Helpful Resources in the Library Collection

Internet Sites

Periodicals

Helpful Resources in the Library Collection:

Search the Library Collection from the library's catalog located on the Library Homepage.

• CQ Researcher

  Location: Database and Article Searching page http://library.uncw.edu/web/research/databases/index.html (click on "C")

  The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. It contains good background information and excellent bibliographies.

• Opposing Viewpoints Series
  Location: Check library catalog for print versions. Perform a Title search using "Opposing Viewpoints" to get a call number/location for these resources.
  
  Database and Article Searching page http://library.uncw.edu/web/research/databases/index.html (click on "O")
  
  A series of debating anthologies.

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Periodicals
The databases listed below can provide citations to newspaper, magazine and scholarly/peer review journals as well as each offers some full-text articles. Perform a search for articles by simply entering a keyword, such as "capital punishment" into the search box in any of the indexes listed below. If you would like to combine related keywords use the connector AND. For example: "organic farming" AND "land use"

Journal & Magazine Indexes
• EBSCOHost

Academic Search Elite and MasterFILE Premier would be of most help for this assignment. Newspapers
• LexisNexis Academic
  Use the "News" section. LexisNexis Academic can provide you with full text access to today's news or glance back more than 20 years.
• Newsbank Americas Newspapers
  Includes many national and local newspapers
• EBSCOhost -- Newspaper Source
  Provides ssome full text articles from 143 U.S. and international newspapers.

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Internet Sites

• Yahoo's Full Coverage News  [http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/]
• The Drudge Report  [http://www.drudgereport.com/]
• Public Opinion Onlinenbsp; [http://www.pollingreport.com/]

Political party websites

• The Democratic National Committee [http://www.democrats.org/index.html]
• The Green Party [http://www.greenpartyus.org/]
• The Libertarian Party [http://www.lp.org/]
• National Republican Party [http://www.rnc.org/]
• Socialist Party USA [http://sp-usa.org/]

DISCLAIMER: The web sites listed are provided purely as a convenience and do not in any way imply an endorsement of any of the web sites or the contents therein.


Last Update: October 9, 2008