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CQ ResearcherGives overview of controversial US topics
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StatistaStatistics on a wide variety of topics
Films
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KanopyStreaming video service with documentary and feature films from producers such as Criterion, Documentary Educational Resources, New Day Films, Media Education, California Newsreel, PBS and others.
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Filmakers [Filmmakers] Library OnlineStreaming video collection of documentaries in many different subjects.
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Academic Video Online (AVON)Streaming video service with documentary, instructional, and feature films from producers such as BBC, Documentary Educational Resources (DER), Icarus, PBS, and Sony Pictures Classics.
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BartonPlusThis mega-search finds academic journal articles, books, movies, magazine articles, conference proceedings, government documents, and more.
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Google ScholarFree scholarly database. Link to MIT libraries for full text and Web of Science citations.
News
Mainstream News Databases
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Global NewsstreamAccess to over 2500 US and international news sources include newspapers, newswires, news journals, television and radio transcripts, blogs, podcasts, and digital-only websites. Coverage: 1980-current (depending on title)
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Nexis UniNexis Uni, formerly Lexis Nexis Academic, provides access to the full-text of many news, business, and legal resources, including the New York Times. Coverage: 1980-current (depending on title)
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PressreaderCurrent editions of hundreds U.S. and international newspapers in full-color, full-page format. For use online or as an app. Current three months only..
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Alternative Press IndexIndexes 300 alternative, radical, and left publications covering political, economic, social and cultural issues. 1991 - present.
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Ethnic NewsWatchA full-text collection of newspapers, journals and magazines published by ethnic and minority presses. 1990 - present.
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News Library Research GuideFor all MIT news sources, and links to historical newspapers
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AllsidesSee issues and political news with news bias revealed. Non-partisan, crowd-sourced technology shows stories from from left, right, and center perspectives.
Traditional Reference Sources
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Britannica OnlineEncyclopedia covering a wide variety of subjects.
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Gale Virtual Reference LibrarySpecialized online encyclopedias covering a variety of topics
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Oxford Reference OnlineOnline dictionaries and handbooks from many different fields
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