This link opens in a new windowMulti-disciplinary video collection including documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs, newsreels, and more.
Source of high-quality video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content.
Documentaries and feature films. Only films requested by instructors are available.
Online access to pre-selected feature films used in classes.
This link opens in a new windowA digital streaming collection of full-length films of Shakespeare plays, modern dramas, classical music, dance, musicals, opera and adaptations of classic novels.
The resources below will help you find biographical and background information about women in politics.
When searching for information about a person, be sure to put quotation marks around her name like "Alexandria Ocasio Cortez."
Thousands of authoritative biographies spanning centuries and continents.
This link opens in a new windowGreat source for background information when beginning your research
Multi-subject database which contains indexing and abstracts for more than 13,000 journals, with full text for more than 9,000 of those titles.
When researching your candidate's voting record, sponsored legislation, etc. use the Govtrack site below:
The website links below will take you to the "official" websites of each party. Each website should have a page (often called "About Us," "Our Platform," or something similar) that introduces you to the party and provides links to the party's platform/beliefs. This information should help you determine if your candidate's positions comport with those of her party or diverge from them.
Party platforms are also linked as PDF's below.
Want more information about your candidate's political party? Search for her party's name in the ebook collections linked below.
This link opens in a new windowGreat source for background information when beginning your research
Find more information on the particular policy you are focusing on (like abortion or "Roe v. Wade") using the resources listed below. These tools may also lead you to additional information about your candidate and the political party she represents.
Multi-subject database which contains indexing and abstracts for more than 13,000 journals, with full text for more than 9,000 of those titles.
The pros and cons on thousands of controversial topics.
This link opens in a new windowIssues & Controversies contains in-depth articles which clearly provide both sides of an issue.
News articles may discuss your individual generally or may focus on her particular views on a given topic. If you are searching for your candidate's views on a specific topic, try searching for her name and the issue like: "alexandria ocasio cortez" and abortion.
The BEST way to find reputable news is to use one of the Library's newspaper databases, like:
Access to newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News, Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and many more.
Access to 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 the BBC Monitoring series of publications.
Includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles.
While the websites of some news outlets are reliable, others -- like Fox -- are not. Some sites traffic in bad information or "fake news" and should be avoided.
If you are looking for reliable, CONSERVATIVE news sources, you may want to look at the following:
If you are looking for reliable, LIBERAL news sources, you may want to look at some of the following:
