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Current Events
Access World News
Electronic editions for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources--all in one easy-to-search database with a world map. Each new source provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, and cultural activities as well as a variety of viewpoints on local, national, and world issues. Paid ads are excluded.
America's Newspapers
Electronic editions for over 2877 local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers--all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are excluded.
CQ Researcher Plus Archive, 1923 - present
Over 3,600 in-depth, themed reports that analyze issues that have shaped the modern world, including reportage of current events placed within historical context. Search full-text of the reports, limit searches by date and topic, and use Issue Tracker to trace important changes in issues over time
Custom Newspapers
Full-text articles from hundreds of newspapers both domestic and foreign, including The New York Times (1994 – present), The Times (London, 1985 – present) and more.
Documents in the News
Full-text government documents pertaining to current events topics from official sources. Search by keyword or browse a cumulative alphabetical index or a topically-arranged yearly archive. Includes archived documents back to 1995.
Facts On File World News Digest
A weekly-updated database with full-content of top news stories from 1940 to the present that provides information about important events, people, issues, facts, and figures. For even more current data, World News Digest includes an hourly-updated, live newsfeed from Reuters® with a two-week archive. Additional features include maps, photographs, historic documents, editorial cartoons, and special overviews and timelines of key issues, newsmakers, and events since 1940.
Front Pages
Website provides daily access to the front pages of over 450 newspapers from around the world.
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America 2nd ed., 3v,...
8,000 to 12,000 word essays on specific culture groups in the United States, emphasizing religions, holidays, customs, and languages in addition to providing information on historical background and settlement patterns. Also covers ethno-religious groups such as Jews, Chaldeans, and Amish. Each essay lists organizations and research centers; name, address, and contact information for periodicals, radio, and television stations; and a further readings section.
General OneFile (1980 to current)
Source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. More than 25 million full-text articles many with images. Updated daily.
Greenville News, The - 1999-Current
Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.
InfoTrac Junior Edition
For middle school students. Full-text articles from 130+ magazines. Access to a variety of indexed and full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
InfoTrac Kids Infobits
For K-5 students and their teachers/parents. This database covers geography, current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.
Newspapers (USA and Worldwide)
Comprehensive website provides links to newspapers by city, state and country.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Opposing Viewpoints in Context draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference 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.
Places in the News
The Library of Congress’ Geography and Map Division presents up-to-date maps that locate areas relating to situations covered by news organizations with links to additional information. Featured places change with changes in current events news coverage.
PowerSearch Featured
The Gale PowerSearch platform offers comprehensive access to authoritative reference, periodical and primary source information. Select from a list of Gale databases. Search multiple databases simultaneously with a single query. PowerSearch features include: advanced searching, bookmarks, search results, quick search and document delivery in email, print and download formats.
SIRS KnowledgeSource
A combination of databases providing full-text articles from a wide variety of sources for a diverse age range of users. Subject areas include the social sciences, government, sciences, the arts, and others.
State, The - December 1987 - present
Full-text articles archive from The State (Columbia, SC) newspaper including locally written articles, letters to the editor and major newswire articles, obituaries (death notice coverage begins March 1994).