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Academic Search Premier - Use Academic Search Premier for in-depth research projects and search over 8,200 academic and scholarly journals.

Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia - The online F&W Encyclopedia provides over 25,000 entries, covering a variety of subject areas.

Learning Express Library - Learning Express Library is your online source for test preparation. Improve your scores on the GED, ACT, GED, GMAT, SAT, ASVAB, lots of professional examinations, and lots more!

MasterFile Premier -Master File Premier should be used for most general topics and school assignments. Search over 1,950 popular magazines and journals. This resource also contains biographies, primary sources and an image collection.

Newspaper Source - Newspaper Source offers full text articles from 20 national and 230 regional newspapers, as well as full-text transcripts from CBS, Fox and NPR News.

Student Research Center- Student Research Center is designed especially for kids in grades 6-12 and allows them to choose to research in magazines and newspapers, reference works, biographies, radio and tv news, country, state or province reports, primary sources and photos, maps and flags.

Topic Search - Topic Search is a current events database that allows you to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries, and other popular topics from today's classrooms.

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CollegeSource Catalogs - Links to college and university websites across the country, with full-text access to their catalogs

Encyclopedia Britannica - An expanded version of their website offering the COMPLETE CONTENT of this classic encyclopedia.

New York Times and New York Times Historical - To get to the above newspapers: 1) CLICK on a newspaper title, 2) CLICK on "Select Multiple Databases." To search current issues of the New York Times only, UNCLICK (remove the check mark from) the Providence Journal. To search current issues of the Providence Journal, UNCLICK (remove the check mark from) the New York Times. To search historical issues of the New York Times (from 1851), UNCLICK (remove both check marks from) the New York Times and Providence Journal, CLICK and enter a check mark beside Proquest Historical Newspapers, and then CLICK on ProQuest Historical Newspapers.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Providence Journal - Find feature articles, book reviews, obituaries, wedding and birth announcements from 1984 to the present.