Maintaining Current Awareness
The following sources provide access to online newspapers and to databases that will let you search newspaper articles by topic.
- Research Guide to Newspapers and NewsThis research guide provides links to online news databases and newspapers. Nexis Uni is updated daily.
- NPRNPR provides world news and streaming radio.
- Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal is offers promotional subscriptions for new subscribers.
- New York TimesThe New York Times also has promotional subscription rates, including an academic rate of $1/week.
- BBC World Service RadioBBC World Service Radio News is available on their website and if you have a satellite radio subscription (Sirius XM via a radio or online) on channel 118.
Additional Resources for Articles on International Topics
Search these resources in addition to the databases listed under the Journal Articles page:
- International Political Science Abstracts (Sage) This link opens in a new windowThis venerable abstracting service extends back to 1951 in print and is available online from 2007 onwards.
- PAIS Index (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowPAIS is multidisciplinary, covering political science, economics, and the social sciences. It indexes a wide variety of material including journal articles, books, and government documents.
- Political Science: A Sage Full-Text Collection This link opens in a new windowAlthough this database covers a nominal number of journals, it is still an important research tool.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowIndexes and abstracts over 1,400 international journals in political science and related fields, including international relations, law, public administration, and public policy. Dates of Coverage: 1975 to the present | Updated: Monthly |
- OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new windowAn online library of books, journals, statistics, and reports from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Includes statistical data covering 80 countries going back to 1960s. Focus on economics, business, education, employment, energy, migration, social issues, and environment. Additional content from International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF). Updated regularly.
OECD books and reports
Working papers and journals - Nexis Uni (LexisNexis) This link opens in a new windowExtensive coverage of news, legal and business sources. Contains full text U.S. and foreign newspapers, broadcast transcripts, newswires; company, industry and financial information including Company Dossier, and legal sources for U.S. Federal and State case law, statutes, regulations and law reviews. Create a free profile (optional) to save searches and set up alerts. Updated daily. Coverage: 1975-current.