Research Guides: International Studies: Web Sources

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Newspaper Source Plus
More than 850 national and international newspapers, plus 870,000+ television and radio news transcripts, including: ABC News (American Broadcasting Company), ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), CBS News, CNBC, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, MSNBC, National Public Radio, and PBS. Coverage: Mid 1990s-present. Full-Text.
International Newsstream
Provides information from the world resources including The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, Le Monde, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications. Coverage: contains primary sources.
Ethnic News Watch
Covers news, culture and history from publications of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Coverage: 1990 to present. Mostly Full-Text.
CQ Researcher
Presents a weekly analysis on one of many broad-ranging topics from the news. Each report focuses on a single issue and is written by a seasoned journalist. Coverage: 1991 -- Present. Full-Text.
Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni provides access to hundreds of newspapers from around the world, plus a wealth of legal, business, medical, and reference information. Content types include news; cases; statutes & legislation; law reviews & journals; administrative codes & regulations; company and financial data (SEC Filings, company profiles, etc.); and government, legal, and business directories. Coverage: Varies but generally 1980s to current, contains primary sources. Mostly Full-Text.
World News Digest
An authoritative archive of world news coverage, as reported in the major newspapers, news magazines, and online news outlets of the U.S., Canada, Britain, Australia, and elsewhere in the world. Includes summaries of major news since 1940, provides context around current events, and supplements historic news with primary sources such as photographs, editorial cartoons, and video footage. Includes facts and statistics from The World Almanac. Coverage: 1940-present. Contains primary sources. Full text.
Alternative Press Index
Contains citations and some full-text articles from alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers, and magazines. It is international in scope with its central focus on socialism, national liberation, labor, indigenous peoples, gays/lesbians, feminism, ecology, democracy, and anarchism. Coverage: 1969 to present. Some Full-Text.
Foreign Policy (foreignpolicy.com)
Provides access to the Foreign Policy journal archive (1970-present), as well as recent online-only news content. Full Text.
New York Times -- Current Online Access
Requires registering for a Group Pass. See https://libguides.dickinson.edu/specialaccess/nytimes for instructions.
Offers current access to New York Times online, 1998-present.
Wall Street Journal -- Current Online Access
All Dickinson users must register via this Dickinson-specific link the first time they use this WSJ.com subscription access. Users may be asked to refresh their access annually. See https://libguides.dickinson.edu/specialaccess/WSJ for instructions. Offers current access to Wall Street Journal online from 4 years ago to present.
New York Times -- Historical Newspapers
Fully searchable, full-text copies of articles and images from 1851 to 2008. Coverage: 1851-2008, contains primary sources. Full-Text.
Wall Street Journal -- Historical Newspapers
Fully searchable, full text copies of articles and images from 1889 - 1998. Coverage: 1889-1998, contains primary sources. Full-Text.
Economist Historical Archive
Weekly news magazine presenting the world's political, business, scientific, technological and cultural developments and the connections between them with a global editorial perspective. Also useful for research on company and industry trends and history. Includes supplements, special reports, surveys, full-color images, exportable financial tables, and a gallery of front covers. Cross-searchable with other collections via NewsVault. Coverage: 1843 - 4 years ago, contains primary sources. Full-Text.
Financial Times Historical Archive
The complete run of the London edition of the authoritative daily business newspaper, from its first issue to the end of 2006. with additional annual updates. A resource for studying history, business, management, finance and politics. Every individual article, advertisement and market listing is included and shown individually and in the context of the full page and issue of the day. Cross-searchable with other collections via NewsVault. Coverage: 1888 - 2006, updated annually, contains primary sources. Full-Text.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online Archive (NCCO)
Primary source material from rare collections around the globe. Includes 12 collections:
(1) Asia & the West: Diplomacy & Cultural Exchange, which includes government reports, diplomatic correspondence, periodicals, newspapers, treaties, trade agreements, NGO papers, & more; (2) British Politics & Society: sources related to the political climate in Great Britain; (3) British Theatre, Music, & Literature: High & Popular Culture, featuring primary sources such as playbills, scripts to operas & complete scores; (4) Children's Literature & Childhood: books & periodicals for children; (5) Europe & Africa: Commerce, Christianity, Civilization, & Conquest has monographs, periodicals, & other materials documenting European policies & their effects in Africa; (6) European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection: full-text of more than 9,500 English, French & German titles including fiction, short prose, dramatic works, poetry & more, with a focus on difficult-to-find works by historically neglected writers; (7) Mapping the World: Maps & Travel Literature; (8) Photography: The World through the Lens, has photos & publications about photography; (9) Religion, Society, Spirituality, & Reform; (10-11) Science, Technology & Medicine: 1780-1925, parts 1-2, has journals, books & other documents; (12) Women: Transnational Networks has journals, books, manuscripts, & other materials, mostly from the US & UK, but with some other countries as well. Coverage: contains primary sources. Full text.
Times (London) Digital Archive
The oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication, providing in-depth, award-winning and objective coverage of world events. The archive supports research across multiple disciplines and areas of interest: in business, humanities, political science, philosophy and numerous other subjects with coverage of all major international historical events. Cross-searchable with other collections via NewsVault. Coverage: 1785 - 2013, contains primary sources. Full-Text.
NewsVault
Allow for cross-searching of 19th Century British Library Newspapers, 19th Century U.S. Newspapers, Economist Historical Archive, Financial Times Historical Archive, Listener Historical Archive, Sunday Times (London) Digital Archive, Times (London) Digital Archive, and Times (London) Literary Supplement Historical Archive. Coverage: 19th and 20th centuries, contains primary sources. Full-Text.
Sunday Times Historical Archive (London)
Despite the similarity of names, The Sunday Times was an entirely separate paper from The Times until 1966, when both papers came under common ownership. To this day, The Sunday Times remains editorially independent from The Times, with its own remit and perspective on the news. Coverage: 1822-2006, contains primary sources. Full-Text.

Criteria for Evaluating Websites

Accuracy

Make sure author provides e-mail or a contact address/phone number.
Know the distinction between author and Webmaster.

Authority

What credentials are listed for the authors)?
Where is the document published? Check URL domain.

Objectivity

Determine if page is a mask for advertising; if so information might be biased.
View any Web page as you would an infommercial on television. Ask yourself: why was this written and for whom?

Currency

How many dead links are on the page?
Are the links current or updated regularly?
Is the information on the page outdated?

Coverage

If page requires special software to view the information, how much are you missing if you don't have the software?
Is it free or is there a fee to obtain the information?
Is there an option for text only, or frames, or a suggested browser for better viewing?

Source: Cornell University Library

International Documents

ODS: Official Documents System of the United Nations
The official place to look for United Nations documents, it covers documents published by the United Nations from 1992 onwards, as well as the full-text of UN Resolutions.
United Nations Digital Library
Contains materials from the United Nations.
United Nations Treaty Collection
Provides access to multilateral treaties deposited with the United Nations, as well as bilateral and multilateral treaties registered with the United Nations.
World Treaty Index
The WTI seeks to create a comprehensive database of all known bilateral and multilateral treaties formed throughout the 20th century.
Multilaterals Project
Multilateral conventions and treaties organized by subject.

Intergovernmental Organizations

An IGO is an organization composed primarily of sovereign states, or of other intergovernmental organizations. IGOs are established by treaty or other agreement that acts as a charter creating the group.

Non-Governmental Organizations

A non-governmental organization (NGO) is any nonprofit, voluntary citizens' group which is organized on a local, national, or international level. Task-oriented and driven by people with a common interest, NGOs perform a variety of service and humanitarian functions, bring citizen concerns to governments, advocate and monitor policies, and encourage political participation through provision of information.

Think Tanks

A think tank is a research institute or organization employed to solve complex problems or predict or plan future developments, as in military, political, or social areas.

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International Studies: Web Sources