News & media
 

Newspapers online


Free of Charge

Links, worldwide to approx. 4,000 newspapers and magazines.

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Alphabetical by country, name of publication
  • No archives
     

NewsDirectory


Free of Charge

Links, worldwide to approx 8,000 newspapers and magazines.

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Good search function
  • Well catalogued by country and by subject
     

Factiva


Payment required for entire article

Joint of Dow Jones and Reuters.

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Current reports, worldwide
  • Individual and company report profile available
  • Well catalogued
     

Tech News


Free of Charge

News about computers and information technology.

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Good search function, search previous 90 days
  • IT only
     

Reuters


Internet access possible
Payment required

Very comprehensive news report database.

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Good starting database
  • Very targeted search
  • 10-year history
  • Requires user training
     

Dialog


Internet access possible
Payment required

Very comprehensive report and newspaper database; contains specialized newspapers.

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Full text of specialized newspapers
  • Very targeted search
  • Covers wide range topics
  • Requires training to use
     

Lexis-Nexis


Online database, Internet access possible
Payment required

Very comprehensive report and newspaper database; focus on legal information in the U.S.A.

Strengths/weaknesses
 

  • Largest USA source, good source for legal subjects
  • Very targeted search
  • Requires user training
     

 

Contributed by
Accenture, Zurich/Switzerland
June 2002