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Article Databases
- Cambridge Journals This link opens in a new windowThis journal collection offers articles in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. (VIVA)
- CQ Press Library This link opens in a new windowIncludes CQ Researcher (detailed reports on issues in the news), and 3 political reference titles (Political Handbook of the World, Politics in America, and Supreme Court Yearbook). (NVCC)
- Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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Full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. The database now also contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989. (NVCC) - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals; does not include the most recent few years. (NVCC) - Military & Government Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Current news for all branches of the military, from periodicals, academic journals and other related content. Content also includes country reports and relevant government documents. (VIVA) - Political Science Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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This database provides extensive coverage of global political topics with a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse. Political Science Complete provides nearly 340 full-text reference books and monographs and more than 44,000 full-text conference papers, which includes those from the International Political Science Association. (VIVA) - ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
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Magazines and journals. (NVCC)
Newspapers, Magazines, and Journals
- ProQuest Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
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Search the most recent global news content, as well as archives stretching back into the 1980s featuring content from newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. Large collections of news from the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Australia. (NVCC) - Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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U.S. and international newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts. (VIVA)
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