Global Resources

Best Choices:

CQ Researcher

Weekly reports on issues in the news.

Opposing Viewpoints

Source for information on today’s most controversial and talked about social issues; features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, websites, and magazine & newspaper articles.

Global Road Warrior

Country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history, and language.

 

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AtoZ World Travel

Travel resource with information about points of interest, security, transportation, food and restaurants, culture, and language.

EBSCOhost Espanol (Spanish)

Spanish-language interface to select EBSCO databases (articles are in English and databases must be searched in English).

Ethnic NewsWatch

An interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) database of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

Foreign Policy

Originally-reported articles focusing on leading global issues in national security, technology, markets, and energy & resources.

Global Issues In Context

Contains news, global viewpoints, reference materials, country information, primary source documents, videos, and statistics.

The New York Times (Free Digital Subscription)

  1. Click on “Register” to create a NYTimes.com account using your school email address.
  2. If your email address is from an eligible school, you will then see “Check your email.” Click on the link in our confirmation.
  3. If you don’t get the confirmation email, check your spam filter. If you still do not receive it, send an email from your school email account to edu@nytimes.com.

The Wall Street Journal (Free Digital Subscription)

  1. Students and Faculty are eligible for a free subscription. You must use your college email.
  2. Click on “Register” to create a wsj.com account.
  3. You will then need to confirm your email, check your spam filter if you don’t see it.

Streaming Video

60 Minutes

News reports from the popular CBS program.

Ethnographic Video Online

Streaming videos. Available from off-campus. Resource for the study of human culture, behavior, and society around the world.