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International Programs in Engineering Resources

This library guide provides pre-departure information and library resources for students traveling abroad through IPE.

Travel Guides

Below you'll find travel guides an other books provided by the library (mostly in electronic form). 

News Sources

Websites of Major Newspapers from France

  • Le Monde - respected national daily, considered to be France's newspaper of record
  • Liberation - national daily, founded in 1973 by philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, centre-left leaning
  • Le Figaro - national daily, centre-right leaning
  • Ouest France - Rennes-based; France's best-selling daily
  • L'Express - news weekly
  • Le Point - news weekly

Library Databases to Search for Specific News Articles

Full text of over 600 U.S. newspapers and over 260 English language newspapers from other countries worldwide.


Access to issues from the last 60 days of over 300 newspapers from around the world. The newspapers include the same content and are in the same format as the print edition of the newspaper. [Access limited to 3 users at a time.]

Additional Library Resources