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Factiva

2024-08-15

In order to provide access to resources that use https, your EZproxy server must be configured with an SSL certificate.

ProxyHostnameEdit global.factiva.com$ global-factiva-com
AnonymousURL +*//api.dowjones.com/*
AnonymousURL +*//accounts.dowjones.com/*
AnonymousURL +*//dj.factiva.com/*
AnonymousURL +*//suggest.factiva.com/*
Title Factiva (updated 20240724)
HTTPHeader -request -process credentials
HTTPHeader -request -process preferences
HTTPHeader -request -process product
HTTPHeader -request -process user
HTTPHeader -request -process token
URL https://global.factiva.com/en/sess/login.asp?xsid=[PLACE-XSID-HERE]
HJ www.factiva.com
DJ factiva.com
DJ wsj.com
DJ wsj.net
DJ allthingsd.com
DJ barrons.com
DJ efinancialnews.com
DJ marketwatch.com
DJ smartmoney.com
DJ wsjradio.com
DJ dowjones.com
DJ fins.com
DJ wsjstudent.com
DJ wsjwine.com
Find targetsite=http://
Replace targetsite=http://^A
Find name="landingPage" value="http://
Replace name="landingPage" value="http://^A
Find name="targetsite" value="http://
Replace name="targetsite" value="http://^A
NeverProxy widgets.dowjones.com
NeverProxy types.factiva.com
NeverProxy utilityhandlers.dowjones.com
AnonymousURL -*

 Note: The Find/Replace lines should contain 'http', not 'https'.

In addition, to ensure access to your institution’s subscribed resources, you must construct your Factiva starting point URLs using your institution’s unique ID in the target URL, using the example that follows:

https://global.factiva.com/en/sess/login.asp?xsid=[PLACE-XSID-HERE]

 Note: Factiva site does not access from non-standard HTTP and HTTPS ports when using Proxy by Hostname. Proxy by port is not supported.

A Hosted EZproxy Include File is available for this resource. Hosted EZproxy customers will receive automatic updates with OCLC’s latest version of this stanza. Note: Hosted EZproxy customers in the Americas using self-service may reference the Include File by adding the following line to config.txt:

IncludeFile databases/factiva.txt