The first match-up in our March Database Madness is Factiva vs. LexisNexis, two sources for news and business information.
Let’s take a look at Factiva:
– Owned by the Dow Jones Corporation, Factiva provides access to thousands of premium news and information sources
– 600 continuously updated newswires
– Information and stock quotes on over 22 million public and private companies
– Over 100 industry snapshots
– News from around the world, in English
– News in 28 languages
Next up we have LexisNexis:
News searches
– over 400 newspapers
– 800 wire services
– 1723 magazines
– 1300 foreign language newspapers
– 650 college and university newspapers (including the Furman Paladin!)
Company searches
– almost 300 business publications and reports
– over 2200 market and industry new sources
Legal searches
– all federal and state cases
– over 750 law reviews
– all federal statutes and federal regulations
– International Legal searches
– Canadian law
– Canadian cases
– EU cases through 2013
– Hong Kong, New Zealand, and South Africa cases
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