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SLA Annual Conference

Marketing & Competitive Intelligence

Data Science & Research

Navigating the World of Company Identifiers in Financial Databases (TM30-S)

Monday, June 9, 2025
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET
Target Audience: Moderate Industry Knowledge
Searching for companies or securities in financial databases by identifiers can be more efficient than searching by names. Identifiers eliminate problems around spelling variations, abbreviations and various corporate designations. Gathering data from several different financial databases can be challenging but necessary. These databases have identifiers that can make the transition of combining datasets easier.
At Baker Library we have done an extensive inventory of our licensed financial databases. We have gathered information about the availability of identifiers to better help patrons understand where crosswalks exist. We will provide participants with an outline of which identifiers are included in each database. We will also discuss the various identifiers and provide information on their structure and origins.