News Sources and Customized Alerts

Joint Bank-Fund Library

World Bank Group Library

Ukraine Training Mission, Kiev, May 17-21, 2010

Today’s Agenda

News Sources• Factiva• Oxford Analytica• ISI Emerging Markets• Roubini.com• The Economist

Customized Alerts• Specialized Databases• Electronic Table of Contents (eTOCs)• Individual Journals

Factiva Coverage

• 28,000 news sources (publications, websites, blogs, podcasts, pictures)

• 159 countries• 22 languages• 400+ continuously updating wires• mobile interface• translation and audio services

NewsPlus/Factiva

Factiva – Main Search

Factiva Intelligent Indexing

Selecting Specific Sources

Searching within a Source

Search for articles mentioning the World Bank or the IMF - past 3 months

Search Form

Simple Search

Discovery Pane

Alerts

Factiva Group Pages

Factiva RSS Feeds

Oxford Analytica Daily Briefs

Oxford Analytica Daily Briefs

Oxford Analytica Alerts

regional and sectoral executive summaries country and topic alerts of your choice other alerting options

Oxford Analytica RSS

ISI Emerging Markets

Roubini.com

Roubini.com

Library Recommended RSS Feeds

Library Catalog AlertsLibrary Network JournalsNewsDatabasesInternational Organizations, Central Banks, GovernmentsElectronic Tables of Contents

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Library Network Journals

• Go to the Journals and E-journals list: Library Network Home Page > Journals & E-Journals > Search for Journals and Newspapers by Title.

• Search for a journal title. Example: Asian Survey

• Select a full-text source such as the publisher’s home page. Example: University of California Press

• Click on the orange RSS button.

• Copy and paste the RSS URL into your reader.

• View article titles from new issues with links to the full text.

News Feeds: Newspapers

• FT.com - http://www.ft.com/servicestools/newstracking/rss• Economist - http://www.economist.com/rss/• New York Times -

http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/index.html• Washington Post -

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/rss/index.html

Economist.com

The RSS feed for the print edition is here on the top banner.

Economist.com

Library Databases

• Oxford Analytica - http://www.oxan.com/help/helpRSS.aspx– Main feed for most recent analysis– Regional, Country, and Sector feeds, and more

• ISI Emerging Markets - https://site.securities.com/rss_feeds.html– Country feeds in English and local languages

• FitchResearch - http://www.fitchratings.com/jsp/creditdesk/ToolsAndModels.faces?context=2&detail=57

– Press Releases, other topical headlines• Business Source Corporate (BSC)

– Each BSC publication has an RSS feed. Create alerts for latest journal issues.– Create an alert from a search. Copy and paste the RSS feed into your reader.

BSC: Publication RSS Feed• From the Publications tab search for a title.

• From the results list click on the orange RSS button next to the title.

BSC: Keyword Search RSS Feed• Type in a Keyword search.• Click on the orange RSS button on the results screen.

Search Screen

Results Screen

Your next screen will look like this. Copy and paste the RSS Feed into your reader.

More Databases

• Go to the Library Network home page > Databases.• Search by Title or Subject.• Look for the orange RSS button next to the database

description.

International Organizations, Central Banks, Governments

• Banco de Mexico • European Central Bank• European Union

• OECD• UN News Service• U.S. Census Bureau

New TOC Service Coming Soon

Journals in E-Tocs

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The Library Network• New & Noteworthy • Announcements

Joint Library’s Google Notebook:http://tinyurl.com/6ofgr9

RSS Feed: http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/02165511487718008886/note

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Need help with News and Alerts?

Go to http://library and click Ask! A Librarian

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