Library Resources
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Current Events1/ Speech1
- Nexis Uni (To access op-ed, type your search term, then under “subject or section” check the box for “editorials and opinions”)
- CQ Researcher
- Washington Post
- Newsweek
- Time
- the Economist
- Mother Jones
- U.S News and World Report
- National Review
- Christian Science Monitor
- PBS
- NPR
- The Undergraduate Library holds the most current issues of many of the news magazine titles listed above. The Communication Library holds the most recent issues of many big city daily newspapers on the lower level.
- Free daily issues of the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and USA Today are available throughout campus at various locations including the Undergraduate Library, the Communications Library, and elsewhere.
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Context Building
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Databases
- Article Guide
- PAIS
- Additional Online Databases (Online Research Resources)
- Scopus
- Nexis Uni (Narrow by cases, statutes and legislation, and briefs, pleadings and motions)
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Research Assistance
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Writing Resources
- Undergraduate Style Guide (citation assistance, use MLA)
- OWL at Purdue (citation assistance, use MLA)
- Writers Workshop
Can’t find what you need? Email us at: comlibrarian@library.illinois.edu. Or, visit the Communications Library
Library Hours: Mon-Thurs: 8 am-12 am; Fri: 8 am-5 pm; Sat: 1-5 pm; Sun: 1 pm-12 am