ABSTRACT Due to limited disclosure requirements, obtaining private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) information presents challenges to academic researchers. However, the universe of commercially available resources that focus on private equity and venture capital has increased substantially over the past decade. This article examines recent academic business literature to evaluate whether resources from newer providers in this subject area (CB Insights, PitchBook, Preqin, PrivCo) are gaining traction among academic researchers. It also matches the resources that researchers are citing to library holdings in an effort to measure library support for PE/VC research. The results indicate that data from traditional providers (Dow Jones, S&P Capital IQ, Thomson Reuters) continues to be heavily used and that libraries are providing moderate support for PE/VC research.

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勇往直前：学术商业图书馆中的风险投资和私募股权信息

摘要 由于有限的披露要求，获取私募股权 (PE) 和风险投资 (VC) 信息给学术研究人员带来了挑战。然而，在过去十年中，专注于私募股权和风险投资的商业可用资源范围大幅增加。本文检查了最近的学术商业文献，以评估来自该主题领域（CB Insights、PitchBook、Preqin、PrivCo）的新供应商的资源是否在学术研究人员中越来越受欢迎。它还将研究人员引用的资源与图书馆馆藏相匹配，以衡量图书馆对 PE/VC 研究的支持。结果表明，来自传统供应商（道琼斯、S&P Capital IQ、