG FUNCTIONS LISTThe Corporate Finance Institute has published this list of Bloomberg function codes for news, broad markets (e.g., World Equity Indices), market performance, company research, fundamentals and earnings, current today's markets, comparative and historical analysis, index analysis.
- HOW TO FIND ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE TERMINALSlides on how to find SEC filings on the Terminal with the DSCO function
Table of Mnemonic Codes in Bloomberg Terminals
| Mnemonic Code | Definition |
| MENU | Main Menu of Bloomberg Functions |
| DES | Security Description |
| N | News |
| BTAX | Bloomberg Tax |
| BCER | Bloomberg Certification Training |
| MA | Mergers & Acquisitions |
| EEB | Estimates Consensus Detail (Analysts' estimate for an equity) |
| JOBS | Career Center (Job listings worldwide) |
| ESGD | ESG Data Discovery |
| HL | Help Search |
| DSCO | Document Search |
| EQS | Industry Averages |
