Good for: Controversial topics in social issues, environment, health, education, science, and technology.
Contains: Reports with information about all sides of an issue, including comments from experts in the field, charts and graphs, a pro-con feature, a chronology, a bibliography for additional research, and a list of advocacy organizations.
Dates covered: 1923-present.
Good for: Using encyclopedia entries and selected historical primary sources to learn about American history from the colonial era to the present.
Contains: Primary and secondary sources like government documents, court documents, photos, maps, audio, and video recordings.
Good for: Exploring U.S. history at an introductory level.
Contains: Primary documents, encyclopedia entries, and journal articles.
Dates covered: 1760-present.
If your searches retrieve too many articles, limit the dates being searched to the weeks following the event that interests you.
Search the Historical New York, Chicago and Los Angeles papers together by picking one, then using the Select multiple databases link to add the other two.
Good for: Finding newspaper articles about news and events in Chicago and the world.
Contains: Newspaper articles.
Dates covered: 1849-2015.
Good for: Finding newspaper articles about news and events in California, particularly the entertainment industry.
Contains: Newspaper articles.
Dates covered: 1881-2016.
Good for: Finding newspaper articles about national and international news and events.
Contains: Newspaper pages.
Dates covered: 1851-2021.
Good for: Researching legal topics.
Contains: Law journals and federal legal materials.
Good for: Researching U.S. legislative information.
Contains: Congressional publications, bills, laws, regulations, committee information, and more.
Dates covered: 1789-present.
Good for: Conducting academic research on all subjects.
Contains: Journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
Good for: Conducting academic research on all subjects.
Contains: Journal articles, streaming media, e-books and dissertations and theses.
Good for: Academic research in all subject areas
Contains: Scholarly journal articles, podcasts, and videos
ebook collections
Good for: Understanding difficult concepts and academic debates.
Contains: Short e-books.
Good for: Expert overviews of complex current issues.
Contains: ebooks
