With both the Olympics and our newest database (Factiva) on my mind, it seemed a natural next step to check out what Factiva might have to offer if I was researching the Olympics...

a. Russian News

Wouldn't it be interesting to see how the Olympics is discussed within their host country?  Are there complaints about costs? Does nationalism override objectivity?  Do issues that are reported outside of the country get coverage internally?

OK, I couldn't resist.  With Valentine's Day looming on the horizon, how could I not talk about research done on Office Romances? My interest was piqued by an alert I received about Vault's 2014 Office Romance Survey: Love Is In The Air.  But, being a librarian, I couldn't resist digging a bit deeper into the topic. If you're interested in researching this hot topic, start by searching for... 1.

SFU Library is pleased to announce the availability of Factiva to its researchers. Factiva is a global, full-text business news and current events database that covers over 35,000 sources in 26 languages, including:

We are very pleased to announce that SFU researchers now have access to Lipper Tass Academic Hedge Fund Data.  This dataset offers quantitative performance data (anonymized) on over 6,300 actively reporting Hedge funds and Funds of Hedge Funds, plus over 7,000 graveyard funds that have closed, liquidated or stopped reporting for any reason. Data themes include:

SFU researchers now have access to the Historical Segments dataset within Compustat via WRDS.  This dataset contains data from as far back as 1976 on...

Copyright workshops for faculty are being offered at all three SFU campuses this spring.

With the Northern Gateway report announcement still reverberating through the news, we thought this would be a good chance to highlight parts of a couple of our newer resources: IBISWorld's new Canada module includes reports on:

We are very pleased to announce that our IBISWorld database of industry reports has been expanded to include a new suite of Canadian reports.  Up until now, our super-popular IBISWorld subscription included only US, Global, and China reports.

We have a short-term trial underway for a couple new modules in our super-popular Passport GMID database. Would love to hear your opinions!  Do you think the modules below would be useful in your research and teaching?  Let us know!

I'm pleased to share the news that SFU Library has renewed our expanded lynda.com subscription for 2014.