The Bloomberg Terminal is an extremely powerful tool for gathering company and industry financial/performance information. This document will get you started, but only persistent practice and "playing" will see you master this tool, which is used by financial and investment professionals all the time.They get good at using Bloomberg by using it often -- out of necessity.
(NYU's Bloomberg Terminal user's guide can be found HERE.)
Ken Distler
Reference Librarian III
kdistler@nyit.edu / 516-686-1154/7657