Want to review the information covered during your library research workshop for this class? You can view or download the workshop slides below.
Multi-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.
A 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 select a leader and find background information about her life and political career.
Selecting a woman to research:
The databases below can help you locate background information about your political figure and the district/country she represents.
Thousands of authoritative biographies spanning centuries and continents.
Great source for background information when beginning your research
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. 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.
Great source for background information when beginning your research
Find information about your Representative, including legislation she sponsored, from her GovTrack page:
Find more information on a policy issue (like abortion or "Roe v. Wade") using the resources listed below. These tools may also lead you to additional information about your political figure and her beliefs.
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.
Issues & Controversies contains in-depth articles which clearly provide both sides of an issue.
In-depth coverage of the most studied topics in world history.
Ties together sources to present a rich analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, science-related, health-related, and cultural issues in world hot spots. GIC provides a framework to better understand 21st-century issues and events while highlighting global connections and the interdependence of all nations.
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.
Research diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with areas of study such as Business, Health, Criminal Justice, Science, Humanities, Political Science and more. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of international, national and local news sources.
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:
