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Current Events
Overviews of Issues
Facts.com Facts
on File World News Digest 1950+ (complete text)  .
Search for your topic, click on any appropriate hit, and browse
the left-hand margin for overview links.
CQ Researcher (Green Library Information Center H35 .C7)
A starting point for overviews of current events, CQ Researcher
focuses on one topic in each issue and provides summaries, chronologies,
statistics and a debate by authoritative commentators.
Guides, Yearbooks, Almanacs
Britannica Book of the Year annual (Green Library Information
Center AE5 .E364).
Almanac of American Politics annual (Green Library Information
Center Ready Reference JK1012 .A44) evaluative background material
on congresspeople, senators and governors; summary of important
legislative issues; ratings by special interest groups of legislators.
World Almanac and Book of Facts annual (Green Library Information
Center Ready Reference AY67 .N5 W7).
Europa World Year Book annual (Green Library Information
Center Ready Reference JN106 .E85) background essays and statistics
on each country and complete overviews of important trans-national
organizations.
Editorials on File (Green Library Information Center PN4778
.E4) editorials and editorial cartoons from 150 North American newspapers
arranged by topic.
Keesing's Record of World Events (Green Library Information
Center DT410 .K4) similar to Facts on File.
Gallup Poll: Public Opinion (Green Library Information Center
HN90 .P8 G34).
Polling the Nations (1986+)
If you don't find what you need in this list, check the more comprehensive
list of databases by subject
Expanded
Academic ASAP (1980+ on Web) indexes popular and many
scholarly articles (especially in the humanities and social sciences)
from over 1500 journals and magazines; includes some abstracts and
many full text articles.
GenderWatch
provides publications that focus on the impact of gender across
a broad spectrum of subject areas.
Latin American Database
"three weekly electronic news bulletins about Mexico, Central
America and the Caribbean including Cuba, and South America."
PAIS International (1972+
on Web ;
1915+ volumes are shelved at Green Library Information Center Z7163.P9)
see hot topics in upper left corner of homepage; indexes selected
books, government documents, and periodical articles on contemporary
public issues and the making of public policy.
Policy File:
Public Policy Research and Analysis ;
see especially the headlines link on the homepage.
Sociological Abstracts
(1963+ on Web)
(1952-1973 shelved at Green Library Information Center HM1.S67)
indexes periodicals articles, some books and unpublished papers
on social issues; also includes some full text.
LexisNexis
Statistical
CQ.com
America's
Newspapers
Alt-PressWatch
provides a collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the
alternative and independent press.
Global NewsBank
(1996+ on Web) fulltext news
Ethnic News Watch
(1960+)
Stanford News Service
See also links to Web-based News
Sources.
Stanford owns many periodicals in various formats. The best way
to find these is to use Socrates,
Stanford's online catalog, and select Browse. Socrates will
tell you the library and call number, if any. It may also give you
a link to an electronic copy when that is available. Current (unbound)
periodicals are shelved in the Information Center (1st floor Green
East) and are arranged alphabetically by title. These may not be
checked out. For call numbers of many popular titles and more details
on searching Socrates see Finding Magazines
in Green Library.
These periodicals are particularly helpful:
National Journal. In some ways the print format of National
Journal is easier to use than the online version. (Green Library
Information Center JK1 .N28).
National Journal
(1977+ on Web) full text online coverage of U.S. politics.
CQ Weekly. (Green Library SSRC JK1 .C66).
Congressional Digest: A Pro & Con Monthly. (Green
Library Current Periodicals and Stacks JK1 .C65). "An independent
publication featuring controversies in Congress, Pro & Con."
Each issue is devoted to one controversy, such as abortion, survelliance
technology, and industrial emissions. Congressional Digest
offers an overview of the debate, chronology, summary of the topic's
legislative history, a guide to selected Internet sites, and statements
from senators, members of congress, and others on both sides of
the issue. An excellent starting point.
There are many government resources on the Internet. Some of the
most important are listed below. For others see the Stanford Guides.
Stanford Guides:
Congressional
Information
Congressional
Information Internet Sites
Presidential Papers
Public Policy Research
Using Government Information
Great Starting Points:
Lexis-Nexis Congressional
(1789+) government information, public policy; see the Hot Bills/Topics
link near the bottom of the homepage.
CQ.com
Thomas (Library of Congress)
GPO Access
(US Government Printing Office)
Congress:
Congressional Record and Index
General
Accounting Office Reports
Legal Information Institute
from Cornell Law School
President:
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Supreme Court Decisions 1937-75
U.S. Government Periodicals
Index
Congressional
Research Service Reports Non-partisan reports on a wide
range of issues are prepared for Congress by the Library of Congress.
These reports, which are not offered to the public directly from
the Congressional Research Service, but Representative Christopher
Shay makes many of them available on his website.
Government Agency URLs
Office of AIDS Research (Health
& Human Services)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services
Council of Economic Advisers
(President's Office) Including Economic Report of the President.
Defense Department links
Drug Enforcement Administration
(Justice Dept.)
Education Department
Food and Drug Administration
(Health & Human Services)
Health & Human Services
Management and Budget
Office
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (Health & Human Services)
National Security
Council (President's Office)
Science and Technology Policy Office
(President's Office)
State Department
Welcome to the White House
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