Citation Resources
Chicago Manual of Style Online
MLA Formatting and Style Guide at Purdue's Online Writing Lab
Organize your sources using Zotero.
Finding Sources
- Global Road Warrior This link opens in a new windowGlobal Road Warrior is a country-by-country resource for learning about culture, customs, history, and language worldwide. It consists of 174 country guides of 119 topics each. Global Road Warrior can be used to research issues in international and cross-cultural studies, international business, the social sciences, women’s studies, language studies, and study abroad programs.
- BBC Country ProfilesIncludes information about media in the country as well as factual information about the country.
- CIA World FactbookInformation compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) includes history, culture, economy, government, communications and other as aspects for each profiled country
- InfoPlease almanacA good source for country summaries and coverage of current events.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowStatistics, studies and reports from over 18,000 sources. Includes data from businesses, government departments, market research concerns or associations and more.
- Wikimedia Commons Atlas of the WorldIncludes former and present-day countries with links to Wikipedia articles and historical maps.
- Ostellus AtlasInteractive world history maps for the 20th and 21st centuries.
- Old Maps OnlineGateway to historical maps located in libraries throughout the world.
Also known as "Scholarly Articles,", "Peer-Reviewed Articles," or "Academic Articles," these are:
- Written and reviewed by scholars and provide new research, analysis, or information about a specific topic.
- "Review" means the article is approved by other experts before publication
- Usually focused on a narrow subject or a single case study
- Intended for an academic audience
Why You Should Use Them:
- Information is based on research and expertise
- Information is detailed and focused on a narrow topic
- The peer-review process (mostly) insures that the information is accurate
- They add to a growing understanding of a topic by contributing new ideas
Find Articles in General Databases:
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowScholarly full-text journals and peer-reviewed journals covering a wide range of subjects. 1975 to present.
- Research Library (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowGeneral reference database from business and political science to literature and psychology scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and daily news content, accessible to readers and researchers at every level.
Media Bias Chart from Ad Fontes Media
- Access World News This link opens in a new windowThis comprehensive news collection cover events at the local, regional, national and international level. This source includes print and online-only newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts and videos. Also includes news articles from 1970-1991, including firsthand reports and varying regional perspectives. (Primary source)
- International Newsstream This link opens in a new windowProvides information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and much more
- PressReader This link opens in a new windowInstant access to 6000+ newspapers and magazines from 120+ countries in 60+ languages. These are usually daily papers; no archives.
- Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new windowNational and International newspaper coverage, television and radio transcripts.
- Online NewspapersThousands of newspapers listed by country & region.
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