LibGuides: RHCS 350: Rhetoric in a Globalized World: Resources for All Units

Researching Rhetorics of US Internationalism--Articles and Primary Sources

Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles on topics related to communication, linguistics, mass media, and journalism. (EBSCO)
Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window
Search for journal articles on topics related to political science, political theory, political behavior, public policy, law, international relations, comparative politics, and non-governmental organizations. (EBSCO)
CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new window
Search for ebooks, journal articles, policy briefs, reports, and case studies on topics related to international politics and policy. The content is written by scholars, research institutes, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and think-tanks. (Columbia University Press)

American Presidency Project
Online archive of various documents, speeches, proclamations, executive orders of all the American Presidents.
UVA: Miller Center
The Miller Center is a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that specializes in presidential scholarship, public policy, and political history and strives to apply the lessons of history and civil discourse to the nation's most pressing contemporary governance challenges.

Congressional (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Search for Congressional hearings, reports, testimony, bills, laws, and regulations from the first Congress to the current Congress. (ProQuest)

Federal Digital System (FDSys)
Updated government archive of the major congressional and executive branch documents.
Electronic Resources for U.S. Foreign Relations

Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Good way to find clips from newsreels and nightly news programs.
AP Newsroom This link opens in a new window
Access thousands of photos taken by the Associated Press photographers for their news stories. (EBSCO)
Access World News (Historical and Current) This link opens in a new window
Search for articles from thousands of US and global news sources. It includes some audio and video news sources, as well as traditional newspapers. (Newsbank/Readex)
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Search for articles from legal journals and law reviews. Government documents from each branch are also available in this database. (HeinOnline)
Cold War Intelligence: The Secret War Between the U.S. and the USSR, 1945-1991 This link opens in a new window
Access this database to find formerly classified documents (most at Top Secret level) that showcase the successes and failures of the U.S. intelligence community in its efforts to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War. (Brill)

National Security Archive
Non-governmental investigative journalism center, research institute on international affairs, library and archive of declassified U.S. documents based at GWU.
Vital Speeches of the Day
Collection of the most important speeches during the time, covering 1934 to present.

National Geographic Virtual Library This link opens in a new window
Access the archives of the National Geographic Magazine from 1888-present. (Gale)

American Decades, 1900-1999 by Manly; Vincent Tompkins (Editor)
ISBN: 0810357224
Publication Date: 1996-03-26
American Decades Primary Sources by Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (Editor); Richard Layman (Editor)
ISBN: 1414486022
Publication Date: 2013-06-15
American Decades: Primary Sources cover 1900-1999.
American Decades by Carol Nagel (Editor)
Call Number: electronic book
ISBN: 1414436068
Publication Date: 2011-06-27
American Decades Primary Sources by Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (Editor); Richard Layman (Editor)
ISBN: 1414486022
Publication Date: 2013-06-15
American Decades: Primary Sources, 2000-2009 covers the first decade of the twenty-first century.

American History in Video This link opens in a new window
Watch both documentaries about historical events in American history, as well as newsreels and other footage shot as events were happening. (Alexander Street Press)