Factiva: Using the Companies and Markets Tab

Using the Factiva Snapshot

Apps for Legal Research & News LibGuides at UCLA School of Law Library

Here is a list of official sources available at the Hugh & Hazel Darling Law Library at the UCLA School of Law.

Social Pulse

Reuters has launched the news media social site, Social Pulse. The website uses trends from Twitters account Reuters and other journalists that follow news headlines. Sectors include: Technology, Finance, Healthcare, Industrial, and etc. One key section that Social Pulse has is that they posted with Klout to track the most social CEOs and you can view their profile and access their Twitter page.

LexisNexis News Search App

LexisNexis News Search App is available on iPhone and iPad. Subscribers can download the application your News Direct or Nexis.com ID and Password. Users can search, browse, and email news content. There are features that will make your search more efficient and precise:

-Exact phrase or word and commands
-Excludes words, non-business news and newswires
-Restrict by date
-Show stories of more than 500 words

80 Great Twitter Feeds for Law Students

These twitter feeds maybe geared toward law students, but these resources are useful to other legal professionals too.

http://www.onlinecollege.org/80-great-twitter-feeds-for-law-students

Webinar: Beyond Newsletters

Beyond Newsletters: Better Ways to Inform Your Users

Tuesday, January 24th, 9 am CST

Register: http://web.freepint.com/5bfhgc

No Charge!

Whether you use newsletters in your mix today or are considering them for tomorrow, there are innovative new ways to simplify the internal newsletter creation process. Also, there are a few newsletter alternatives that you may want to consider when deciding how best to accomplish the goal of keeping users informed. In this webinar, you'll learn some tips and tricks you can apply today to give your newsletters the lift they are looking for.

CCH's New Mobile App

CCH by Wolters Kluwer has a free mobile app called Tax News Highlights and it brings the latest top tax headlines on both Federal and State tax topics. Available on iPhone, iPad and Android..no subscription required. View Screenshots on iTunes and Android Market.

Legal Pulse

FindLaw launches Legal Pulse that offers legal headlines and news from around the world along with photos and analysis from sources such as the Associated Press, New York Times, and Washington Post. The content will cover law-related topics, legal issues, sports and even celebrity news.

Friday Fun

The secret is revealed! J.K. Rowling's Pottermore website will be a platform for selling all seven Harry Potter books in ebook format. Read all about it in this Ars Technica article.

New York Times Paywall going up

Hat tip to Out of the Jungle for the information about the NYT paywall going up. More information avaible here about the different options.

App roundup

The following are from the ResourceShelf blog.

Deloitte -- Technology, Media & Telecommunications iPad App (free)

January 25, 2011 13:58
Deloitte releases their 10th edition of technology, medial, and telecom preditions in an iPad app.

Nature Publications Group Releases iPad App

January 25, 2011 02:07
Nature Publishing Group has a new iPad reader app for their news and articles content. Access is by subscription.

Harvard University: "New Release of Mobile Web and iPhone App Lets You Find Books In Harvard Library"

January 22, 2011 17:40
Harvard University now has a library module for their mobile app. It is available as both an iPhone app and a mobile web app for smartphones.

Industry News: A New iPhone/iPad/iTouch App from LN: LexisNexis Legal News

January 21, 2011 17:24
LexisNexis has a legal news app for the iPhone and the iPad. The app is free, but the content requires a subscription.

And one from Money Blog - ConsumerReports.org
January 24, 2011

IRS and tax-prep software companies roll out tax apps
Reports on apps from the IRS and tax-prep software companies.

DMN will no longer be completely free

Details at the following article:

The Dallas Morning News Announces New Digital Strategy, Pricing (1/4/11)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/010411dnbusdmnpricing.35ec66.html

I don't know if this includes institutional subscriptions or not. Hat tip to Wendy for pointing it out.

Happy Birthday, Xerox Copier!

CNN has a story on the 50th anniversary of the Xerox copier.

Popular Science archive

Popular Science is partnering with Google to make their entire 137 year history available for free browsing. See more details in their announcement.

New Texas Media Makes Debate Tonight

"Sometime after midnight tonight, the Texas Tribune, a new nonprofit, nonpartisan public media organization headquartered in Austin, will launch its coverage of Texas politics and policymaking with stories, blogs, tweets and Facebook postings."--From the Texas Lawyer

For more information see http://texaslawyer.typepad.com/texas_lawyer_blog/2009/11/firms-donations-help-nonprofit-media-outlet-go-live-tonight.html

It's already in my RSS reader! Also available for your mobile via iTunes.

Distracted driving

Driven to Distraction : At 60 M.P.H., Office Work Is High Risk

Chang W. Lee
The New York Times

Published: September 30, 2009

Thought-provoking article on the issues with attempting to drive and use cell phones and/or computers for calls, texts, emails, and direction dispatchs.

Will other papers follow FT.com?

This article from the New York Times made me start wondering how many other papers will start charging for articles and restricting access via our other channels.

The Paper That Doesn’t Want to Be Free
By ERIC PFANNER
Published: August 16, 2009
New York Times

Not long ago, when other media executives were convinced that the only way to succeed on the Web was to give away their content, The Financial Times played the eccentric.
...
In another effort to generate additional digital revenue, the newspaper restricted access last year to its content through databases like Factiva and LexisNexis, requiring users to buy special licenses to read archived articles. More than 600 corporate customers, with a total of about 50,000 users, have done so.

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Newest Kindle

Amazon will soon be releasing a new Kindle that is larger and can handle newspapers and periodicals more easily. This story from eweek talks about the convergence of newspapers and digital, with hints of the future of journalism. My only question: if newstories might be lumped under a single URL with additions as the story develops, how will we cite to these articles?

Voice of Paul Harvey silenced

Paul Harvey, long time radio announcer and commentator, died at age 90. One obit may be found at the Washington Post. If you are of a certain age, you will probably remember his delivery of "This is Paul Harvey - stand by for news!" and his O. Henry style twists in the popular stories with the ending, "And that's the rest of the story."