When searching in library databases, keep in mind that it works differently than Google. With Google, you can type a question the way you might ask a person. In databases, you need to build a search strategy. This means:
Identifying the main concepts of your topic
Using Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT)
Using phrase searching (putting quotes around words you want kept together)
These techniques help you clearly tell the database what you're looking for and improve your search results.
For example, if you were searching literature on the political influences of the World Health Organization, you might start to build a search strategy like:
"world health organization"
AND
politics OR political
AND
impact OR influence OR "decision making"
Searching political science article databases through the University Libraries is a great place to find scholarly articles about the political impact and influence that your chosen international organization has. Political Science Complete and International Political Science Abstracts are excellent subject databases containing scholarly articles written by political scientists from around the world.
You might start by searching for your IO name and see what you get. Then you should build your search strategy by adding other words or concepts to narrow down your results.
Searching for news articles will provide you with much more current information about what is going on regarding the political influence that your chosen international organization has. News articles provide much more up-to-date reporting instead of deep analysis.