LibGuides: English (ENGL) 074/150/250 and READ Courses Guide: Databases for Research

General Databases

Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Viewpoints from all perspectives on the most controversial issues using a variety of sources including journals, primary sources, reference sources, biographies, images, videos, audio recordings, news, magazines, statistics, and websites. Browseable by topic in categories such as business and economics, energy and environmentalism, health and medicine, law and politics, society and culture, science, technology, and ethics, and war and diplomacy.

Access World News This link opens in a new window
News coverage at the local, state, regional, national, and international level from over 12,400 print and online newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts, and videos.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Searches six historical newspapers including the Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.

Biography In Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Full text biographical entries on over 640,000 people from all time periods and areas of study including videos, audio selections, images, primary sources, and magazine and journal articles from hundreds of major periodicals and newspapers. Search by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender.