Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
In depth coverage on a wide range of social issues.

CQ Researcher
Search for current, controversial topics of national and international interest is areas such as health, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the U.S. economy. Find full-text issues (each issue approximately 24 printed pages) written in layman's language, that includes pros/cons, background info, the current situation, and references to other information sources.

Points of View Reference Center
Points of View Reference Center™ is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. The database provides 250 topics, each with an overview (objective background / description), point (argument),counterpoint (opposing argument), and Critical Thinking Guide. Contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including over 1,000 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books.

Encyclopædia Britannica Online - Academic Edition
The standard general encyclopedia. A good place to get an overview of your topic and begin your bibliography.

Oxford Reference Online – Premium
Search over 100 reference titles from Oxford University Press.

Salem History
Online database that accompanies printed version of The Decades, Great Events from History, Milestone Documents series, and Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century. The Decades series include the complete contents of the printed versions of The Fifties in America, The Sixties in America, The Seventies in America, The Eighties, and Nineties in America. In Great Events from History you can access the Great Events from History: The 20th Century, 1941-1970 and 1970-2000.

General Reference Center Gold
Covers general interest, popular culture and current events, business and industry.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Gale Virtual Reference Library includes the online Meriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and the complete collection of the online versions of Novels for Students and Poetry for Students.

Gallup Brain
Public opinion polls from Gallup Report.

Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus
Contains 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format.

Merck Index Online
Full text encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biological substances. 14th ed.

MedlinePlus
A large, encyclopedia-like database with excellent patient information on diseases, conditions, clinical trials, hospitals, and other areas of medicine and dentistry.

Books in Print
Complete bibliographic, book ordering and subject classification information for over 3.4 million books, along some full text reviews of many of these books. Includes scholarly, popular, adult, juvenile, reprint and all other types of books published or distributed in the U.S.

Booklist Online
Over 8,000 reviews of books, audiobooks, reference sources, video, and DVD titles annually.

Choice Reviews Online 
Provides access to all the Choice book reviews published since September 1988. The database is updated monthly, generally at mid-month.

WorldCat
Search a database of almost 1 billion books and other materials physically held in libraries worldwide.

NetLibrary
A collection of full text e-books covering a variety of topics. The collection is available 24/7, allowing access to the online version of many popular books.

Student Resource Center - Gold
Covering history, literature, science, social studies, this database provides reference material, full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts.

CultureGrams
Cultural reference for 190 countries, U.S. states, and Canadian provinces.

Daily Life Online
Full text articles and books, primary documents, maps, images, folk and fairy tales.

CountryWatch
Includes Country Reviews for each of 192 countries comprise a 50-100 page report covering the demographic, historical, political, economic, business and environmental background and contemporary issues facing each country.

Background Notes
U.S. Dept. of State prepared background on countries of the world. Including, people, history, economy, flags, maps, government, etc. Archived older editions. Indexes articles in biology, natural resources, and agricultural sciences.

FedStats
Official statistical information from the federal government, including economic and population trends, foreign trade, energy use, and farm production.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistical tables on U.S. population, economics, vital statistics, education, energy, criminal justice, etc.

Minnesota Datanet
Minnesota Planning department provides access to statistics about social, economic and demographic conditions in Minnesota.

Minnesota Place Names
Online encyclopedia of place-name information on Minnesota cities, towns, townships, counties, lakes, and streams.