Full-text publications in foreign languages:
working papers, articles, book chapters
arXiv.org e-Print archive. Project of Cornell University (USA). Archive of articles on mathematics, physics, computer science, statistics, finance. Search by thematic sections. Language English.
CogPrints. Archive of materials on philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, computer science, mathematics. Search by thematic sections. Language English.
Department of Economics & Business. Repository of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Pompeu Fabra (Spain). About 800 working papers. Section: Research, working documents. Language Spanish, English.
DOAJ. (Directory of Open Access Journals). Scientific journals with full text of articles on chemistry, physics, mathematics, economics and business, philosophy, law, engineering and technology. There are 337 journals on economics and business. Language English, French, German.
EBSLG. European University and Business School Libraries Project. Working papers on economics and business. Part is freely available.
Economists Online. Bibliographical references to documents, many of which open the full texts. Language English, German, French, Spanish.
EconPapers. Working papers, journal articles, book chapters. Some documents are freely available. Language English.
Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (Germany). Project of the University Libraries of Regensburg and Munich. Scientific full-text journals in all fields of knowledge, about 1,500 titles in total. Access to some magazines is free. Language English, German.
FINDARTICLES. CBS Interactive Business Center Library BNET.com. Articles from magazines in sections: business and finance, education, computer technology, society. Language English.
Fisher College, Department of Finance. College of Economics, Ohio University (USA). Archive of financial preprints since 2006. Language English.
Global Price and Income History Group. Project on the economic history of foreign countries (Middle Ages - mid-20th century). Language English.
IDEAS. University of Connecticut (USA). Bibliographic database on economic sciences. Contains links to full-text materials: articles, working documents, book chapters. Some of them are freely available. Language English.
Institute for Social & Economic Research. University of Essex (England). Institute for Social and Economic Research. About 200 working papers. Language English.
Institutet f?r N?ringslivsforskning . Economic Research Institute (Sweden). Publications. Language English.
International Data Base. Statistics on the population of countries of the world since 1951 (demographic and socio-economic indicators). Dictionary. Language English.
Internet Public Library. Internet library of the University of Michigan (USA). Publications on various industries, including economics. Language English.
IZA. Institute for Labor Studies (Germany). Working papers since 1998. Language, German, English.
LogEc. Erasmus Management Research Institute (Holland). Collection of working papers on management and economics. Language English.
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers. National Bureau of Economic Research in Massachusetts (USA). Working documents. Language English.
Online Books Page. More than 15 thousand full-text books and other publications from the University of Pennsylvania (USA) server. Search by author, title and keywords. Material on topics: economics and law, economic theory, economic history. Language English.
Online Text and Notes in Statistics for Economists. University of Bristol (England). In the online section educational materials Full-text versions are presented for various levels of education and specializations in economics. Language English.
PERI. Research Institute of Political Economy of the University of Massachusetts (USA). Working materials, books, articles. Language English.
RePEc. Reports, articles and preprints on economics. Open database of electronic publications. Language English.
Scientific Commons. Search for scientific information on various topics that is freely available. Language German, English.
SSRN. Social Science Electronic Publishing. Full-text works are freely available on economic theory, accounting, finance, computer science, law, management, marketing, insurance.
Technical Reports and Working Papers in Business and Economics: Library of Congress (USA). Working papers and technological reports in business, economics and law. Language English.
The Federal Reserve Board. Federal Reserve System (USA). Working papers on international finance since 1991. Language English.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies. Institute for Fiscal Studies (UK). Working documents. Language English.
The law school. University of Chicago (USA). Working papers on law and economics. Language English.
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. Section: Publications. Articles and working materials (1987-2009) on economics, business and finance.
Tinbergen Institute (Holland). Working papers on economics since 2001. Language English.
Universitat Zurich. The Institute for Empirical Research in Economics Working Papers (Switzerland). Section: Publications. Language German, English.
University of California eScholarship Repository. Database of the University of California (USA). Journals, books, conference materials, working papers on various sciences are freely available.
University of Oxford. About 800 working papers on economics. Language English.
University of Pennsylvania (USA). Economics Working Papers. Language English.
Vlerick Leuven Gent. Working papers from Vlerick Leuven Gent Business School (Belgium) since 2001. Language English.
Search engines
Search engine. Search for monographs on all branches of knowledge in Russian and foreign languages.
Google Patents. Special search engine for patents. There are over 7 million in the database full texts documents.
SciNet - Science search. Scientific search engine and catalog of scientific resources.
Guides
SciGuide. Project of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. A guide to foreign open access scientific resources.
Reading is for our mind what working out in the gym is for our body. In this article we will give you links to 7 sites with texts to read on English. Try to “pump up” your brain!
1. English as a Second Language
This site is suitable for beginners with level and. All texts are short, they use simple words and elementary grammar - three tenses of the Simple group. Try to read at least 2-3 texts daily, it will only take 5-10 minutes.
The themes of the texts are different, often they are small jokes. All words are selected in such a way that the student not only reads texts in English, but also expands his vocabulary. So, you can learn the first phrasal verbs, frequently used words and expressions.
Feature of this resource: Each text is accompanied by an audio recording. The speaker speaks clearly and slowly, which is exactly what beginners need to learn to understand English by ear.
2. English Online
This resource was created specifically for English language learners with a level and above. The texts are not very long, but they are full of useful expressions and words.
Articles on various topics are adapted specifically for students: the most commonly used vocabulary and simple grammatical structures are used. On at the moment Several hundred texts on various topics are available for reading on the site. They are all quite interesting, so this resource contains the optimal proportion of education and entertainment.
Feature of this resource: In all articles you will see words in bold. This is the vocabulary you are asked to learn. After the text of the article you will find English-English dictionary with these words. Thus, the site performs an important function - you can learn new vocabulary on it in context.
3. Short Stories
And this site is suitable for all lovers fiction. There are no adapted texts or dictionaries here, only stories by English-speaking authors in their unaltered form.
The site presents 8 popular genres: children's literature, detective, fantasy, horror, humor, documentary, novel, science fiction. If you are at the Pre-Intermediate level, try starting to read children's stories. In these texts the characters speak quite in simple words, and at the same time their speech is lively, unadapted. You can try reading any stories at a level; it’s better to start with short texts in your favorite genre.
Feature of this resource: the variety of genres of stories on this site will not allow even the most demanding reader to get bored. Additionally, you can sort stories by length. To do this, select any of the genres you are interested in and click on the All stories button. In the tab that opens, you can select stories from 1-2 to 30+ pages in length. This is quite convenient: you can select your text depending on the availability of free time.
4. Breaking News English
The site is suitable for students from Elementary to , who want to stay informed latest news and improve your English. News is sorted by date - from the most recent to the oldest. Sources are indicated for each - if interested, you can read them in the relevant media and compare the presentation of information.
For all news there are reading, listening, vocabulary and a letter.
Feature of this resource: the same news is adapted to several levels - see what words and grammatical structures can convey the same information.
5. Infosquares
This site contains only a few dozen texts, but it is worthy of your attention. The resource is suitable for students with an Intermediate level and above.
The resource differs from previous sites in that your task is now not just to read the text and understand the main idea, but to grasp even the smallest details. On the tab with any article you will find not only a link to the text itself, but also a test to test your reading comprehension. Therefore, we advise everyone who is preparing for an English language exam to pay attention to this resource, because you can “rehearse” the Reading section on this resource.
Feature of this resource: The main purpose of this site is to check how well you understand the text. Therefore, we recommend studying on this site about once a month, and reading other articles the rest of the time. This way you will see how quickly your English reading skill is developing and how attentive you are when reading.
6. Study Zone
This site is similar to the previous one: no large number materials are more than compensated by the presence of various exercises that test understanding of the text. Here you can study at the Pre-Intermediate level and above.
Feature of this resource: Of course, the main advantage of this site is the availability of exercises for understanding and memorizing the text. In addition, we must pay tribute to the authors of the site - they have collected the most interesting stories for you and presented the information in a convenient form.
7. Dreamreader
This resource will be of interest to those who like to read various educational and entertaining articles on the Internet. The site is suitable for students at the Elementary level and above.
Most of the texts on this site are presented in the Fun English and Academic English sections. The beauty of the articles is that they are written in simple but lively language. And the topics discussed in the articles are relevant and cover a variety of aspects of life: from body language to fast food, from UFOs to “cat” idioms. Each text comes with a series of questions to help you check how well you understood what you read.
Feature of this resource: the site is a 2 in 1 tool. You can not only read the article, but also listen to it. Moreover, the audio recording is suitable even for those who have difficulty understanding English speech by ear. The speaker speaks clearly and quite slowly, so you can practice your listening skills, and the text will become your assistant in this matter.
There are many more sites on the Internet with texts in English. However, we have recommended the most informative and useful ones for you to study. Read with pleasure, and let English become your best entertainment, an activity that gives you pleasure.
One of the words that often scares English language learners is “authentic.” This word is especially often used in relation to English articles and other texts. Teachers and students try to use authentic texts in learning English - that is, those written by native speakers for native speakers and not aimed at foreigners. Such articles in English with translation allow students to start reading more confidently and learn a lot of new and interesting things.
The benefits of articles in English with translation
The fact that authentic articles in English really help in learning is not an unfounded statement. According to English linguistics professor Vivian Cook, articles in English help you learn a lot about English grammar and vocabulary. Let's look at their benefits point by point.
Organization of text
Reading articles in English helps you understand how to properly organize texts in different genres. For example, in newspaper news stories main information articles are always presented in the first paragraph. In texts of other genres, the main idea may be in the middle or even the end of the text. All these tricks can be learned from reading English articles with translation.
Headings
Also, reading English articles will help you better understand their headings. Journalists often use complex puns and allusions in headlines that are incomprehensible to most foreigners. By practicing reading interesting articles in English, you will become familiar with slang and commonly used expressions in journalism.
Genres
English articles with translation into Russian will help you understand a wide variety of journalistic genres. In newspapers and online publications there are small news articles, short and long interviews, research articles, analytical materials, etc. To easily navigate all these genres, read as many English articles as possible from publications of different directions: entertainment, scientific, educational.
Idioms and phraseological units
Articles in English, especially in the American tabloid press, use a large number of . Among them there are both commonly used phrases that are in dictionaries and local phraseological units that are understandable only to residents of a particular country or even region. In the second case, the meaning of such phrases can only be understood from the context of the article, since many of them appeared recently and have not yet earned the right to even be included in the dictionary modern vocabulary and slang.
Understanding the essence of texts
Reading many articles in English with translation over time develops the ability from the very first minutes to find the main idea of the author, highlight his main points, determine the purpose of the article, its audience. To develop these skills, try to answer 5 questions for yourself after reading each article in English: who is the hero of the article? what happened? when did this happen? Where did it happen? why did this happen?
Hello reader! Do you like to read latest news on the way to work or school? It's time to make this activity even more interesting and effective. We have prepared for you a selection of popular English-language news resources with which you can find out world news in English.
By the way, many news publications use advanced-level vocabulary, which very often comes across in and. That's why many experts recommend reading The New Yorker or The Economist to improve your exam vocabulary. Such vocabulary is rarely used in everyday life, but from news texts you can easily remember its correct use. 🙂 If you prefer to read news from a PC, then use it to instantly translate unfamiliar words.
For convenience, we have divided the sites into British and American for connoisseurs of a certain version of English, but in general the differences are not very pronounced, because very “formal” language is used.
British Invasion: news in English with translation
The Wall Street Journal – If you can't get enough news from The Economist, catch another giant in the world of information about economics and finance. Few people have not heard of Wall Street - the street where a financier dreams of working.
The New Yorker is probably the most millennial-friendly resource in our selection - the weekly includes not only news from the cultural life of New York, but also a fresh look at world news and the opinions of young people.
Huffington Post is a news site and blog where you can learn everything about important events in the world and honor interesting stories on a variety of topics.
Choose Your News: news in English for beginners
In our article, we have compiled a selection of the most popular English-language news sites, and all you have to do is choose the one that best suits your preferences and start using another useful channel for learning English.
We look forward to hearing good news from you about your progress in English! 🙂
NEWSPAPER - one day bestseller.
Valery Yants
Today we will talk about what kinds of newspapers are in English, why you need to read them, how to choose a newspaper in English, where you can find newspapers in English online, how often you need to read newspapers and at what level you can start reading newspapers in English.
We will answer all these questions.
Reading newspapers in English is undoubtedly useful and here's why:
- newspapers reflect modern spoken language
- it is a source of information about news in the world
- opportunity to gain knowledge in a specific area
- practical value - they can help you find a job, rent housing, etc. in the country where you are going/planning to immigrate
If you regularly read newspapers in English, you can very well improve your level and expand your vocabulary. In addition, you will notice that constructing sentences in English will be much easier if you remember constructions and phrases from newspapers. Your speech will become closer to native speakers, and not broken Russian-English - as happens with those who try to translate from Russian into English without reading authentic articles, but only substituting the first words they come across from the dictionary.
And for those who are going to take the international English exam (IELTS / TOEFL / FCE / CAE), the examiners especially recommend regular reading of newspapers in English, since articles are found in the Reading and Writing sections (Cambridge exams imply not only understanding, but also the ability to write articles ). Especially for preparing for the Academic Module.
What kinds of newspapers are there in English?
Newspapers in English can be divided into those published in Russia and abroad. Foreign newspapers in English are divided into newspapers written for native speakers and for those learning English as a second language (ESL learners). In turn, newspapers for native English speakers are divided into serious publications and those for the general reader. 
Surprisingly, newspapers in English are also published in Russia, although they are few.
Foreign newspapers for native speakers. They are useful to read starting from the Upper-Intermediate level.
- - catalog of online newspapers sorted by country.
Other:
- - if you are interested in a specific state, then you can see the TOP 10 newspapers from that state.
- - the most popular news newspaper for children. Serious news is broken down in language that American children can understand. The articles are accompanied by exercises in .pdf format, often with pictures and maps, which will be of interest even to adults (learning English). The exercises are aimed at testing the acquired information.
Foreign newspapers for English learners.
First of all, those newspapers and websites that I would include in the “ gold list":
Now let's talk about other publications that are also worthy of attention:
- - a site about sensational news from Sean Banville with numerous, but not interactive, exercises. Pros: The author of the site is a native speaker of British English, a teacher of English for foreigners, so the exercises are well thought out methodically. Minus - all the news was announced only by Sean Benville. Some of my students just don't like his pronunciation.
- -news, especially for Upper-Intermediate and Advanced levels. The exercises are in the section to the right of the article (Resources - Student Worksheet). Typically these are just questions.
- - news from Voice of America for learning English. Pros: all articles are accompanied by audio recordings of different speakers of American English; the speakers include both men and women. Minus - the announcers speak too slowly and drawn out, absolutely unnaturally. Suitable for Beginner and Elementary levels.
- - very short articles for Beginner and Elementary levels. Cons: no exercises and voiced by only one speaker - Sam Margolis.
Previously, in universities they were forced to read and translate Moscow News. This was usually explained by the fact that you need to know and be able to discuss the news happening in our country. Unfortunately, I still don’t see the benefit of reading texts from Russian newspapers, because they were written by Russians, although they speak English well, but are not native speakers. 
Russian newspapers for English learners:
- - You can read examples of articles, after each there is a translation difficult words. It seemed to me that the articles were frivolous and “copied and pasted” from various sources.
- - This is a supplement to the newspaper “First of September”. It will be of interest only to secondary school teachers, since it contains articles by Russian teachers about open lessons, etc. Only some old articles are available online.
Conclusion: Read newspapers in English written by native speakers.
Students are often interested in how often they should read newspapers, how many articles per day or week. Today I decided to ask our teachers what they think about this.
Nadezhda: " The main thing is to have fun. There are people who love to read newspapers, and there are those for whom two texts a week is the limit of their patience. It seems to me that you can start at the Pre-Intermediate level" Nadezhda advises the site:
- - articles with consecutive translation into Russian and highlighted expressions.
Anna: " I think it depends on how interesting it is to the student. If you like it, then at least every day, if not, you don’t have to read it at all, or sometimes in order to familiarize yourself with newspaper vocabulary».
Aigul: " I think articles should be read depending on the purpose of language learning, starting, of course, from the appropriate level. For English language learners, it will be useful to regularly learn world news, news from show business, sports, and interesting discoveries of scientists from newspapers and magazines. And multilingual sites help us with this. For example, – there you can read the same articles in different languages».
I also communicated with our native teachers.
You can read the opinions of native English teachers by clicking on the following post:
Opinions from English speakers
The answer to that is dependent on their level. I have low-level students who find it too tremendously difficult so read only occasionally, and then I have high-level students who regularly turn to the NY Times for news. For a pre-int. student… maybe a short article every day or so (Michelle)
I would suggest each day if possible… and as many articles as they have time for starting from intermediate level. (Catherine)
There is no formula. I believe that the more a person reads, the better for him/her. It is important that a student does not read material that is either too easy or too difficult. Material that is too difficult may result in discouraging the student. material that is too easy will have little, if any, effect.
Motivation is also very important. Therefore, I always suggest that my students read about what interests them most. Advanced English learns should read longer articles and obviously ones that include more advanced vocabulary. Students should gradually increase “the bar”, that is go on to a slightly more difficult material once they realize that they have relatively few problems with the level they’re at. But - as I mentioned earlier - it really depends and there is no formula regarding how much is enough. The more the better. (Ewa)
I think that it depends on their level. For intermediate students an article can take a very long time, so they may only want to try one or two articles a week because it may take them the whole week to finish those. Avery advanced student may want to try to read the whole front page three or four times a week. (Erin)
I think they could start with short articles at intermediate level if their vocabulary is ok. I think they should read at least 3 a week. I think reading is very important for getting the feel of a language, as important as learning vocabulary. (Ann Mackay)
Well, I think they should read everyday. I don’t think there is a magic number of essays, but they should read a wide range of different articles from science to literature, etc. (Shelly)
No matter what the student’s level is, he/she should be able to find material appropriate to his/her level. Also, they should challenge themselves by reading something a little more difficult than their level but not so difficult that they’ll give up. (Shelly)
I would recommend daily for whatever level they are (Carmine)
I present to you a translation of their answers.
Michelle: " It all depends on the level. I have students who find it extremely difficult to read newspapers, so they do it occasionally. On the other hand, my high level students often read news from . As for Pre-intermediate students, 1 small article per day will probably be enough for them." Michelle also noted that the article should not contain more than 10 new words. If there are more, then you have taken an article that is too complex for you.
However, most of Michelle's students prefer watching news videos with English subtitles rather than reading them in newspapers. She provided a link to the site:
- - video in English with subtitles(you need to press “CC” which stands for closed-captioned) on a variety of topics.
Ewa: " There is no specific number of articles. I think the more a person reads, the better it is for him/her. It is important that the student does not read material that is too easy or too difficult. Motivation is also very important. Therefore, I always advise my students to read about what interests them. Advanced students should read longer articles with complex vocabulary. Students should gradually raise the bar by increasing the difficulty. But there is no specific figure for how much you need to read. More the better».
Erin: " I think it all depends on the level. For Intermediate level students, reading an article takes a lot of time, so one or two articles per week will be enough for them. Advanced students can read 4-5 newspaper pages».
Ann Mackay: " You can start with short articles at the Intermediate level if they have a rich vocabulary. You need to read at least 3 articles a week. I think reading is very important in order to learn to feel the language and learn new words».
Which English newspaper should I choose?
Read newspapers from the region that is of greatest interest to you. For example, if you are planning to immigrate to Australia, read Australian newspapers.
Read newspapers in the field that is related to your profession, hobby or interests.
Remember - the reading process should be enjoyable.
