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PERIODICALS DATABASES

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

LA Times - Proquest

EBSCO Host
Links to Professional Development Collection and ERIC databases.

SUBJECT DATABASES

Country Watch
Country-specific geo-political information on each of the 191 countries of the world.

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

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.

ABC-CLIO: Issues
60-Day Trial subscription to ABC-CLIO: Issues database. Explore stories behind the issue. Issues include, but are not limited to, abortion, marine pollution, racial and ethnic diversity and world poverty.

NoveList
Fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Annotated Book Lists.

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

Pro & Con
Articles on current social and legal issues from the Supreme Court Debates and Congressional Digest Magazines.

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

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.

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 - Modern
60-day trial subscription. Explore different eras using overviews, visual resources, primary source documents, study tools and more.

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