CQ Global Researcher - In-depth reports on current world issues, with background, viewpoints, chronologies, maps, and international perspectives.

CQ Researcher - In-depth reports on current U.S. policy and social issues, with background, viewpoints, chronologies, and charts. 1991 to the present.

Discovering Collection - Easy-to-use coverage of history, literature, science, social studies, with content almost entirely from reputable reference books, plus video, audio, and primary sources. Great for students in high school and middle school.

Facts.com World News Digest - Brief news articles from 1940 through today, plus longer overviews of key issues, events, and newsmakers.

Financial Crisis guide - MCPL's guide to information about the current recession.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Over 25 full-text reference books on topics on U.S. and world history topics, including American Decades. Fully searchable and browsable.

General OneFile - Our largest periodical database. Articles from 11,000 periodicals and newspapers. Indexing starts in 1980; later years have majority in full-text. National Public Radio transcripts and audio. Machine translation into 8 languages. Save your searches and post RSS feeds.

Historical Newspapers Extra Edition - Search the Historical New York Times (1851-2005) and Washington Post (1877-1992) both at once in a student-friendly interface. If you prefer, these can still be searched separately: New York Times Historical and Washington Post Historical. See National Newspapers for current content from the Times and the Post.

History Resource Center U.S. - Reference articles, journal articles, primary sources, maps, and charts.

History Resource Center World - Reference articles, journal articles, primary sources, maps, and charts.

Issues and Controversies - Articles about controversial issues facing today’s society.

MasterFILE Premier - No longer available. Use General OneFile.

National Newspapers from ProQuest - Articles from The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Sun from Baltimore, USA Today, and newspapers from 17 other cities.

New York Times - 1980 to the present in full-text. Full-text coverage of the NYT Book Review and Sunday Magazine sections begins in 1997. Part of National Newspapers from ProQuest.

New York Times Historical - 1851-2006. Completely searchable images of every page.

Opposing Viewpoints - Articles, overviews, editorials, statistics, and primary sources on controversial social issues.

Oxford African American Studies Center - Covers African American history, including primary sources and biographies. Features the African American National Biography, Africana, and the Encyclopedia of African American History.

Washington Post - 1987 to the present in full-text. Part of National Newspapers from ProQuest.

Washington Post Historical - 1887-1993. Completely searchable images of every page.

World Book Online - Encyclopedia for students and adults, with multimedia content.

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