News
- Columbia Daily Tribune
Daily newspaper for Columbia, Missouri. We keep 1 month in print. 2/10/1999 to 8/24/2010 in Newspaper Source. Current online issues require single-user login; ask for assistance from library personnel.
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- Chronicle of Higher Education
News, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Requires single-user login; ask for assistance from library personnel.
-------------------------------- - Independent Voices (JSTOR)
Alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
-------------------------------- - Missouri Digital Newspaper Project
Historic newspapers from the State Historical Society of Missouri.
-------------------------------- - News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive (featuring Newsweek)
Full text of 15 major magazines dealing with current events, international relations, and public policy. Coverage: 1918 – 2015. Titles include: Americas, Church & State, Common Cause Magazine, Dollars & Sense, Europe, Fellowship, In These Times, NATO Review, New Internationalist, Newsweek, State Legislatures, UN Chronicle, The Unesco Courier, Whole Earth, and The World Tomorrow. Also contains thousands of open-access journal titles from the Publicly Available Content Database.
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- Newsweek
News and commentary on national and international affairs, science, sports, religion, business, medicine & the arts.
Current issues in print in Murrell Library.
1933 to 2012 in News, Policy, & Politics Archive.
2013 to Present in Academic Search Complete.
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- Newspaper Source
Provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.), international and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks.
-------------------------------- - New York Times Online
Contains current issues as well as past issues and archives dating back to 1851. You will need to create your own unique login the first time that you access the New York Times. Mobile app available. You must be on campus or in our WiFi when you create your login.
-------------------------------- - Regional Business News
EBSCOhost. Full text coverage of more than 80 regional U.S. business publications.
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- Kansas City Star
One month current issues in print
11/16/2014 to Present in Points of View Reference Center.
Back issues are also available on the newspaper website, which requires a login. Ask library personnel for assistance. - Time Magazine
National and international news, behavior, books, business, cinema, law, education, environment, modern living, music, nation, press, religion, theater, video and world.
Current issues in print in Murrell Library.
1990 to present in Business Source Premier.
-------------------------------- - USA Today (Ebscohost)
A national newspaper founded in 1982. Its mission is to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity. 2/01/2002 to Present in Academic Search Complete.
-------------------------------- - Wall Street Journal (Eastern ed.) (Proquest)
01/02/1984 to Present in Healthcare Administration Database
Current issues in print with newspapers
A daily newspaper providing news and financial information for executives and managers on Wall Street, at corporations and businesses and for individual investors worldwide. Located with the Newspapers on the first floor of Murrell Library.
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Country Profiles & Reports
The following databases and websites will provide you with country specific information for individual countries of the world and their territories. These resources include such information as history, politics, economic background and key institutions.
- Background Notes
Information on economic conditions, geography, government & political conditions, history, people, & U.S. relations for all nations. Compiled by the U.S. Department of State.
-------------------------------- - BBC Country Profiles
Full profiles of individual countries, covering history, politics and economic background of each country and territory, and background on key institutions. Also includes audio and video clips from BBC archive.
-------------------------------- - Bilateral Relations Fact Sheet (US State Department)US Dept. of State.
-------------------------------- - CIA World Factbook
Provides information from the US Central Intelligence Agency on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
-------------------------------- - Countries from the Washington DiplomatInformation on diplomatic representation.
-------------------------------- - Country Reports from the Economist
Reports include recent news articles, country profiles, forecasts, fact sheets, and economic data.
-------------------------------- - Country Studies
Detailed studies of countries with a focus on economic conditions, geography, government & politics, history, national security, society, & transportation & telecommunications. Compiled by the US Library of Congress.
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- Ethnologue"An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,912 known living languages."
-------------------------------- - Foreign Information by CountryInformation and links organized by country.
-------------------------------- - GlobalEDGEInformation about emerging, frontier, and mature markets. Contains market resources, risk information, and economic, governmental, and financial statistics.
-------------------------------- - Library of Congress -Country StudiesThe Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
-------------------------------- - Nation Master"...a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. ... generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease." Some maps of major stats, pre-viz and embeddable. Includes citation info.
-------------------------------- - Nations of the World - Library of CongressAn annotated guide to sources of information on government and law. Includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information for different nations.
-------------------------------- - Portals to the WorldFrom the Library of Congress.
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- UNdata (United Nations Statistics Division)
Provides a single point of entry for all United Nations statistical databases -- find stats on demographics, health, environmental indicators, economics, education, and more.
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- United NationsOffers Daily Briefings; Press Releases; Radio, TV & Photo selections; Document, Maps & Publications. Subsections cover information on UN efforts for Peace & Security; Economic & Social Development; Human Rights; Local Humanitarian Affairs; esp. UNICs.
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- World Bank: Country Profiles
Country profiles prepared by World Bank staff, available for 157 nations.
-------------------------------- - World Digital Library-developed by the Library of Congress with UNESCO. offers primary source materials from countries around the world.
- The World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous People
This resource comes from Minority Rights Group International.
-------------------------------- - World Health Organization (WHO) - Countries
Provides overviews and analysis of world nations focusing on health and health care issues including statistics relating to all countries.
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