Global
Reference Sources
BBC Country Profiles (includes info re: country’s media outlets)
CIA World Factbook
MW Library Catalog – reference books (e.g. History in Dispute)
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale) – database focused on contrasting policy perspectives
PowerSearch (Gale) – incl. reference books and Congressional Research Service reports
Salem History – includes books on world religions and American immigration
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
World History in Context (Gale) – history focus (unlike general PowerSearch database)
Virtual Reference Library (Gale) – digital reference books on a variety of topics
Research Sources
Ancient History Sourcebook
AP Source – magazines & journals (both trade/professional and scholarly)
Indian History Sourcebook
Islamic History Sourcebook
Jewish History Sourcebook
JSTOR – archive of scholarly articles (does not include most recent 5 years)
U.S. Foreign Policy
Current Events
Google News
Google News – Advanced Search
Bing News
Digg (stories from the web re-posted by Digg users)
Yahoo! News
World News Sources
Many of the news agencies listed here have regional pages too.
Al-Jazeera America
BBC World News
CNN World News
Inter Press Service (NGO focusing on global South)
LinkTV (501c3 based in California)
Newseum: Interactive Map of Today’s Front Pages
New York Times World News
UN News Centre – select region with map on right
World Affairs Journal – select region from top menu
Worldpress Directory of World Newspapers (go to the source news sites – articles reprinted on the Worldpress site may be excerpts or edited versions)
Google News has versions for several countries – a few in English, but most in that country’s primary language (see the drop-down menu near the upper right under U.S. Edition). Consider using a free Google account to customize your Google News with news in a languages you’re studying.
Global Region – Russia
Reference (incl. books in VRL)
BBC: Russia Country Profile
CIA World Factbook: Russia
Daily Life in Imperial Russia
Encyclopedia of Russian History (choose desired volume from drop-down menu)
Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond (choose desired volume from drop-down menu)
State Department Profile: Russia
UN Country Profile: Russia
World Bank in Russia
Eurasianet – independent news organization based at Columbia University that produces features and analysis in both English and Russian about political, economic, environmental and social developments in Eurasia
Statistical Resources for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia (UM)
Transitions Online: Russia and Eastern Europe – nonprofit organization established to strengthen the professionalism, independence and impact of the news media in the post-communist countries of Europe and the former Soviet Union
Worldwide Virtual Library for Russian and Eastern European Studies (a.k.a. REES Web) – directory includes links to several online archives and collections of primary sources