Study skills
Orbis training
Key Information:
- Date and time
- Fri 25 November 2022
09:00 - 10:00 - Location
- Online: Microsoft Teams
- Contact
- CBL Learning Hub fbl.success@uwe.ac.uk
- Cost
- Free
- Attendance
- Booking required
Description
ORBIS is the world's most powerful comparable global data resource on private and public companies. Current coverage exceeds 430 million companies - public, private, active, inactive, charities, sole traders.
Moody's collect, standardize, and link the data from 170 information providers to populate the tool. Orbis contains 10 years of historical data.
The workshop will have interactive elements and we recommend that if possible you use a laptop or PC with Chrome or Firefox as your browser. You may wish to use an additional mobile device or another tab in your browser for the interactive elements.
You can access session materials beforehand from the Study Skills Blackboard course.
Workshop objectives
- To feel more confident about using the Orbis database.
If you have any questions or any accessibility needs, please do contact UWE Bristol Library.
How to attend
If you are interested in attending this event, please register via InfoHub.
- Cost: Free
- Attendance: Booking required
Location
This is an online event: Microsoft Teams
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