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Database Title	Summary - Full Description	Coverage	Full Text
Factiva	Provides full text article from more than 8,000 global publications includintg 1,000+ newspapers, 6,500 periodicals and 270+ newswires, 20,000 company reports, and more than 8,500 Web sites. Pictures of major news events and reports also are available.		Partial
Family & Society Studies Worldwide	Formerly produced by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR), the Family & Society Studies worldwide Database is currently produced by the National Information Services Corporation (NISC). It contains all the records of the discontinued print version, Inventory of Marriage & Family Literature, plus abstracts which were never available in print. It also includes the Australian Family & Society Abstracts, produced by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. The database is a comprehensive resource of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, and Human Development. It provides over 235,000+ abstracts and bibliographic records drawn from over a thousand professional journals, books, popular literature, conference papers, government reports, and other sources, many of which are indexed exclusively in FSD. It provides comprehensive information in family social sciences on one database. About 9,000 abstracts are added each year.	1970 - present	Yes
FAOSTAT	This is a multilingual (English, French and Spanish) database currently containing over one million time-series records covering international statistics in areas including production, trade, land use, fertilizer and irrigation, fisheries and population. The time coverage of the data series sometimes varies, but is predominantly 40-50 years old. Data is downloadable.	1961 - present	Partial
FASB Financial Accounting Research System (FARS)	The Financial Accounting Research Service (FARS) is an electronic tool for accounting research. It is made up of six major infobases: ORIGINAL PRONOUNCEMENTS, which contains all AICPA and FASB pronouncements in chronological order; CURRENT TEXT, which contains the General Standards, Industry Standards, and the Current Text sections and an appendix listing current AICPA Practice Bulletins, Statements of Position, and Audit and Accounting Guides; EITF ABSTRACTS, which includes every issue discussed by the Emerging Issues Task Force Implementation Guides; STAFF IMPLEMENTATION GUIDES, called the FASB-Q&A, contains staff Special Reports and other published implementation guidance on FAS 80, 86, 87, 88, 91, 96, 109, 113, 116, 117. It also contains illustrations of financial instrument disclosure requirements in FAS 105, 107, and 119; DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES, which includes the full text of issues related to the implementation of Statement 133 that were discussed by the Derivatives Implementation Group and cleared by the FASB prior to September 25, 2000; Comprehensive Topical Index, which is a combined topical index for all of the databases. The accounting literature within the infobases can be accessed in three different ways: (1) through the Contents view tab; (2) through the Topical Index references that link to the appropriate text in the infobases; and, (3) through predefined query templates and user-defined queries.		Partial
Fiction Connection	A readers' advisory service that browses fiction titles in the Books-in-Print Online database. Browses by topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe. Finds similar titles.	1979-current	Partial
Fiesers' Reagents for Organic Synthesis	Here you'll find the entire contents of all print volumes, including an A to Z listing of all reagents cited in synthetic literature with concise descriptions and illustrations of chemical reactions. To save you time in researching, all information about a particular reagent is collected in one single article. Thousands of entries abstract the most important information on commonly used and new reagents, including preparation, uses, sources of supply, critical comments, references and more. Use Browse this Title or Search this Title on the right to get to the various reagent information.	varies	Yes
Film and Television Literature Index	Provides thorough indexing of over 300 film and television periodicals from over 30 countries and selective indexing of other periodicals, both scholarly and popular. Author/subject alphabetical arrangement with geographic and general sub-headings provide easy access. Over 2,000 subject headings provide detailed subject analysis of articles.	1973 - current	Partial
Food Science and Technology Abstracts [FSTA]	Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) contains abstracts of the worldwide literature of food science, food technology, and food-related human nutrition. Topics covered relate to every aspect of the food chain including biotechnology, food safety, food science, functional and novel foods, additives, nutrition and packaging. Sources include: scientific journals, patents, books, conference proceedings, reports, theses, standards, and legislation. A thesaurus of indexing terms provides for more precise searching. Online coverage extends back to 1969.	1969 - present	No
Forrester Research -- New Users	In-depth market research on industries, especially the emerging technology trends and their impact on business. Reports are written by analysts and specialists.		Yes
Forrester Research -- Returning Users	In-depth market research on industries, especially the emerging technology trends and their impact on business. Reports are written by analysts and specialists.		Yes
FRANCIS (International Humanities and Social Sciences)	Indexes multilingual, multidisciplinary information published in over 4,200 journals from around the world. Subject descriptors are in both English and French. Abstracts are provided in 80% of the records. Also indexes books, book chapters, conference papers, French dissertations, and exhibition catalogs.	1984 - present	Partial
Frost & Sullivan	Direct access to Frost & Sullivan's business intelligence portfolio, providing practical industry insights and analysis with real-world statistics and research results. Provides the latest technology, company, econometric, demographic, and industry information. Industries covered include: Communication and IT, Transportation, Consumer Products, Healthcare, Environment and Energy, Aerospace and Defense, Electronics and Semiconductors, Chemicals, Materials and Food.		Yes
Funding Opportunities Database	The Community of Science (COS) Funding Opportunities Database is the most comprehensive source of research funding information available on the Web, with more than 15,500 (as of 10/1/99) awards from around the world.		Partial
Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia	Includes over 25,000 full text records on a variety of topics, written for elementary and secondary students. Images are available in selected records.		Partial