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News and current events in indexes, databases and web sites

Academic Search Complete
(1986-Present)
Indexes about 2000 periodicals -- both scholarly journals and popular magazines; covers 1986-Present, with some fulltext coverage starting in the early 1990s.
PAIS (Public Affairs information service) (1972-Present) Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) CIAO publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences. Also maps and abstracts.
Facts on File.
Weekly. 1940-.
Ref. D410.F3
Facts on File is issued weekly with news reprints that summarize the weeks events. The articles are usally substantial and relevant; frequently more useful than what you'll find in more popular weekly news media (Time, Newsweek, etc.) 
Lexis-Nexis Universe 20 years of full text general, governmental & industrial news.
Congressional Universe Information and texts of current and past Congressional bills and news sources. See especially Hot Topics for news on highly-contested bill and issues.
World News Connection Was FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service), which covers all areas of the world. Before August 1996, use FBIS: Central Eurasia (January 1992 - July 1996) or FBIS Soviet Union (January 1985-December 1991). Indexes for this are in Reference Older Indexes; text is on microfiche.
CNN News headlines and stories from the Cable News Network. Includes a fairly extensive archive of older stories. Including  In-Depth Special Reports

Locating Journals:

At Wittenberg:
See our online list of Journals the Library Has
At other Ohio academic libraries:
OhioLINK Central Catalog (Note: you cannot usually get periodicals through OhioLINK. You will usually need to use Inter-library Loan to get remote periodical articles.)

Locating Books in Library Catalogs

At Wittenberg: EZRA
At other Ohio Libraries OhioLINK Catalog
In North America For ILL WorldCat

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