PPOL 170: Intro. to Public Affairs (Aitalieva)

Provides access to several hundred thousand public opinion questions via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University.

Investigates "hot" topics in the news and presents concise and well-balanced information from all sides of the issue. Each report is written by an experienced journalist and includes a "Pro/Con" segment, a chronology, and a bibliography. US focus with some coverage of international affairs.

Provides information from all sides of current event issues including statistics, links to Web sites, and full-text articles from more than 30 major magazines and newspapers, utilizing the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources.

A large collection of popular magazines, scholarly journals and major newspapers across a wide range of topics.

Scholarly articles in the field of public policy and public affairs, as well as in the related fields of political science, government, international relations, economics, finance, law, environment, demography, sociology and business.

Access opinion articles and public policy reports from think tanks, research institutes and advocacy organizations, including groups such as RAND, the International Monetary Fund, the Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation.

Scholarly articles in many disciplines. Hint: before searching, you can scroll down to narrow by discipline.