The majority of the sources that you use for your paper should be scholarly resources, such as peer-reviewed journal articles, books, reports by think tanks and policy institutes, etc. Newspaper articles and newsmagazines should be used sparingly and almost exclusively for background information. Any source you use should provide in-depth and objective (unbiased) coverage of international relations issues and world events.The following are recommended sources:
- Newspaper/Media sources
New York Times Los Angeles Times
Wall Street Journal British Broadcasting Corporation
PBS
- Newsmagazines (for background information only) on foreign policy and international relations (non-peer-reviewed) can be found in the CSN Libraries EBSCO Complete and ProQuest Central databases. Use the filters for "Full Text" and "Magazines".
Foreign Policy The Atlantic
The Economist Newsweek
- Peer-reviewed academic journals on foreign policy and international relations can be found in the EBSCO Complete and ProQuest Central databases. Use the filters for "Full Text" and "Peer-reviewed."
Foreign Affairs International Organization
International Studies Quarterly World Politics
Orbis International Studies Review
International Studies Perspectives
- Foreign policy and international relations think tanks and policy institutes
Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Brookings Institution
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Human Rights Watch
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