SDC Platinum is accessible from only one computer in the Business/SPEA Library. Access is limited to IU Bloomington students and staff; there is no guest access. Ask someone at the reference desk to take you to the machine and login with your regular IU username and password. Launch SDC from the desktop icon, and you will be asked to enter User Initials. This is actually a password that will have to be entered by a reference staff member. You will also be asked to enter a Project Description. Enter anything you like here, but you must enter something. A message stating "Initializing Host" will appear. Once connected, you will see this screen:

We subscribe to three of the databases you see on this screen:
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Global New Issues
- VentureXpert