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Factiva

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What is it?

An e-resource for global newspapers and business information.

Example search:

Find an article from a UK newspaper

Find an article from a global newspaper

Find global company financial information

How to use & access Factiva

Finding information on Factiva in other languages

A useful feature of Factiva is the ability to search for content in a particular language.

Content for Factiva is available in 26 languages. The default search looks for articles in English but you can select all content languages or a specific language from the list found in the language channel.

Other resources to try

FAME This link opens in a new window
Up to 20 years financial information for 130,000 public and private British companies, with inbuilt data analysis software.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Full text journals, market research, company profiles and country reports.

How to access & use Business Source Complete [video]
Datastream This link opens in a new window
Access using the Excel Add-In for Eikon. Datastream is a time series database for over 175 countries and 60 markets worldwide.
Access is via the Datastream computer on the 1st floor of Marylebone library. You can also request off-site access using this form

How to reference Factiva

In text:

(Farrell, 2018) or Farrell (2018) reports...

List of references:

Farrell, S. (2018) 'Where did it all go wrong for Wonga?' The Guardian. 7 August. Available at: http://global.factiva.com (Accesed: 21 August 2022)

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WBS databases: Factiva

Factiva

How to use & access Factiva

Finding information on Factiva in other languages

Other resources to try

How to reference Factiva

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