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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
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
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