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Diversity Studies Collection

The Diversity Studies Collection includes articles from 1980 to the present. Although the content in this database is also available through the Academic OneFile and/or General OneFile databases, this collection limits your search to publications specific to this topic.

eLibrary

Students, teachers, and other researchers can search for articles, pictures, maps, TV and radio program transcripts, streaming audio and video clips, and links to carefully selected websites to learn about a variety of topics of interest.

Environmental Studies and Policy Collection

The Environmental Studies and Policy Collection includes articles from 1980 to the present. Although the content in this database is also available through the Academic OneFile and/or General OneFile databases, this collection limits your search to publications specific to this topic.

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Collection

The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Collection includes articles from 1980 to the present. Although the content in this database is also available through the Academic OneFile and/or General OneFile databases, this collection limits your search to publications specific to this topic.

GreenFILE

GreenFILE is a research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond.

Issues & Controversies

Issues & Controversies helps researchers understand the crucial issues we face today, exploring more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year back-file, Issues & Controversies offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. This database is great for research papers and debate prep.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Opposing Viewpoints in Context is a resource for information on today's controversial social issues. It provides access to viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full text magazine and newspaper articles on provocative and newsworthy topics.

Pop Culture Collection

The Pop Culture Collection includes articles from 1980 to the present. Although the content in this database is also available through the Academic OneFile and/or General OneFile databases, this collection limits your search to publications specific to this topic.

SIRS Issues Researcher

Use SIRS Issues Researcher to locate articles about controversial issues selected from newspapers, magazines, journals, and government publications. It features information about a variety of social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political, and global issues from around the world.

World News Digest

World News Digest brings together and enhances nearly seven decades of news from Facts On File World News Digest in print. This archival record of domestic and international news is updated weekly and contains more than 1 million internal hyperlinks. It covers all major political, social, and economic events since November 1940.

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