Background Information
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Opposing Viewpoints in ContextOpposing Viewpoints covers a variety of current, controversial social issues. Students can browse from a list of topics and find a page with a collection of overview articles, as well as links for scholarly journal articles, news and magazine articles, audio and video clips, and more. You can also search by keyword to generate a list of articles.
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CQ ResearcherStudents can browse or search for reports related to current social issues. Each report includes a hyperlinked list of sources and a list of related articles.
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Credo ReferenceCredo is a collection of more than 800 general and subject-specific reference books that can be searched simultaneously. Students can find short overview articles about a topic.
Multidisciplinary Databases for Scholarly Journal Articles
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Academic OneFileAcademic OneFile includes scholarly journal articles, news articles, and magazine articles related to a wide range of subjects (news and magazine coverage is limited).
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Web of ScienceSearch for scholarly journal articles in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Includes links to a network of citations for each article.
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DELCAT DiscoveryDELCAT Discovery is the library catalog and it will usually give you book results in your initial search. Using the filter column on the left, you can select articles to generate a new list of results.
Databases for Newspaper Articles
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Global NewsstreamSearch for articles from local, national, and international newspapers. Includes New York Times and Washington Post.
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New York Times (NYTimes.com)Students, faculty, and staff can sign up for a free subscription to the New York Times.
Subject-Specific Databases
For research in a specific academic discipline, it can be helpful to search in a subject database.
Browse the research guides to find listings of databases related to disciplines, or contact a librarian for a suggestion.