General Reference

Resources include encyclopedic content, e-books, multimedia, a vast collection of primary source documents, and a wealth of research tools that allow students ot customize and save their work.

Designed to meet the unique needs of its users, Explora supports both student research and classroom instruction with rich, reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.

Access concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects - from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, and Literary Theory to History.  Each volume provides balanced and complete discussions of the central issues in a given topic.

Teachers, librarians and student researchers can use this database to explore current events, social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics frequently discussed in the classroom.

This full-text database offers a trusted source of sociology literature, making in an essential tool for sociology and social work researchers, professionals and students.

Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, this database provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.

Articles from numerous academic encyclopedias of Social Work, the Oxford Classical Dictionary, American History, Climate Science, Communication, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Environmental Science, International Studies, Latin American History, Linguistics, Literature, Religion, Communication, and Politics.

Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S), international and regional newspapers.  It also offers television and radio transcripts from major networks.

Designed for middle school libraries, this full-text database provides popular magazines and reference books.  Covering subjects such as history, current events, science and sports, it also includes thousands of biographies, primary source documents, photos, maps and flags.

Designed specifically for public libraries, this database provides full-text magazines, reference books and primary source documents.  It also includes an extensive image collection containing photos, maps and flags.