Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
On-Campus
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Nearly 7,000 viewpoint articles
41 complete titles from the Information Plus reference program
More than 275 primary documents
300 biographies of social activists and reformers
Nearly 5,000 statistical tables, charts and graphs
Nearly 4,600 topic overviews that provide context for the issues
More than 775 court-case overviews
334 profiles of federal agencies and special interest groups
2,000 links to reviewed and subject-indexed Web sites
More than 135 full-text periodicals and newspapers
Podcasts from the Weekly Presidential Radio Address
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CQ Researcher Online
On-Campus
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(Congressional Quarterly) CQ Researcher Online offers:
* Access to
CQ Researcher reports dating back to 1991. PDF files are available
for reports from January 1996; color PDFs are available for reports
published after January 2001
* Original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news
* In-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy
* Reader-friendly organization that provides researchers with an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources
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CQ Weekly
On-Campus
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(Congressional Quarterly) CQ Weekly offers coverage of virtually every act of Congress, including:
* In-depth reports on congressional issues
* Nonpartisan news and analysis
* An archive dating back to 1983
* Ability to search by topic, page number, committee, "exact phrases or words," bill number, byline or reporter
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LexisNexis Academic
On-Campus
| Remote
Access |
Provides access to more than 6,000 news, business, and legal sources
Offers full-text of newspaper, magazine, journal, and wire service articles; television and
radio broadcast transcripts; blog postings and other Web publications; biographical information;
foreign language news publications; law reviews; federal and state cases and codes; Canadian and
European Union court cases and legislation; and patents
Also includes LexisNexis Company Dossier; company profiles; SEC filings; country
profiles; and Shepard's Citations service for federal and state court cases going back to 1789
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New York Times Full-Text (1851-2004)
On-Campus
| Remote
Access |
For more recent full-text coverage, please access any one of the following databases:
Academic OneFile
Custom
Newspapers
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Oxford African American Studies Center
On-Campus
| Remote
Access |
"The Oxford African American
Studies Center (AASC) provides students, scholars and librarians with online access to the finest
reference resources in African American studies. AASC features the new, three-volume Encyclopedia of
African American History 1619-1895, the three-volume Black Women in America, and the highly acclaimed
Africana, a five-volume history of the African and African American experience. The
Center also includes content from the African American National Biography project and the Encyclopedia of African American Art and Architecture.
In addition to these major reference works, AASC offers other key resources from Oxford's reference
program, including the Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature."
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Contemporary Women's Issues
On-Campus
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"Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI), a multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, "gray" literature, and the alternative press -- with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women's lives in more than 190 countries. Contemporary Women's Issues includes English-language titles from East and West Africa, Asia, and South and Central America, the Caribbean, North America and Europe. "
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NewsBank:The State Newspaper
On-Campus
| Remote
Access |
For all age groups
* Archive of
full-text articles from The State (Columbia), December 1987+ and
The Greenville News, January 1999+
* Locally written articles - news, editorials, sports, business,
arts, features
* Letters to the editor and major newswire articles
* Includes obituaries & death notices, but this coverage is incomplete
prior to 1999
* Added features from NewsBank— Special Reports, Maps, and News
Headlines/Activities
* NOTE: Updated 1-2 days after publication of the print newspaper.
* See thestate.com for free access to the
latest 1-2 days of coverage.
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Custom Newspapers
On-Campus
| Remote
Access |
For
all age groups
* Full-text
articles from over 100 U.S. and international newspapers
* New York Times (2000-)
* Christian Science Monitor (1996-)
* Post & Courier (Charleston, SC; 2000-)
* Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1998-)
* 40+ other domestic papers
* Times (London; 1996-)
* 60+ other international papers
* Updated 1-3 days after publication of the print newspapers.
* Complete lists of newspapers included, with beginning dates of
coverage
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
On-Campus
| Not available
remotely |
The Chronicle is a source of news,
information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Online,
The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice,
and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the
latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles
published since September 1989; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as
online CV management, salary databases, and more.
*This database is only available on the Columbia College campus.
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Chicago Tribune Full-Text (1849 - 1986)
On-Campus
| Remote
Access |
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Chicago Tribune (1849-1986) offers full page and
article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital
reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
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Academic Search Premier
On-Campus | Remote Access
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"The
world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search
Premier contains indexing for over 8,000 publications, with full text for
more than 4,450 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available
for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided
for more than 1,000 titles."
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Expanded Academic ASAP
On-Campus
| Remote
Access
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For
college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students
(1980 - present)
* Comprehensive
periodical database covering all academic disciplines
* Millions of full-text articles from 2000+ scholarly, refereed
and professional journals and selected general interest magazines
* Indexing of additional professional and general periodicals
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