News Sources & more
- Access World News [NewsBank] (Coverage varies by title) This link opens in a new windowUse "Political Science" for pre-populated search strategies for primaries and caucuses, campaign strategy, and limit to longer articles.
The Special Topics section includes U.S. Presidential Campaign 2020 - Nexis Uni (Coverage varies by title) This link opens in a new windownews back to the 1970's. Includes text of articles in the Washington Post, many news transcripts and blogs
- Libraries' "News" pageIncludes Smith access to The New York Times and other papers for historical coverage
- PressReader This link opens in a new windowSet up "My Publications" to follow your choice of over 130 U.S. newspapers. Viewable on PCs, smartphones & tablets [note: first-time access with downloaded app requires Smith WiFi connection]
Smith has streaming video
- Kanopy This link opens in a new windowIncludes PBS proggrams, documentaries including media studies and presidential speeches. Search by keyword (for example: presidential) or candidate's name.
Search for an Article & Books from Five Colleges
- Discover This link opens in a new window
Explore thousands of books and catalogs, images and other media, articles, reviews, and more with Smith's cross-database search.
Many EBSCO databases, such as Academic Search Premier, are included in Discover, as are America: History & Life and JSTOR. Discover Advanced Search includes limiting options.
OR Search individual databases:
- Academic Search Ultimate [EBSCO] This link opens in a new windowboth academic & news, allows limit to peer-reviewed
- America: History & Life with Full Text [EBSCO] 1953+ This link opens in a new window** allows limit by decade researched **
- Readers' Guide Retrospective [EBSCO] 1890-1983 This link opens in a new windowComprehensive index to popular general-interest periodicals, reflecting the history of 20th century America.
Find a book, ebook, chapter or essay
Connect: Discover Advanced
Use "Catalog Only" from the homepage to search just the Five College Library Catalog
Use "subject begins with" for Library of Congress Subject Headings such as these...
Presidents - United States - Election - [year]
Political campaigns – United States - History
Presidential candidates - United States
Political parties - United States
For candidates, search by subject with the last name first:
Reagan, Ronald
Gore, Al, 1948-
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
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Search Tips: Articles
- Journal Locator / Publication FinderSearches Smith's online journal, newspaper, and magazine titles. To find print journals, use the Advanced Discover / Five College Catalog.