Background on Current Events and Controversies
- Opposing Viewpoints In Context This link opens in a new windowContains various resources about current social issues, such as gun control, censorship, and genetic engineering
- CQ Researcher Plus Archive This link opens in a new windowFull text reports on current and controversial issues in U.S. politics, health care, education, economics.
- ParliaA crowd-sourced encyclopedia of opinions on topics
Campus & Local Information
- The Citizen"Local, independent news coverage of issues, politics, and community life in Harrisonburg, Virginia."
- Office of Institutional ResearchIncludes a wide variety of information about JMU.
News Sources
- New York Times This link opens in a new windowAccess to NYTimes.com, including breaking news, multimedia, international content, reviews, blogs, apps, and more.
To activate a renewable one-year pass, see these instructions. - Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowContains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information, country and state profiles, tax information, biographies, and more.
Journal Articles
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Multidisciplinary index and full text source for scholarly journals and magazines. - Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
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Article index with some full text in the fields of communication and mass media studies.
