Factiva, the newspaper library for analysing current events and business affairs
Subject: Economy and Business | Information and Communication Sciences
The Dow Jones-owned database Factiva contains over 32,000 international press resources and pieces covering current economic and financial affairs.
The platform includes:
- National, international and local news from leading newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times;
- Journals and commercial publications (for example, Forbes and Newsweek); News items from news agencies (AFP, Reuters, Dow Jones, etc.);
- TV and radio podcasts from the BBC, CNN and ABC; Company reports;
- Photos from photography agencies (Reuters or Knight Ridder);
- European Union law.
What can Factiva be used for?
The database is a useful tool for research and learning. We now have unlimited, restriction-free access to the Factiva database. Previously, only six people could use the platform simultaneously, but this restriction has now been lifted.
Núria Ferran, researcher and professor at the Faculty of Information and Communication Sciences, often turns to Factiva for her research, especially when she needs to delve into topics concerning the public sphere and mainstream media, as she did for this article. In her words, "Its search function is really useful, as it allows you to narrow down the results by information source, period of time and keyword, and it lets you download the full text of quite a few news pieces all at once".
Factiva can also be used to:
- Stay on top of national and international news;
- Analyse a brand's reputation;
- Find out more about current market trends or international economic issues;
- Study the development of a topic over time;
- Put together a press pack;
- Search for information about a specific country;
- Find European legislation;
- Study a company's balance sheet;
- Follow market prices; and
- Get the scoop on a specific business sector.
There are other digital newspaper libraries at the UOC Library. For example:
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If you need to view an article in its original, in-print layout, you have the My News resource at your disposal.
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If you want to read the news from a plethora of different national and international publications, then ProQuest Central is for you.
