Dow Jones News/Retrieval now available to visitors of new Science, Industry and Business library.PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 1996--Dow Jones Business Information Services See Information Systems. (BIS) announced today that Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance News/Retrieval(R), the online source of business and financial information that provides fast answers to tough questions, is now available to the public at the new, state-of-the-art Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL SIBL Science, Industry, and Business Library ) in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . SIBL, part of The New York Public Library New York Public Library, free library supported by private endowments and gifts and by the city and state of New York. It is the one of largest libraries in the world. , is the world's largest public library devoted to science, technology, economics and business. Fledgling entrepreneurs, other business professionals, and people in academia are finding that SIBL is an invaluable resource for their research needs. "We're delighted to make Dow Jones News/Retrieval available at SIBL," says Josephine K. Ottman, director of product marketing for Dow Jones Business Information Services. "The relationship is a natural one. Dow Jones News/Retrieval is on the cutting edge of electronic business research, and SIBL is leading the way among public information centers in this new era of information technology. Any visitor to SIBL seeking answers to critical business questions can go directly to Dow Jones News/Retrieval for fast access to up-to-date and archived business and financial information." Among SIBL's computers connecting to electronic databases, one is dedicated solely to Dow Jones News/Retrieval. Individuals are asked to reserve half-hour intervals to use the service. "We have a small stampede stam·pede n. 1. A sudden frenzied rush of panic-stricken animals. 2. A sudden headlong rush or flight of a crowd of people. 3. every morning to sign up," says Ann ANN, Scotch law. Half a year's stipend over and above what is owing for the incumbency due to a minister's relict, or child, or next of kin, after his decease. Wishaw. Also, an abbreviation of annus, year; also of annates. In the old law French writers, ann or rather an, signifies a year. Thornton, acting assistant manager of the Science, Industry and Business Library for Electronic Resources. "It's the place for one-stop shopping to obtain full-text business news and financial information. People who use Dow Jones News/Retrieval find it's a very powerful and easy-to-use search tool. Profiles of U.S. and international companies, operating summaries, earnings-per-share estimates and stock quotes are just a few examples of the type of information people can view and then print out." About Dow Jones News/Retrieval Dow Jones News/Retrieval is the only online business information service providing the combination of the full text of The Wall Street Journal(R), The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , and The Washington Post. The service also includes more than 60 million articles from more than 3,400 publications, including 48 of the top 50 U.S. newspapers. Nearly 37,000 new articles are added every day, and more than 400 other sources of business and financial data are available. Featuring a sophisticated yet intuitive interface, Dow Jones News/Retrieval makes finding information easy, even for visitors unfamiliar with online navigation. For those requiring assistance, SIBL offers weekly training sessions that focus on Dow Jones News/Retrieval. Access to Dow Jones News/Retrieval is free to the public at SIBL, and the service is available on a subscription basis to business professionals and other consumers in their offices and homes. To sign up for Dow Jones News/Retrieval or receive assistance with the service, call Dow Jones Customer Service at 1-800-369-7466, extension 61. In an effort to support the success of SIBL, Dow Jones has become a Corporate Partner of The New York Public Library. SIBL is located at Madison Avenue Madison Avenue, celebrated street of Manhattan, borough of New York City. It runs from Madison Square (23d St.) to the Madison Bridge over the Harlem River (138th St.). In the 1940s and 50s, some of the major U.S. and 34th Street. The main building of The New York Public Library is at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. About BIS and Dow Jones Dow Jones Business Information Services, the electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. arm of Dow Jones & Company, Inc., provides business and financial news and information products, including The Wall Street Journal(R) Interactive Edition on the World Wide Web and Dow Jones News/Retrieval, to corporations, consumers and private investors through a variety of electronic media: computer, telephone, facsimile and radio. Dow Jones also publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international editions; Barron's(R) magazine and other periodicals; electronic information services, including those of Dow Jones Telerate and Dow Jones Financial News Services; and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones also produces business television programming internationally and video news delivered to desktop computers. More information on Dow Jones Business Information Services and its products can be found at http://bis.dowjones.com. -0- Dow Jones News/Retrieval, The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, Barron's, and Telerate are marks of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All other products mentioned are the marks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Dow Jones Company, Inc., Princeton Dara Schechter, 609/520-4668 email: dara.schechter@cor.dowjones.com URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.dowjones.com |
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