LibGuides: Voter Information Guide: Database Searching

News Source Databases

Camden-Carroll Library subscribes to several databases, all of which require an MSU ID and password. If you're a community user, you won't have access to these off-campus, however you can visit computers within the library to access our research sources.

CQ Magazine This link opens in a new window
Is a magazine covering congress that is staffed by more than 100 reporters, editors, and researchers. Articles are in plain-english are non-partisan.
Subject Coverage:
congress, the legislative process
Dates of Coverage:
1983 to present
Update Frequency:
weekly
Size:
equivalent to a dozen shelves worth of bound volumes
Facts On File: World News Digest This link opens in a new window
Brings together and enhances more than seven decades of domestic and international news.
Subject Coverage:
political, social, and economic news events
Dates of Coverage:
October 1940 to present
Update Frequency:
weekly
Size:
more than 92,000 records
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
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Provides complete full text for more than 40 U.S. and international newspapers and selective full text for more than 330 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full-text television and radio news transcripts are included.
Subject Coverage:
covers a variety of subjects relating to current events
Dates of Coverage:
unknown
Update Frequency:
daily
Size:
unknown