Article Searching
To search across thousands of international, national, and local business newspapers and trade publications, consider using one of the following databases:
- Business Source CompleteCoverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for top scholarly journals, including the Harvard Business Review. It also includes industry and country reports from Euromonitor and company and industry reports from Datamonitor.
- FactivaFull-text online service for international news and business information. Covers over 28,000 sources in 23 languages in more than 150 countries. Some company and market research is included. Factiva includes full-text coverage of the Wall Street Journal.
- ABI/InformAn extensive international business and management database, contains full text of articles appearing in professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines published worldwide. ABI/Inform covers the areas of accounting, banking, computers, economics, engineering management, communications, finance, health care, human resources, insurance, international trends, law, management, marketing, public administration, real estate, taxation, transportation.
- Nexis UniProvides access to full text resources on topics including current and general news; business and financial information; newspapers; company directories; government and politics; medical and health topics; accounting, auditing, and tax; federal and state laws; legal cases; and regulations. Resources include TV and radio news transcripts.
Wall Street Journal articles
- Wall Street JournalCornell students, staff, and faculty can register for a free WSJ.com account using this link. Select your account type from the dropdown menu, add a password, and agree to the Privacy Policy. Then click Create and you have access.
- FactivaYou can also search the Wall Street Journal using Factiva. This would be helpful to look for coverage on a topic or firm over a distinct period of time. Type in your search terms, then click Source and select the Wall Street Journal to search.
Refining Search and Troubleshooting:
Note the Examples link from the search page. This section will give you other tricks to refining your Factiva search. For example, you can filter by article length, the number of times a word shows up in an article, and its proximity to other words.
If your search results in few or no articles and you suspect that there should be more, go to the More Options filter in the Search Builder. Make sure that the Search for free-text terms in: is set to Full Article and that there are no exclusions checked.
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
1. Connect to Business Source Complete
2. In the top search box, type businessweek. You know the name of the publication.
3. In the next search box type a topic of interest.
4. A record for the article will appear. Click the Html Full Text link.
5. If you choose, you can e-mail the article, or save, print, etc.