Political Science and International Relations: News
A selected list of resources
Political Communication
News Databases
- Access World News Research Collection This link opens in a new windowNewspaper articles from local, national and international sources.
- Foreign Affairs This link opens in a new window Foreign Affairs has been the leading forum for serious discussion of American foreign policy and global affairs. It is now a multiplatform media organization with a print magazine, a website, a mobile site, various apps and social media feeds, an event business, and more. Foreign Affairs is published by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a non-profit and nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to improving the understanding of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs through the free exchange of ideas.The magazine’s first issue led with a statement setting out an editorial vision that has remained constant ever since.
- Foreign Broadcast Information Services (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1941-1996 This link opens in a new windowNews sources compiled and translated by the CIA. Includes foreign media reports from newspapers, newswires, and broadcast media.
- LexisNexis Academic (now called Nexis Uni) This link opens in a new windowIncludes major newspapers from U.S., Europe, Africa, the Americas and Australia. Primarily in English.
- New York Times (nytimes.com) This link opens in a new windowAccess to the nytimes.com. How to access the UI LIbraries subscription to the nytimes.com:
Register at http://AccessNYT.com and then use https://www.nytimes.com/ for access afterwards. You must register annually to keep access.
After registration you will be able to access the resource on any device. Access news articles from 1980 to the present. When accessing it on campus we have NO access to 1923-1980 but if you are off-campus you have 5 articles per day for 1923-1980 content (due to a lawsuit between publisher and vendor), all other years are available on and off campus.
Note: Our subscription does include the NYT Book Review; does not include the full size crossword puzzle. - World News Connection (East View version) This link opens in a new windowFollows up the FBIS coverage with open source news material from 1995-2013.
- World Politics Review This link opens in a new window World Politics Review provides uncompromising analysis of critical global trends to give policymakers, analysts, academics and readers with a deep interest in international affairs the context they need to have the confidence they want. Though strictly nonpartisan with regard to political party affiliation or allegiance, WPR can be broadly described as liberal internationalist, combining a reality-based approach that recognizes the need for all the tools and instruments of statecraft, with a preference for diplomacy and multilateralism in support of a rules- and norms-based global order.
Political News
- FindPolicy"Find Policy is the fastest way to find policy options. We target your search to leading policy research organizations."
- News and Newspapers Research guide to help you search and locate newspaper articles
