Databases

Gale In Context: Opposing ViewpointsThis resource covers current social issues and controversial topics, in science, social studies, current events, and language arts. Getting information from diverse perspectives on a variety of topics, lets you see issues from different angles and allows you to develop your own viewpoint and arrive at an informed conclusion.  Over 19,000 reference articles are included, making it a rich online resource for writing argumentative and informative essays.  Opposing Viewpoints 

Gale In Context: Global IssuesHere you can find up-to-date information about critical and current issues with worldwide impact.  Content is updated daily through more than 550 geographically diverse, full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals for a truly global view.  Special features include an interactive map to explore over 660 portal pages, providing insight into topics, issues, and countries across the globe.  Global Issues 

Gale Academic OneFileThis resource contains millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.  Academic OneFile 

Gale In Context: ScienceAn engaging digital resource that provides contextual information on hundreds of today’s most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative reference content with headlines and videos, students see how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity. Whether in the classroom, at home, or anywhere they have internet access, students can explore millions of full-text articles from national and global publications; more than 200 experiments and projects; more than 330 interactive, simulated experiments; and top reference content, all supporting Next Generation Science Standards and state science standards. Science 

Gale In Context: U.S. HistoryOffering an overview of our nation’s past, covers the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history. This comprehensive, contextual, media-rich online database supports the development of critical thinking and information literacy skills. Content includes major reference works, millions of news and periodical articles, and most significantly, more than 5,000 rare and vital primary source documents (from journals of enslaved people to presidential papers). U.S. History supports state and national curriculum standards, and interlinks with Smithsonian Primary Sources in U.S. History

Gale In Context: World HistoryReaches back to the ancient world and forward to today’s headlines to provide a chronicle of the great cultures and societies that have shaped history. Rare primary sources, reliable reference articles, and multimedia content help students gain context on a wide range of topics within this vast subject. World History supports state and national curriculum standards. World History 

Gale In Context: BiographyOffers an engaging digital experience for those seeking context on the world’s most influential people. Students can explore more than 650,000 biographical entries of international figures from every time period and area of study. With nearly 5,000 portal pages on contemporary and historical figures, Biography merges Gale’s authoritative reference content with periodicals and multimedia. Students and teachers can find content across articles from more than 170 reference volumes, as well as videos, audio selections, images, periodicals, and more. Biography 

Gale Literature Resource Center: Provides researchers with a wide range of literary resources to support their literary responses, literary analysis, and thesis statements through a diversity of scholars and critics that ensure all views and interpretations are represented.  Researchers can find up-to-date analysis, biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods, and from around the world. Gale Literature Resource Center brings together materials that support interdisciplinary approaches, information literacy, and the development of critical thinking skills. Researchers with a literature, history, arts, gender studies, or cultural studies focus can use this resource to analyze authors and works throughout time. Literature 

Gale OneFile: Vocations and Careers: Provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career. The database offers hundreds of current and applicable periodicals, from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals. Vocations & Careers