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Access World News
This database includes many current publications (updated daily) from around the world. You may search by by a region or specific country. Use "map search" or "more search options" to locate these publications.
Gale in Context Global Issues
Global Issues is updated daily and offers 250 country pages and more than 400 issue pages. You may search by country or territory of publication under search options.

Gale in Context - publication search for specific location
Use this link to narrow your search to a specific publication region or country.

ProQuest Database collection
This database includes many current publications (updated daily) from around the world. You may easily create "alerts" to automatically receive updates about your topic.

Issues (ABC-CLIO)
A database that focuses on current Issues.
JSTOR
An archive of fully searchable back issues of scholarly journals in anthropology, African- American studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, general science, history, literature, music, philosophy, political science, sociology, and statistics.
World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO)
Modern World History (Infobase)
World Religions (ABC-CLIO)
World Religions (Infobase)

AccessIt Library Catalog
Use this database to see what books are available in the library.
You may browse the Catalog as a Guest or use Single Sign On / SSO to use other features such as "Holds" and to sign on to other databases and ebooks when you are off-campus.

Proquest Ebook Central
To cite, select "database" and "book" in Noodletools. USE the book's ISBN to import the citation. Then add the URL from "Share Link to Book" in Proquest Ebook Central.

Access PA
This site lets you search for resources available to borrow from other libraries in Pennsylvania.

Al Jazeera Media Network
Al Jazeera was the first independent news channel in the Arab world.
BBC World News
The BBC World Service operates in 42 languages, including English. The international news service has journalists and supporting staff in 73 cities across 59 countries.
Reuters World News
Wall Street Journal
Paywalled content at their site. WSJ is in the Proquest database collection, however.
Listing of World New Agencies (on Google)
Links to many other news agencies around the world.