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How to access Bloomberg

Accessing the terminals

We have twelve physical Bloomberg terminals on the Edgbaston Campus. One of these terminals is in the Main Library and the other eleven are in the Alan Walters Building.

To access the Bloomberg terminal in the Main Library, go to MyPCBooking and book a slot to access the terminal. 

The eleven terminals in the Alan Walters Building are in a teaching cluster and can be used if available. Please note, however, that teaching may be in progress at certain times of the day and the terminals inaccessible.

How to register an account

First time users must register for an account.

When accessing Bloomberg on one of the designated terminals, you will be presented with a login screen
If it is the first time using Bloomberg, go to ‘Create a New Login’ at the bottom of the screen then follow the registration process.

Further help

Please note that neither the Academic Skills Centre nor the Research Skills Team provide direct assistance on how to interrogate Bloomberg.

For further support please see the following:


 

LSEG Workspace

LSEG Workspace is only available for Birmingham Business School academic staff and PGR students.

If you are an Undergraduate or Masters student, please see Datastream, Worldscope, and ESG.

LSEG Workspace contains near real-time and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and futures for both international and domestic markets.

How to Access Workspace

Access is available via the Workspace Desktop App or Workspace Web.  

Desktop App version has full integration of Excel with Datastream data.

Please go to the AppsAnywhere and enter LSEG Workspace.  Please ensure that you have set up an account with Workspace first (see Requesting a licence section below). The App cannot be installed on a cluster PC.

Workspace Web version does not have full integration with Excel for Datastream data.

To use more than one application on your screen at a time, open the "Layouts" App. 

Requesting a licence
The Birmingham Business School administration team administer the distribution of licences, which will be assigned on a semester basis. Requests will be open for a set period, before closing the requests to assign licences for the semester. Each licence period will last six weeks (except for the period over the Christmas vacation), and you will only be allowed to request one licence each semester. You will be able to join a waiting list if there is space for a second licence in another period. Please contact bbs-support@contacts.bham.ac.uk to gain access to Workspace for a period specified below. Alternatively, you can request access via the self-registration tool -  Self Registration | Self Registration which will be allocated in line with the durations stated below.

 

Semester 1 – Autumn Term

Period three: 20 September 2024 – 03 October 2024
Period four: 01 November 2024 – 13 December 2024

Semester 2 – Spring Term

Period one: 02 January 2025 – 14 February 2025
Period two: 17 February 2025 – 31 March 2025

Semester 3 – Summer Term

Period three:  25 March 2025 – 02 May 2025
Period four:  05 May 2025 – 13 June 2025

Period five: 16 June 2025 – 31 July 2025
Period six: 01 Aug 2025 – 12 September 2025

Semester 1 – Autumn Term

Period seven: 13 September 2025 – 31 October 2025

If you have any queries, please contact bbs-support@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Workspace support

Please note that neither the Academic Skills Centre nor the Research Skills Team provide direct assistance on how to use LSEG Workspace.

Support is provided as follows:

 

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