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A Guide to Finding Current News / Controversies
See JMU Librarians' top recommendations for finding current news and information about controversies. [more info]
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Index and full-text source for scholarly journals and magazines ... [more info]
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Access World News (Readex)
Provides full-text for over 600 U.S. and over 700 international news sources. [more info]
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Africast
Provides streaming access to African television stations.Aims to provide coverage on current events in Africa through African voices.
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AP Images (Accuweather/AP)
Image a database containing the Associated Press's current year's photo report and a selection of images... [more info]
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Checkpoint (RIA Group)
Current and archival tax research materials; complete libraries of Federal, State, Local, International tax... [more info]
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Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) (Columbia University)
A comprehensive full text source for theory and research in international affairs... [more info]
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CQ Almanac (CQ Press)
The CQ Almanac brings together over sixty years of congressional reporting... [more info]
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CQ Press Congress Collection (CQ Press)
Nonbiased analysis of votes and other data relating to the U.S. Congress and its legislation... [more info]
Internet
CQ Press Electronic Library (CQ Press)
Searches CQ Weekly, CQ Researcher, and CQ Historic Documents, all in one... [more info]
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CQ Press Researcher Plus Archive (CQ Press)
Full text reports on current and controversial issues in U.S. politics, health care, education, economics... [more info]
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CQ Weekly (CQ Press)
In-depth reports on current issues facing the U.S. Congress, Senate, and House of Representatives. A complete wrap up on the week’s news... [more info]
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Current News Topics from Access World News (Readex)
Need quick info for a current events paper? Find full-text news organized by the most current topics. [more info]
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Dow Jones Factiva
Gateway to business resources including full text of periodicals, news photographs, company reports... [more info]
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Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
Full text and indexing for ethnic, minority, and international newspapers and magazines... [more info]
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Facts.com Reference Suite (Facts On File News Services)
Facts and overviews of historic events and issues since 1940. Content includes full text articles, essays... [more info]
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Issues & Controversies (Facts On File News Services)
Full text analysis of opposing viewpoints for more than 600 controversial topics in the news... [more info]
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LexisNexis Academic
This resource's interface will be updated in late December. To view the changes, please click here. Contains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information and more... [more info]
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Nation Digital Archive (Nation Publishing Company)
Index with full-text of the Nation... [more info]
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale)
Contains secondary and primary sources discussing today's social issues... [more info]
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Vanderbilt Television News Archive
Streaming video of news from CBS (1968 to date) and CNN (1995 to date) plus indexing of television network news from all the major networks, 1968 to date. [more info]
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Africana Studies
Geography
Justice Studies
Philosophy and Religion
Physics & Astronomy
Political Science
Sociology
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