National Newspapers This is a collection of full-text newspapers including:

The Christian Science Monitor 1988 - CURRENT
The Los Angeles Times 1985 - CURRENT
The New York Times 1995 - CURRENT
The New York Times Book Review 1997 - CURRENT
The New York Times Magazine 1997 - CURRENT
The Wall Street Journal 1984 - CURRENT
The Washington Post 1987 - CURRENT

Los Angeles Times Historical

Search the full-text of the Los Angeles Times from 1881-1985.

New York Times Historical

 

Search the full-text of the New York Times from 1851-2002.

Literature Databases

Literature Resource Center

This database provides access to literary journals, critical essays, biographies as well as links to related web sites. It also features an Encyclopedia of Literature and excerpts from many standard reference books such as Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Scriber Writers Series and Twayne’s Author Series.

MagillOnLiterature Plus

 

MagillOnLiterature Plus contains editorially reviewed critical essays (taken from standard reference books), brief plot summaries, extended character profiles, and detailed setting discussions covering works by long and short fiction writers, poets, dramatists, essayists, and philosophers.

Social Science Databases

CQ Researcher

The CQ Researcher features comprehensive reporting and analysis of issues in the news. Published 44 times a year, the single-themed reports offer in-depth coverage of political and social issues with regular reports on topics in health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Reports date back to 1991.

CQ Weekly

CQ Weekly provides complete coverage of the U. S. Congress including the status of bills, votes and amendments, and floor and committee activity.

CQ Encyclopedia of American Government

This reference resource provides answers to the full range of questions about the institutions of U.S. government. Organized around the three branches of the federal government as well as U.S. elections, you will find information about the institutions of government, the theories that underpin them, and the personalities that animate them.

CountryWatch

Providing comprehensive and regularly updated reports on every country in the world, CountryWatch also contains daily news coverage for 192 countries and features up-to-date articles from regional news wire services across the globe.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center PowerSearch (Expanded Academic ASAP, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, and Gale Virtual Reference Library)

 

This database contains a library of current event topics and includes facts, statistics and 'pro' and 'con' arguments. It contains books in the "At Issue", "Contemporary Issues", "Current Controversies" and "Opposing Viewpoints" series as well as government statistics and periodical articles.

Science Databases

Ebsco Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

The Ebsco Health Databases include scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. They also contain consumer health information in the form of full text titles.

Access Science

Based on the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Access Science features information about new trends and developments in science and technology, and access to related definitions, illustrations, headlines and biographies.