JOURNALISM, CURRENT EVENTS, AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

Databases | Books | Web Resources | Print Journals | Citation Guides | College Resources

FIND AN ARTICLE: SEARCH THE LIBRARY’S DATABASES

These databases are either tailored to your subject or they provide coverage over a wide range of interdisciplinary topics. Before you start, you might take a look at some tips on searching databases.

• Academic Search Premier: An interdisciplinary database that provides full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles

• Newspaper Source: Selected full text for 25 U.S. and international newspapers and television & radio news transcripts, along with and selected full text for more than 260 regional newspapers

• Issues and Controversies: Covers current social topics that inspire debate and controversy and offers information on both sides of the argument

• Points of View: Offers overviews on a variety of current events and sets of opposing viewpoints on controversial subjects

• Student Research Center: Access to information organized by subject from several kinds of resources, including magazines, country reports, and encyclopedias

FIND A BOOK: GO STRAIGHT TO THE STACKS

If you can't go the library's stacks, check out our collection of online reference books:

• Credo Reference Online: Access to more than 300 reference books, including general and specialized encyclopedias and dictionaries for overviews on topics

• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia: Online access to a general encyclopedia covering a wide range of topics

• World Atlas: Provides maps, images, and the ability to compare demographic information from different countries

If you can visit the library, it's easy to browse our collection because we organize books by their subject:

You also might try these reference books:

• Political Handbook of the World: Presents overviews of the politics and culture of nations around the world and includes maps Ref JF 37 .P6 2007

• CQ’s Politics in America 2006: Contains profiles of the members and activity of the 109th Congress, organized by state Ref JK 1012 .C63 2006

• Congress and the Nation: An eleven-volume set that offers a chronological review of the government and US politics from 1965 to 2004 Ref KF 49 .C65

• Historical Guide to the US Government: Presents alphabetical entries that detail the organization of the government and includes an index Ref KF 8142 .A35 O93 2005

• The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court: Contains 1200 entries on the history and organization of the Court, including biographies on the Justices Ref KF 8742 .A35 093 2005

• CultureGrams: a four-volume set, divided by geographical region, that provides overviews of the history, demographics, and culture of countries Ref GT 150 .C86 2007

FIND A WEBSITE: USE INTERNET RESOURCES WISELY

Although these websites are to be accurate information, you should still evaluate information found on the Internet.

• The Center for Public Integrity: Presents investigative journalism that current social issues in the United States

• Public Agenda: Provides research on public opinions and political activity on a variety of social issues

• Internet Public Library: Online newspapers: Contains links to online newspapers from many different nations, organized by geographic location

• FedStats: Presents governmental statistics, arranged in a topical list, and includes press releases from governmental agencies

• CIA World FactBook: Contains governmental information on the countries of the world, including data on a nation’s geography, history, economics, and communications systems

• Online Journalism Review: Provides articles on topics in journalism, how-to guides, a glossary, and current news releases

• Media Matters: Contains articles from a ”progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.”

• The Drudge Report: Provides links to newspapers and newstories, along with current headlines, archives, and links to reports from newswires

• FactCheck.org: Provides information on the accuracy of statements made by politicos and is hosted by Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania

FIND A PRINT JOURNAL: READ THE LATEST ISSUES

The library subscribes to magazines and journals that are related to your field. Head to Tioga 3 and browse through some of these journals:

• US News & World Report
• Foreign Affairs
• Time
• Newsweek
• The Nation
• National Review
• The World
• The New York Times
• The Times Literary Supplement
• The New Republic
• The Saturday Evening Post
• Current History

CITATION GUIDES: CREATE A BIBLIOGRAPHY

Whether you use websites, electronic journals, reference books, or print resources, you will need a bibliography. Here’s some information on how to cite your sources:

• Avoid inadvertent plagiarism: It’s possible to copy from a source and not even know that you’ve done anything wrong.

• KnightCite: This great site formats the bibliographic entry for you, and you can select the appropriate style (MLA, APA, Chicago).

• Guide to the MLA style: The MLA-style is generally used for papers written in the humanities.

• Guide for the APA style: The APA-style is generally used for papers written in the social sciences, especially psychology.

FIND MORE HELP: USE COLLEGE RESOURCES

Don’t hesitate to talk to a librarian, a tutor, or your instructor when conducting research. Make the most of these resources!

• Library Hours
• Writing Center
• Tutoring Lab

Descriptions of databases are paraphrased or taken directly from Ebsco.

This page was created and is maintained by Smita Avasthi.