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Paper Topic Selection: International: World News

Sources to identify international law developments.

How Can I Find World News?

TIP: Need help determining which news sources below require individual subscription or off-campus use of the BLS proxy server?

The New York Times: World

The New York Times: Each current BLS student, faculty member or administrator can create an individual account.  Click here for instructions.  Also, subscription Lexis+ provides The New York Times from June 1980-today.  Subscription Proquest provides a similar database (PDF).  Proquest also provides Historical New York Times with Index (PDF)

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Council on Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations (some content is free) 

Foreign Affairs (click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - HEIN).  Accessible off-campus if a current BLS student, faculty member or administrator has implemented the proxy server instructions.

FT.com

Each current BLS student, faculty member or administrator can create an individual FT.com account.  There is a link to registration instructions in BLS Library's SARA catalog record for the Financial Times.

The Wall Street Journal

BLS patrons: Subscription database Lexis+ provides today's stories from, and an archive of, The Wall Street Journal.  Lexis+ also provides stories from WSJ.com in a separate database titled: The Wall Street Journal Online

Additionally, subscription database: ProQuest provides The Wall Street Journal from 1984-present. Search or choose an issue to view.

Many sources: Bloomberg Law

Bloomberg Law subscription database: On home screen click tab: News & Analysis > Bloomberg Law News to link to news stories grouped by topic. 

Practice Centers also include news: From home screen tab: Practice Centers, use pull-down menu to access a practice center like Antitrust, International Trade or Privacy & Data Security.

Many sources: Lexis+ category: News

BLS patrons: Subscription database Lexis+ category: News supports many types of news searches (e.g., by country, by region of the world and by databases of combined publications).

Reuters: News

BLS patrons: subscription database Westlaw Precision provides News from Reuters.  On right side of screen are links to International news and a menu of news Topics.

Many sources: Free Google News: World