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Political Science 100: U.S. Government and Politics
The resources below will help you with your News Watch assignment.
Choosing a Topic
For this particular assignment, it's easiest not to choose a topic, but let the topic choose you. Here are some suggestions on how to get started with this assignment:
- Assign each person in your group a resource. For example, one person is responsible for CNN.com, another person is responsible for nytimes.com, etc. You are then responsible for following the headlines on your particular site.
- As you get closer to your presentation date, your group should start discussing the kinds of headlines you have seen recently on your news site.
- Choose one of the news stories to present on.
- Find your 5 required sources. To find more about your news story, use Lexis Nexis for the best results.
- Need help? Send Allison an email for help.
Library Databases for News
Use these databases to search across newspapers and news magazines. To access the full-text of the article, look for the  button.
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Lexis Nexis Academic
Provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. |
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1975→current |
Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost)
Our most popular database. Covers a wide array of subjects with full text for nearly 1,850 scholarly journals, including more than 1,250 peer-reviewed titles.
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1984→current |
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full-text ethnic newspapers, searchable in English or Spanish.
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1992→current |
PAIS
An important index to political, economic, and social issues in current debate. |
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1972→current |
ProQuest Newspapers
Includes coverage of over 300 major U.S. and international newspapers, such as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune. |
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1970→current |
Newspapers & News Magazines
NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list of newspapers, only a sampling. Articles from some of these papers and magazines may be found in Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost).
News Websites
Citing Sources
As you write your paper, you'll need
to cite passages and ideas from the sources
you've found. Check with your professor
which style is preferred for this assignment.
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APA: Publication manual
of the American Psychological Association.
5th ed. Washington, DC : American
Psychological Association, 2001.
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MLA handbook
for writers of research papers.
6th ed. New York : Modern Language
Association of America, 2003.
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