Factiva - How to Change the Language

This libguide was created by Prof. Carol Simon.  
Prof. Simon will be retired on 8/31/22.
Please contact  Annmarie Boyle - annmarie.boyle@hofstra.edu - if you have any questions about the content of this guide.

• In addition to the full-text of the Wall Street Journal going back to 1980
• Factiva's content is global and multi-lingual
• Over 18,000 providers stream content on a daily basis
• This includes newswires, newspapers and magazines in various languages

• This is a list of the available languages:

  • Arabic
  • Bahasa Indonesia
  • Bahasa Melayu
  • Bulgarian
  • Catalan
  • Chinese - Simplified
  • Chinese - Traditional
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Slovak
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Vietnamese

• Start of the Library Homepage
• Click on the box labeled Databases by Subject
• Click on the link at the bottom of the box Browse the full A - Z list
• Click on Factiva
  • Note that there is a limit of 6 simultaneous users for Factiva
  • Note that if you are prompted for login credentials just close the application and try again in a few minutes

• The default language is set as English
• Towards the bottom of the screen on the left side there is a category Language
  • Note that it is set for English
• If you click on Language you will see a list of available languages
• Click on a language and note that it will now appear with an X next to it
• To remove a language click on the X
• In the Free Text Search Box at the top of the screen type in the word(s) that you want to appear in the article
• Type them in the selected language(s)
• Under the Free Text Search Box, you can adjust the date range for the article
• By default this is set to the past 3 months
• Click Search and a listing of the articles will appear
• Every article in the headline listing can be downloaded or printed