News & Current Events

Environment & Energy Daily

Alternative Titles
Environment and Energy Daily
E & E Daily, E&E Daily
Description
Tracks legislative action on environmental, energy and natural resources issues. Covers Congressional appropriations, hearings, markups, bill introductions, floor actions, and more. Users can sign up for daily email alerts of important news stories.
Type
E-Journal(s)
Coverage
2000 -

Wall Street Journal, 1889-1994

Alternative Titles
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Wall Street Journal
PQHN: WSJ
Description

Searchable access to the backfile of the Wall Street Journal newspaper (Eastern Edition) from the first issue on July 8, 1889 through the December 31st issue of 17 years ago.  (One year of additional content from 17 years ago is added annually.)  Reproduces the complete full text of every issue in its original printed form, in full page images digitized from microfilm.

Note:  For searchable access to the full text of the Wall Street Journal from 1995 to the present, use ABI/INFORM.  For combined searchable access to the complete backfile from 1889 up through today's issue, use ProQuest News & Current Events.

Type
Newspaper(s)
Coverage
1889 - 1994

Economist Intelligence Unit

Alternative Titles
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
EIU
Description

Online access to EIU publications and reports including China Hand, Country Commerce, Country Finance, Country Forecast, Country Profiles, Country Reports, Country Risk Service, Global Forecasting Service, and Risk Briefing.    Data consists of All CityData.  Industry information: automotive, consumer goods, energy, financial services, health care and teachnology.

Type
Database
Coverage
1996 -

Regional Business News (EBSCO)

Alternative Titles
formerly Business Wire News
Description
Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). This database has full text for more than 50 sources.
Type
Article Index
Access
Access in specified UM campus buildings onlyAccess in specified UM campus buildings only

Greenwire

Description

Reports on national environmental, energy and natural resources issues as they are addressed by the White House, federal agencies, courts, states and major media across the country. Users can sign up for daily email alerts of important news stories.

Type
Article Index
Coverage
2001 -

MarketLine Advantage

Alternative Titles
MarkeLine Business Information Center
Description
This database is comprised of 4 major components: 1) 10,000+ Company Profiles (includes company overviews, business descriptions, company history, executive listings, and product listings); 2) 2,000+ Industry Profiles (includes 5-year historical and 5-year market forecasts, market segmentations, company/product market shares, major trends/growth points and analysis of each market's competitive landscape); 3) 50+ Country Profiles (includes a description of the country's economic performance and GDP, an assessment of the potential for development, and a detailed market and industry analysis of the country's business environment); 4) News & Comment (Datamonitor analysts' reaction to breaking industry news, including merger and acquisition activity, product launches and regulatory changes, and insight into how these issues will impact both companies and consumers). Use Policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase, "Used with permission of (name of database)."
Type
Database

InfoTrac Newsstand

Alternative Titles
InfoTrac Custom Newspapers
Description
Searchable full text database combining articles from 1,000+ newspapers and news wires from around the world, plus some news blogs and television shows. Includes some major U.S. papers (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Herald, Christian Science Monitor, Denver Post, etc.) but coverage is strongest in English-speaking British Commonwealth countries (Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, etc.). Also includes three major Spanish-language papers from Mexico (El Norte, Mural, Reforma).
Type
Newspaper(s)
Coverage
1996 - (Varies by title)
Access
Authorized for UM users + guests provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL)Authorized for UM users + guests provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL)

General Reference Center Gold

Alternative Titles
General Reference Center Gold (Gale)
GRC Gold
GRCG
Description
Provides indexing for 1,100 general interest magazines, newspapers, business and industry journals, and reference books, with full text for articles from 700 of them.
Type
Article Index
Coverage
1980 -
Access
Authorized for UM users + guests provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL)Authorized for UM users + guests provided by the Michigan eLibrary (MeL)

ABI/INFORM Trade & Industry

Alternative Titles
ABI Trade & Industry
Description

Full text access to more than 750 business periodicals and newsletters with a trade or industry focus. Contains publications on every major industry, including finance, insurance, transportation, construction, and many more.

Type
E-Journal(s)
Coverage
1971 -
Access
Authorized UM users (+ guests in UM Libraries)Authorized UM users (+ guests in UM Libraries)

Readers Guide Abstracts (with Full Text)

Alternative Titles
Readers' Guide Full Text, Readers Guide Retrospective
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
RGA, RGPL, RGFT, RGR
Description

Indexes and briefly summarizes articles from 375 popular periodicals published in the U.S. & Canada, covering current events & news, fine arts, fashion, education, business, sports, health and nutrition, consumer affairs, etc.  Includes full text for many of the articles indexed.

Type
Article Index
Coverage
1890 - (Indexing); 1984 - (Abstracting)

Pages

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