Contemporary Global Issues: Reliable News Sources: Home

Search for articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers from virtually every area of academic study. Articles come from more than 8,500 journals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed titles.

CountryWatch provides country information, maps, news, and forecasts on nations around the globe. Each COUNTRY REVIEW includes demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information, as well as CountryWireTM, which provides daily news coverage for every country in the world.

This database offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issues and country portals that bring together a variety of highly relevant sources for analysis of these issues. Rich multimedia - including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal.

Newspaper articles from hundreds of U.S., international, and regional sources. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks (CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR and more).

Social issues and controversial topics are covered from multiple perspectives. The database includes topic overviews with viewpoint articles, periodical articles, primary sources, statistics, images, videos, audio, and links to vetted websites.