LibGuides: IB Global Politics SL/HL: Home

Summer Assignment

EBSCO Explora - High School
You can access several quality newspapers, including the Washington Post, through this database, no matter where you are in the world. Use the password list below to see our login information.

ASD Database passwords
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Only available to ASD students and staff signed in to NVS.
US Newsstream - Proquest
You must have a membership to Qatar National Library to access this fabulous resource. Membership is free with your Qatar ID! See the link below to register.
QNL - Register

ASD Electronic Resources

ASD Databases

Click here to see a list of all of the MS/HS library's electronic resources.
ASD Database Passwords
This page requires you to be logged in with your school username and password.

Recommended Databases

Issues and Controversies (Infobase / Facts on File)
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Want to read about more than one side to a topic? Try this database.
Culturegrams
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Need to know more about a country that you've read about in the news? Culturegrams is a great place to start.
EBSCO Explora - High School
A collection of EBSCO databases for high school students.
ProQuest
This link points to a search page that will simultaneously search most Proquest products. This is provided from Qatar National Library and is only available while on campus.

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
This website is a frequently-updated Internet directory of over 2000 annotated links to high-quality English-language resources for a wide range of international affairs, international relations, international studies, global studies, and global education topics.

Qatar Tribune

The Peninsula Qatar

The Peninsula Qatar

Google Search Tips - Countries

To find websites and articles originating from a certain country, do a Google Advanced Search and in the domain field enter the country code.

Israel	.il
Jordan	.jo
Egypt	.eg
Syria	.sy
Qatar	.qa
Saudia Arabia	.sa

Once you get your results, use the Search Tools menu and narrow the results by date, if you'd like. Also, don't forget to choose the News tab.

Country domain names

Newsmap

Want to know what news is big news right now? Newsmap takes the results from Google News and makes a visual representation of the numbers of stories on a topic. The bigger the box, the more stories. Compare the results between countries. Click on the box to read some of the stories about the event.