The FactSearch database is a guide to statistical statements on current social, economic, political, environmental, and health issues. It is derived from some 1,000 newspapers, periodicals, newsletters, and documents such as the Christian Science Monitor, the Congressional Record, Congressional hearings, Daily Press Briefings of the White House, State Department and Department of Defense, and Australian, British and Canadian Parliamentary Debates.
Many database records contain Web links to the full text of source documents.
The full text is available at no-charge. FactSearch is the FirstSearch implementation of the A Matter of Fact database produced by Pierian Press, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Covers 1984 to the present. Adds new records quarterly. Subjects Covered Current social, economic, environmental, health, and political issues.