News & Current Events Databases
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Academic Search Premier (AVL)
4,700+ full text scholarly journals covering a wide range of topics.
Full-text documents from over 5,600 news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
Newspaper Source (AVL)
Full text for 139 regional U.S. newspapers, eighteen international newspapers, six newswires, nine newspaper columns, and citations for four national newspapers.
Original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on political and social issues, with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy.
Ethnic NewsWatch (AVL)
Full text of articles, editorials and reviews from newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
Abstracts and indexing for New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (AVL)
Information on social issues, including articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary sources, and websites.
A collection of full text newspapers containing the Atlanta Journal & Constitution; the New York Times; the Wall Street Journal; the Washington Post; and the Christian Science Monitor.
Regional Business News (AVL)
Comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications incorporating coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from the United States.
Periodicals in a broad range of general reference subjects including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and the sciences.
An online legal research service, providing fast and easy access to an extensive collection of legal resources, news, business, and public records information.
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