New Digital Resources: Factiva: global news + business
The UCR Libraries are proud to announce the acquisition of Factiva, web-based information service that provides powerful tools for searching and monitoring global news and business information. Formerly known as Dow Jones Interactive, Factiva is a joint venture between Dow Jones and Reuters. It contains same-day and archival full-text coverage of the world’s most influential newspapers, plus academic and trade journals, magazines, wire services, and television and radio transcripts. Factiva gives you access to over 10,000 publications from 152 countries in 22 languages.
Factiva is also a premier source of company, industry, and stock information. Close to 25,000 public and private company profiles are available. For public companies, detailed reports are accessible which provide an outline of the company’s primary activities, top executives, competition, history, products, services, key financial ratios, and full balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statements. Here is an example of "snapshot" of stock price activity for Harley Davidson that Factiva provides:
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A joint acquisition of 7 University of California campuses, Factiva access is limited to 65 simultaneous users among those campuses.
For more information about Factiva, contact:
Peter Bliss ~ Business and Economics Subject Specialist ~ 827-5226 or peter.bliss@ucr.edu
Access to this resource is possible from off campus. Click on Connect from Home for more information.
