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News & Periodicals   |   History   |   Geography & Global Issues   |   Current Issues & Topics   |   Science   |   Arts & Athletics   |   Image Database

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NEWS & Periodicals

ProQuest Direct 🔑
Magazine and newspaper index, including the N.Y. Times, offering citations and full text articles.

World News Digest 🔑
Covers U.S. and world news from 1940 to the present. It is updated weekly. It collects Western and international news sites that you can search by topic as well as by country.

History

American History & Government

American Government 🔑
Contains articles and links related to topics like the Constitution, foreign policy, and more.

American History 🔑
A survey of American history from 1350 to the present, organized chronologically and thematically, linking reference, curriculum, and analysis of current events.

Daily Life through History 🔑
Discover details of everyday life of different eras that make historical accounts relevant and meaningful.

U.S. History in Context 🔑
Contains articles and information on a range of topics, like the arrival of the Vikings to the War on Terror.

Smithsonian Primary Sources in U.S. History 🔑
Includes unique and pivotal primary sources, including documents, maps, historical objects, and other materials from the Smithsonian and from Gale’s leading digital collections.

World History

World History - Ancient and Medieval 🔑
Primary source documents; articles profiling city-states, countries, and regions of the ancient world; study tools and more.

World History - The Modern Era 🔑
Covers history from the Renaissance to today. Contains primary source documents, study tools and more.

Daily Life through History 🔑
Discover details of everyday life of different eras that make historical accounts relevant and meaningful.

World at War 🔑
Presents comprehensive information and unique insights into military conflicts that have defined the world, from 2000 BCE to today. Includes more than 8,000 primary sources and complete overviews of 27 wars.

GEOGRAPHY & GLOBAL ISSUES

CultureGrams Online 🔑
Concise, reliable and up-to-date reports on more than 200 countries, each U.S. state, and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories.

World Geography 🔑
Cultural and physical information organized by country and topic. World Geography includes a statistical tool for quick data analysis, multimedia maps, documents, flags, biographies, and links to top news stories from around the world.

Global Issues in Context 🔑
Provides global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues.

World News Digest 🔑
Covers U.S. and world news from 1940 to the present. It is updated weekly. It collects Western and international news sites that you can search by topic as well as by country.

CURRENT ISSUES & TOPICS

CQ Researcher 🔑
In-depth analysis of current and controversial issues — includes background information, opposing viewpoints, statistics, and more.

Global Issues in Context 🔑
Provides global perspectives on issues of international importance and current world events and topics in the news related to these issues.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center 🔑
Pro and con essays, select newspaper and magazine articles, research guides, and statistics on numerous current and controversial issues.

SIRS – Social Issues Resource Series 🔑
Full-text articles selected from domestic and international publications covering social issues and controversial topics.

SCIENCE

Science in Context 🔑
Reference content on hundreds of today's most significant science topics, integrated with headlines and videos to show how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues. Includes content from Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine and Gale Encyclopedia of Science.

ARTS & ATHLETICS

Digital Theatre+ 🔑 (use the username and password from this document)
View full-length theatrical productions, watch interviews with industry professionals, and find study guides, workshops, lectures, essays, and more.

SPORTDiscus 🔑
By EBSCOHost. Contains full-text articles from sports and sports medicine journals. 1985-current

Image Database

Britannica ImageQuest 🔑
Access thousands of copyright-friendly images from over 40 different companies.