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CQ Researcher
Subject: All Subject Areas
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Description: Detailed reports with background information and statistics on current issues.

Opposing Viewpoints (InfoTrac)
Subject: All Subject Areas
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Description: Library of current event topics--the facts, as well as the arguments, of each topic's proponents and detractors.

Points of View Reference Center
Subject: All Subject Areas
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Description: A full text database designed to provide students and schools with a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Essays provide questions and materials for further thought and study and are accompanied by thousands of supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications.

Current Events

Custom Newspapers (InfoTrac)
Subject: Newspapers
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Description: More than 100 newspapers from around the world.

Lexis Nexis Academic
Subject: News, Business, Law, Medicine, & Reference
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Description: Over 5,600 publications including major newspapers.

New York State Newspapers (InfoTrac)
Subject: News
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Description: Major newspapers published in the state of New York, including the New York Times and the New York Post.

TOPICsearch (EBSCOhost)
Subject: All Subject Areas, Education, & Popular Culture
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Description: This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms.

Countries and Cultures

Daily Life Online (Greenwood)
Subject: History, Social Sciences, Anthropology, Ethnic Studies, Women's and Gender Studies
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Description: Explores the daily life and customs of peoples throughout history and modern times with articles, images, maps and primary documents.

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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Subject: Encyclopedia
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Description: Digital version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (InfoTrac)
Subject: Reference
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Description: Contains the full text of social science encyclopedias and reference tools such as the Encyclopedia of Aging, Encyclopedia of Small Business, and the Vietnam War Reference Library.

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCOhost)
Subject: Social Sciences & Reference
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Description: Full text journals, magazines, and pamphlets; biographies; charts, tables, and graphs; essential documents in American history; and reference books.