Find Articles and News.
Use research databases to find journal or news articles on topics in International Studies. The research databases below are a list of major topics.
You might also consider starting your research with databases listed under the topic of Political Science. For a complete list (with descriptions) of all research databases at the CSULB Library, please click here. After you have found the article or news item relevant to your topic, you will need to access the article or news itself. Read, "How to get an article," if you need help to find the article.
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Most International Studies Topics (Start here):
Academic Search Elite . United States viewpoint leading to news, magazines and scholarly journals articles on development, human rights, population, politics, countries, culture, conflicts, health, diplomacy and environment. Covers 1985 to present.
Military and Government Collection . United States Government viewpoint leading to news, magazines and scholarly journal articles on politics, human rights, countries, conflict, health, diplomacy and environment. Covers 1965 to present.
International Political Science Abstracts . International viewpoint leading to scholarly journal articles on debt, development, human rights, populations, countries, cultures, conflict, war, health, diplomacy, politics and environmental issues. Covers 1989 to present. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
Social Science Abstracts . International viewpoint leading to scholarly articles, essays, books reviews and reports on international relations, diplomacy, politics, countries and cultures. Covers 1983 to present. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
SocIndex . International viewpoint leading to magazines, scholarly journals, conference papers and books on development, debt, population, human rights, conflict, war, health, diplomacy, politics and environment. Covers 1940 to present.
CQ Global Researcher by Congressional Quarterly provides in-depth coverage of global affairs from a number of international viewpoints. Each issue provides background, controversies, international perspectives, pros-cons, a chronology, and lengthy bibliography.
News Sources including Photographs:
Library PressDisplay covers the last 60 days of 300+ international newspapers from all over the world. This is pdf of the newspaper as distributed.
Newspaper . United States viewpoint of newspapers and newswires. Covers 1996 to today. If you want international news services try In the News. For radio or Internet news services try Political Science Resources - News Media at the University of Michigan, be aware some sources are only available to University of Michigan students but it has a nice list of international news services and newspapers. If you need older news try International News Archives arranged by region then newspaper in the language of the country. Some are archived back to the mid-90's, some only a week.
Lexis Nexis Academic . National and international newspapers, newswires and includes some articles (popular and scholarly) from 1985 to today.
Factiva . National and international newspapers, newswires and trade publications.
MAS Ultra-School Edition. United States viewpoint of popular newspapers, magazines and primary documents from 1984 to present.
Reader's Guide Abstracts. United States viewpoint of magazines and newspapers from 1983 to present, and for older articles from 1890 to 1982, click here. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive . International viewpoint of photographs, graphics and sound clips.
Anthropology Plus . International viewpoint leading to scholarly articles, essays and research papers on globalization, border disputes and the studies of people in international situations. Searchable in several languages and covers 1880 to present. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article." Also considerAnthroSource it is limited but full-text.
Geobase . International viewpoint from scholarly articles, books, research papers and conference proceedings on geography, urban planning, demography and human migration from 1980 to present. Searchable in several languages. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
Family & Society Worldwide . International viewpoint leading to popular and scholarly articles, books, government reports and web sites on human ecology and migration. Searchable in several languages like Spanish, French, Russian, etc. and covers 1970 to date. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
Population Index . International viewpoint from books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population, migration, human rights, etc. from 1986 to 2000. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
EconLit . International viewpoint from popular and scholarly articles, books and working papers on international economies, development, demographics, global outlooks from 1969 to present. To use EconLit effectively, use the economic codes (especially those that start with "f" or "n"). To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
ABI/Inform Complete . United States viewpoint leading to professional and scholarly articles on international business, country studies, globalization, development, economies and international studies from 1971 to present.
Countrywatch Macroeconomic Forecast . Provides forecast and statistics on the economies of 191 countries and contains the current economic news.
ScienceDirect. International viewpoint from scholarly articles and reports on environmental issues from 1993 to date.
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management . International viewpoint from scholarly and popular articles, web sites and conference proceedings from 1967 to present.
EconLit . International viewpoint from popular and scholarly articles, books and working papers on international economies, environment, global outlooks from 1969 to present. To use EconLit effectively, use the economic codes (especially those that start with "f" or "n"). To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
Agricola . United States viewpoint leading to popular and scholarly articles, books and working papers on agriculturally related environmental issues. Use the "article citation database" look for articles. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
Historical Abstracts . International viewpoint from scholarly articles, book reviews and dissertations on wars, diplomacy mainly of the past. It covers 1950 to present. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
PsychINFO . Leads to scholarly articles, books and dissertation on war and conflict from the mental anguish or conflict resolution topic. It covers 1887 to present. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
ScienceDirect. International viewpoint from scholarly articles and reports on world health issues and AIDS from 1993 to date.
Medline. United States viewpoint leading to popular and scholarly articles and reports on world health and public health from 1951 to present. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
Countrywatch . International viewpoint on 191 country political and economic standing and contains the current news.
Business Monitor Online . International viewpoint of statistical information on countries economies and political risks.
Handbook of Latin American Studies Online . International viewpoint of articles, books and reports on Latin American countries from 1936 to present. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
Clase/Periodica . International viewpoint of articles published in Latin America from 1975 to present. Searchable in Spanish, English or Portuguese. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
RAMBI: The index of articles on Jewish Studies . International viewpoint of scholarly articles, book and report on Jewish studies and Israel from 1960 to present. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
Sociological Abstracts . International viewpoint of scholarly and popular articles, books and reports from 1963 to date. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
International Political Science Abstracts . International viewpoint leading to scholarly journal articles on debt, development, human rights, populations, countries, cultures, conflict, war, health, diplomacy, politics and environmental issues. Covers 1989 to present. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
CQ Public Affairs Collection . United States viewpoint on American involvement in international diplomacy and politics. These are government reports and articles from 1965 to present.
Sociological Abstracts . International viewpoint of scholarly and popular articles, books and reports from 1963 to date. To access the articles found, read "How to get an article."
Humanities Abstracts . Scholarly articles and reports from 1984 to present on religion, arts, folklore and philosophy to name a few. Previous years, 1917-1984 are in Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective.
Content maintained by Kelly Janousek, International Studies Librarian
