General Area Subject Guide
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General Subject Article Databases
Complete from Astronomy to Zoology.
These databases have a broad collection of magazines and scholarly journals in all subject areas, from Astronomy to Zoology. They are a excellent place to start research, especially if you are not extremely familiar with the subject area you are researching.
- Gale
- Broad collection provides newspapers, magazines, academic journals, and trade publications from 1980 to present. Also includes entries from encyclopedias, specialized reference sources, and radio and televison transcripts
- WilsonSelectPlus (First Search)
- Wide collection of professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines from 1994 to present, with all articles available electronically.
Pro/Con Databases
These databases provide articles, reports, and statistics on controversial issues.
- CQ Researcher
- CQ Researcher offers in-depth, non-biased coverage of today's most important issues. Each report is on a single topic—more than 12,000 words of text and extensive bibliographies.
- Opposing Viewpoints
- Overviews, full-text articles, statistics, and resources on social issues. Includes reference works and radio and televison transcripts.
- Facts on File Issues and Controversies
- Explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.
- Discovery Guides
- Select the Discovery Guides tab. Provides overviews of a variety of current topics, including key articles, websites, and scholars within the debate.
Newspapers and Newsmagazines
These databases are updated daily, and provide full text access to local, national, and international news sources.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic
- All full-text database which provides a wide selection of news resources: regional, national, and international newspapers (including the local Grand Rapids Press); selected web publications; news wire sources; and TV and radio broadcast transcripts. Also includes a wealth of legal and company information.
- InfoTrac Custom 150 Full Text Newspapers (Gale)
- A collection of local and regional newspapers from across the United States.
- Newsbank
- Collection on Michigan Newspapers
- Wall Street Journal (in ABI-Inform)
- ABI-Inform is the only online resource to include Wall Street Journal, dating from 1984 to present
