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Business Tutorial: Factiva

Easy Company News Search

1. Enter the company name in the "Free Text" search box at the top of the page (for example Meta).


2. Select a date range from the "Date" drop-down box (default is In the last 3 months).


3. Select "Headline and Lead Paragraph" from the "More Options" drop-down box (default is Full Article). Then click "Search".


4. Results can be sorted by "Relevance" (where name of company appears more times towards the top of the document) or "Most recent first".  You can also filter by "Companies", "Sources", "Subjects", "Industries", "Languages", and other categories using the limiters along the left hand side.

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