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Indexes that primarily cover the subject "Current Issues"

Left Index Authentication Required
Coverage: 1990-present
Provides access to the diversity of literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on politically and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside the academy and a secondary emphasis on significant but little known sources of news and ideas.
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LexisNexis Congressional Authentication Required
Coverage: 1789 - present; updated daily/monthly
Provides easy to use and comprehensive access to US legislative information.
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PAIS International Authentication Required
Coverage: Coverage dates 1972 - present (abstracts from 1985 - present)
Use this index for broad coverage of social science issues worldwide.
Location: Wilson Reference Quarto H1.A3 P82x
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Academic Search Premier Authentication Required
Coverage: Coverage varies, some starting with 1975 - present, updated continuously.
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals.
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Al Jazeera
Coverage: 2002 - present
Al Jazeera is the only Arabic News Channel in the Middle East offering news coverage 24 hours a day from around the world with focus on the hottest regions of conflict.
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Alternative Press Index Authentication Required
Coverage: 1991 - present, updated quarterly.
Indexes articles, editorials, reviews, interviews, obituaries, speeches, fiction, songs, recipes, regular columns from 250 publications.
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Current Issues Sourcefile On CD-ROM Format
Coverage: 1996 - present, updated quarterly.
Full text information from public interest and advocacy groups, professional and trade associations, research center "think tanks," and government agencies and offices.
Location: CD-Rom located in WILSON Reference: To schedule a 40-minute session, please call 626-2227 or sign up at the Reference Desk, first floor, Wilson Library.
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Ethnic Newswatch Authentication Required
Coverage: 1990 - present.
FULL TEXT articles from over 125 American ethnic and minority newspapers, magazines and journals.
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Ethnologue Index
Location: Wilson Reference P371 .E83 1992

LexisNexis Academic Authentication Required
Coverage: Varies by title.
LexisNexis Academic is a collection of online databases: News, Business (plus corporate news and corporate financials), Legal, Medical, and Reference.
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MasterFile Premier Authentication Required
This resource is licensed by the MINITEX Library Information Network with state appropriations from the Minnesota Higher Education Services Office (MHESO) and the Minnesota Department of Education.
MasterFILE Premier, designed specifically for public libraries, provides full text for more than 2,000 general periodicals covering a broad range of disciplines including general reference, business, education, health, general science, multi-cultural issues and much more.
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MNMag: Minnesota Magazine Index
Coverage: 1991-2005
MNMag is an index of articles on local and statewide politics, news, current events, history and the arts that appear in nine Minnesota magazines: City Pages, Hennepin History, Minneapolis And St.
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