Databases & Web Resources

Websites

Explore potential topics for your project.

A great place to start exploring potential topics! Procon.org provides arguments for and against a variety of controversial issues.

AllSides exposes bias and provides multiple angles on the same story so you can quickly get the full picture, not just one slant.

On the Issue's page of Whitehouse.gov, you can explore important national topics through the lens of our Whitehouse administration.

Find an index of topics and subjects that have made national headlines on U.S. News and World Report.

Explore policy issues on the U.S. Department of State's website.

Databases and e-Reference Books at La Colina

Use our school databases and reference library to research more about your topic.

SIRS Issues Researcher provides background and current analysis for over 370 leading issues. Analysis and opinions cover the pros, cons, and everything in between on the most researched and debated social issues. *This database is only available on campus.

Use the Issues database hosted by ABC-CLIO to research multiple perspectives on controversial issues.

Username: lacolina Password: lions

This database, available through San Marcos High School, covers multiple sides to controversial issues.

Password: royals

Student Resources in Context provides information and resources for all subject areas.

Password: lacolina

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) houses all our digital reference books.

Password: lacolina

Understanding Databases

  • Online subscription databases are digitized collections of data (information) that consist of published newspapers, magazines, journals, reference material, statistics, primary sources, images, video & audio clips, and more.
  • Subscription databases are NOT freely available to the public on the Internet. Libraries subscribe and provide access to these resources.
  • When you search a database, you are NOT searching the Internet; instead, you are searching preselected material that is the equivalent of what you might find on a library shelf in print format.