Kellogg Data Hosting#
Kellogg Data Hosting (KDH) is the collection of data platforms through which Kellogg Research Support provides access to licensed research datasets. It encompasses three platforms:
WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) — A web-based platform providing access to financial, economic, and marketing datasets (CRSP, Compustat, Execucomp, and many others). Kellogg’s site license lets all faculty, PhD students, and approved researchers create their own WRDS account and connect programmatically from KLC or their own computer.
Amazon Athena (AWS) — A serverless SQL query platform hosting large-scale Kellogg-licensed datasets, including data previously stored in the on-premise Kellogg Data Center. Access is through the AWS console or programmatically from KLC via ODBC.
Redivis — A browser-based data platform operated by Kellogg Research Support and Northwestern University Libraries. Redivis lets researchers discover, query, and analyze curated datasets directly in their browser, with no software installation required. It also supports programmatic access via API from KLC.
To request access to a dataset, contact rs@kellogg.northwestern.edu . For WRDS, you can register directly using your Northwestern email.
Note
For an exhaustive list of datasets available to Kellogg researchers, see the Kellogg Research Support Datasets page .
Finding Data by Platform#
Not all datasets are available on every platform. For the exhaustive Kellogg catalog, see the Kellogg Research Support Datasets page .
Method |
Platform |
Best For |
|---|---|---|
WRDS |
Ad-hoc queries, small downloads, browsing available datasets |
|
WRDS |
Integrating WRDS data into Python or R workflows on the cluster |
|
Athena |
Exploring Athena data, running ad-hoc SQL queries |
|
Athena |
Integrating Athena data into Python, R, or Stata workflows |
|
Redivis |
Browser-based discovery, querying, and analysis without local software |