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
Thorough resource for research in the media studies and communication studies fields.
Full-text; Varies by title
Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text articles, papers and books relating to political science
Full-text; Major resource for scholarly research relating to political theory, political behavior, public policy, law, international relations, comparative politics and non-governmental organizations.
CIAO - Columbia International Affairs Online This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive source for research in international politics & policy written by scholars, research institutes, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and think-tanks.
Includes information from journals, books, policy briefs & case studies.; Full-text; 1991 - present

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
Index of Congressional hearings, reports, testimony, bills, laws & regulations from the first Congress to the current Congress.
Full-text and abstracts; 1789-present; date coverage varies by collection

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.
Topics covered include history, art and architecture, business, counseling and therapy, dance, opera, theatre, musical performance, anthropology, health and rehabilitation, opera, nursing, science, womens studies, black studies, LGBT studies, and more. Tools are available to make custom clips, create playlists, see synchronized scrolling transcripts, share clips and playlists, view and copy clips and playlists already created.; Streaming video
AP Newsroom This link opens in a new window
Photos and images from The Associated Press and its partner companies.
Excellent resource for illustrations, copyright free for educational use. Can search by concept (hostages) as well as specific people or events (Einstein).; Photographs, prints, graphics, audio and text; Coverage back to the 1800s, primary coverage late 20th century-present
Access World News (Historical and Current) This link opens in a new window
Current and archived full-text articles from thousands of U.S. and global news sources and news video clips.
Search a single newspaper, a select group of titles, or the entire collection. Use the map-based interface to search publications within a region.; Full-text and video; Varies by title; new content added daily
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection of legal history, legal documents, and laws.
Full-text; 20th 21st Century, some 19th Century
Cold War Intelligence: The Secret War Between the U.S. and the USSR, 1945-1991 This link opens in a new window
The declassified documentary record about the successes and failures of the U.S. intelligence community in its efforts to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Images and full-text; 1945-1991

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
This collection brings together a complete archive of National Geographic magazine along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images, and videos.
1888 - present

ISBN: 9781414486024

US and the World--Historical Background and Maps

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.

CIA Cartography
Declassified CIA maps arranged by decade.

American History in Video This link opens in a new window
Includes a wide range of documentaries (like those from The History Channel), newsreels including the complete series of both Universal News and United Newsreel and other contemporaneous films.
The technical features make it easy to zoom in on exact moments of footage, make clips, create playlists (of clips by theme, entire films, and anything else anywhere on the web) and share them with a class, for example. There are synchronized scrolling transcripts for every video (and those are searchable, too).; Streaming video; 1900 - 2009