Murrell Library Research Guides: Political Science: News and Country Information

News

Online News, Law, and Statistical Databases
Streaming Films and Video

Chronicle of Higher Education
News, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. A password is required for access to this database. For assistance, please email library@moval.edu or call 660-831-4180.
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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.
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Issues & Controversies (Facts on File/InfoBase)
Balanced coverage of international topics and how historical events and conflicts have influenced U.S. and world history. The database is divided into four sections—American History Eras, World History Eras, History Regions, and History Subjects. Includes videos, teacher lesson plans/handouts, primary sources, encyclopedia articles, editorial cartoons, court cases, and timelines.
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Kansas City Star
The Kansas City newspaper. In print in the Murrell Library Reading Room. We keep 1 month in print. Back issues are available online.
11/16/2014 to Present in Points of View Reference Center.
Back issues are also available on the newspaper website, which requires you to be logged on by library personnel.
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Marshall Democrat News
The local newspaper for Marshall. In print in the Murrell Library Reading Room. We keep 1 month in print. Back issues are available on the website, which requires you to be logged in by library personnel.
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Missouri Digital Heritage
Access to more than 9 million records through Missouri Digital Heritage, including the collections of the Missouri State Archives, the Missouri State Library and other institutions from across the state.
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Missouri Digital Newspaper Project
Historic newspapers from the State Historical Society of Missouri.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Regional Business News (EBSCOhost)
Full text coverage of more than 80 regional U.S. business publications.
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Most printed newspapers in print are located in the Murrell Library Reading Room, except as noted below. Only current issues are available. We have the following newspapers:

Advertising Age (located in the Periodicals area in alphabetical order)
Barron's (located in the Periodicals area in alphabetical order)
Chronicle of Higher Education (located in the Library Commons)
Columbia Daily Tribune
Kansas City Star
Marshall Democrat News
USA Today
Wall Street Journal

American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Streaming access to over 7,000 historic public radio and television programs along with data records for approximately 2.5 million items.
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Archival Films and Newsreels
Historical and archival films from multiple sources, including: The Prelinger Archives – U.S. cultural and social history; The WPA Film Library – over 2,800 clips and newsreels since the late 1800s; The United Newsreel collection – World War II newsreels from the U.S. Office of War Information; The Universal Newsreel collection – 7 to 10 minute newsreels, released twice per week between 1929 and 1967; Recordings from the National Archives and Records Administration of historic speeches and events.
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C-SPAN Video Library
Video programming of floor proceedings of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, public affairs events, congressional hearings, press briefings, speeches, and news conferences related to public affairs.
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Films on Demand (InfoBase)
Full-length streaming videos in a variety of core subject areas.
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Issues & Controversies (Facts on File/InfoBase)
Balanced coverage of international topics and how historical events and conflicts have influenced U.S. and world history. The database is divided into four sections—American History Eras, World History Eras, History Regions, and History Subjects. Includes videos, teacher lesson plans/handouts, primary sources, encyclopedia articles, editorial cartoons, court cases, and timelines.
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Overdrive eBooks, Audiobooks, Video
eBooks, audiobooks, and streaming video. Materials include popular fiction, literature, career materials, and a variety of academic titles including nursing, business, and computer science. Overdrive may be used on computer, tablet, or phone with your MOVAL login information. For mobile use, download the Libby App from the Apple App Store, Google Play, or the Microsoft Store. Overdrive and Libby App instructions are available here.
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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.
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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.
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Bilateral Relations Fact Sheet (US State Department)
US Dept. of State.
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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.
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Countries from the Washington Diplomat
Information on diplomatic representation.
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Country Reports from the Economist
Reports include recent news articles, country profiles, forecasts, fact sheets, and economic data.
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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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CountryWatch.com [geopolitics]
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David Rumsey Map Collection
Ethnologue
"An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s 6,912 known living languages."
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Foreign Information by Country
Information and links organized by country.
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GlobalEDGE
Information about emerging, frontier, and mature markets. Contains market resources, risk information, and economic, governmental, and financial statistics.
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Library of Congress -Country Studies
The 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.
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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.
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Nations of the World - Library of Congress
An annotated guide to sources of information on government and law. Includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information for different nations.
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Portals to the World
From the Library of Congress.
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U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets (U.S. Department of State)
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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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UN Humans Rights Commission: Country listing
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United Nations
Offers 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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United Nations Treaty Series
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World Bank: Country Profiles
Country profiles prepared by World Bank staff, available for 157 nations.
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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.
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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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