The Libraries are now offering trial access to Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage, a comprehensive, professional source of proprietary analysis on industry trends, corporate activities, and investments. It is a core service used at many of the leading investment firms, corporations, government agencies, and law offices. For non-business students, the service includes a Financial Education section with tools for understanding personal finance.

S & P’s NetAdvantage will provide you with:

• web-based access to each new Industry Survey as soon as it is released
• downloadable company data on the companies that comprise a given industry
• survey links to key industry websites (trade associations etc.)
• an on-line archive of Surveys from 1999 onward

The service also enables you to:

• gather company information (search by ticker or name from the site’s homepage, or by using the “Companies” tab)
• understand the basics of personal finance by exploring the Financial Literacy Now module under the “Financial Education” tab

Trial access ends April 2011 and is available both on and off campus. Plenty of time to explore Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage and let us know what you think about it!