Primary Political Science News Sources

Center for Research Libraries
Also Known as: CRL CAMP LAMP MEMP SAMP
The Penn Library participates in CRL's area studies programs. A consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries. The consortium acquires and preserves tradition...   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    CRL Catalog
    CRL Quick Search Page / General Overview
    CRL Area Studies Programs - CAMP, LAMP, MEMP, SAMP
    CRL Catalog: Newspapers search
    South Asia Microform Project - SAMP

FBIS: Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index (1975-1996)
Contemporary coverage of political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues and events worldwide, relying upon international and local language news sources. The FBIS Electronic Index provides acces...   [more]

Important Political Science News Sources

19th Century British Library Newspapers Parts 1 & 2
- from Gale Primary Sources - Newspapers
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Alt-Press Watch
Also Known as: AltPress Watch, Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia Weekly. Alt-Press Watch (APW)
Provides fulltext for U.S. alternative and independent newspapers, weeklies, magazines, and journals. Topics include the arts, media and popular culture, business and labor, literature and criticism, ...   [more]
Holdings: Coverage varies, from 1990.

Alternative Press Index
Also Known as: Altpress Index
Indexes over 250 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Includes selected abstracts from research journals. ...   [more]
Holdings: 1991 to present

AsiaMedia
Daily electronic news publication covering all aspects of media in Asia, including its role in regional and national economies, societies, and politics. Previously called Asia Pacific Media Network....   [more]
Unrestricted Access

BBC Monitoring: International Reports (via LexisNexis Academic)
Fulltext searchable coverage, 1979-present...   [more]

Bitterlemons.org
Also Known as: Bitter Lemons
Presents Israeli and Palestinian viewpoints on prominent issues of concern. Also available in Hebrew and Arabic....   [more]
Unrestricted Access

Congressional Record (Daily)
Official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published daily while Congress is in session....   [more]
Holdings: 1994 (vol. 140) to present
Unrestricted Access

Current Digest of the Russian Press Archive (1949-2013)
Also Known as: Current Digest of the Soviet Press , Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press
- from East View Resources
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Holdings: 1949-2013

Emerging Markets: News, Analysis and Opinion
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Unrestricted Access

FactCheck.org
Also Known as: Annenberg Political Fact Check
Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases...   [more]
Holdings: December 2003-present.
Unrestricted Access

Facts on File
Also Known as: World News Digest @ Facts.com , World News Digest
Full-text of the Facts on File World News Digest from 1980 forward. World News Archive from 1940-79 and Reuters News for the last two weeks. facts.com...   [more]
Holdings: January 1980-present. Weekly updates. Hourly newsfeeds.
Supplemental URLs
    Alternate URL

Financial Times Archive 1888 - 2021
Also Known as: Financial Times Historical Archive
- from Gale Primary Sources - Newspapers
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Holdings: 1888 - 2021
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Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1941 - 1996
Also Known as: FBIS
Coverage of Africa, Asia, China, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle/Near East....   [more]

Foreign Press Centers, U.S. Department of State
Fulltext Foreign Press Briefings and federal government reports (including Congressional Research Service reports) collected to assist foreign-based journalists reporting on American society, politics...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    CRS Reports and Issue Briefs

Greenwire
Also Known as: Green Wire
- from publisher website
Greenwire -- published daily -- is the one-stop source for people who need to stay on top of all of today's major environmental and energy action. With over 20 stories per day, Greenwire covers the fu...   [more]
Holdings: 2014-

Independent Voices
Open access collection of the alternative press of the 60s, 70s and 80s, over 1000 titles from the special collections of over a dozen libraries. ...   [more]

IRINnews.org
Also Known as: Integrated Regional Information Networks
UN-sponsored news service focusing on regions and countries worldwide undergoing humanitarian emergencies or crises....   [more]
Holdings: 1998-present
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    IRIN Film and TV

Land Letter
- from publisher website
Land Letter -- published weekly -- takes an in-depth look at regulation, litigation and legislation surrounding natural resources issues. If you need to follow forest management planning, Endangered S...   [more]
Holdings: 2005-

Le Monde diplomatique
- from publisher website
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Holdings: 1954-
Supplemental URLs
    English edition
    
    
    
    

MEED: Middle East Economic Digest
- from publisher website
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Holdings: 2003-

Mideastwire.com
Also Known as: mideast wire, mideastwire
Daily email newsletter of concise, translated briefs covering some of the key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing in the media of the 22 Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspo...   [more]

Nation Digital Archive
Also Known as: The Nation Digital Archive , Nation
Page images (PDF) and searchable text (OCR) for all issues of The Nation....   [more]
Holdings: 1865-
Embargo: 1 month embargo on full-text

Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) (NYT & much more)
Also Known as: lexis/nexis, Lexis-Nexis, Lexis Nexis, LN Academic, LexisNexis Academic, Lexis Nexis Academic
Access to full-text national and international newspapers , including the New York Times, and the Times of London business and accounting information, biographical data, and some selected legal mat...   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    LN Academic becomes Nexis Uni transition
    LexisNexis Academic (old interface)

Political Forecasting Special Interest Group
Also Known as: PollyVote, politicalforecasting.com
Public opinion poll summaries and analysis. ...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

Sunday Times Historical Archive (1822-2006) (London, UK)
Also Known as: The Sunday Times Digital Archive
- from Gale Primary Sources - Newspapers
The archive allows key word searching of articles appearing in the Times of London from 1785-2008. Click on "Home" and then "News Vault" to search all historical newspapers hosted by Gale Cengage and ...   [more]
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Times Digital Archive (1785-2009)
Also Known as: Times Digital Archive, London Times, Times of London
- from Gale Primary Sources - Newspapers
The archive allows key word searching of articles appearing in the Times of London from 1785-2009. Click on "Home" and then "News Vault" to search all historical newspapers hosted by Gale Cengage and ...   [more]
Holdings: 1785-2009

Washington Post (1877-2004), ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Also Known as: Washington Post
- from Proquest Historical Newspapers
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Holdings: 1877-2004

Washington Post (Final Edition) (Proquest Recent Newspapers)
- from ProQuest Digital Microfilm
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Holdings: 2008-

World Newspaper Archive
Also Known as: World News Archive, Latin American Newspapers, African Newspapers, Slavic & East European Newspapers,South Asian Newspapers
Searchable page image reproductions of pre-1923 newspapers, worldwide. Based largely upon the holdings of the Center for Research Libraries, these newspapers are released in regional collections....   [more]
Supplemental URLs
    African Newspapers (World Newspaper Archive)
    South Asian Newspapers (World Newspaper Archive)
    Latin American Newspapers (World Newspaper Archive)

Related Political Science News Sources

Newsbank Access World News
Also Known as: NewsBank National Newspapers , America's Newspapers , Access World News , News Bank
Searchable fulltext of international and U.S. national, regional, and local newspapers. Coverage for current issues (i.e., yesterday in most cases) with extensive backfiles. Business and Management, ...   [more]
Holdings: Varies with title, 1970s or more recent to present.
    NewsBank U.S. Newspapers

Vanderbilt Television News Archive
Also Known as: VTNA TV-NewsSearch CNN
Searchable abstracting service for national television network news broadcasts. CNN broadcasts available as RealMedia video streams, 1998-present. VTNA lends videotapes of broadcasts or item compilati...   [more]
Holdings: 1968-present.