BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Digital National Security Archive
More than 14,000 pages of documents are offered on the fall of the Shah and the rise of the Ayatollah Khomeini, including some that the government would not have made available until the middle of the twenty-first century had the Archive not forced their release through the Freedom of Information Act.

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
This resource for theory and research in international affairs includes full text of books, journal articles, policy briefs, working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, proceedings from conferences, and foundation-funded research projects. Also includes Economist Intelligence Unit data for over 200 countries.

Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines.

GUIDES TO RESOURCES

Iran Election 2009 
Links to a variety of news sources: text, video, twitter feeds. Good use of social networking tools.

The guides below can help you locate resources in the Boston College Libraries and beyond.
Subject Guide: Finding Newspapers
Subject Guide: Islamic Civilization and Studies
Subject Guide: International Studies
 

U.S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Iran: Reality, Options, and Consequences (House Hearing)

Meeting the Iranian Challenge (Senate Hearing)

U.S Policy Toward Iran (House Hearing)

NEWS SOURCES

LexisNexis Academic
LexisNexis Academic provides electronic access to hundreds of newspapers from around the U.S. and the world, most of them within one day of publication. Retrospective coverage varies but in some cases goes back to the 1980s.

PressDisplay
Online, same-day access to more than 300 newspapers from the U.S. and more than 65 other countries. All papers are provided complete (with a few minor exceptions) and in color, exactly as they appear in print. Issues remain available online for 60 days.

World News Connection
Full text news compiled from thousands of non-U.S. media sources, the information in WNC covers significant socioeconomic, political, scientific, technical, and environmental issues and events. Coverage is by region and includes: East Asia, Near East and South Asia, China, East Europe, West Europe, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Four kinds of searches are available: "Simple" (where one or more terms are entered on a line), "Region/Topic" (where you choose from a list of predefined regions and topics and specify date rage if desired), "Advanced Search" (which allows for keyword, topic, and main concept searches), and “Latest Headline” (which retrieves the latest articles for each region). Continuously updated with new sources, including local news sources.