LibGuides v.2: Faculty Support LibGuide: Resources for the General Education Department

General Interest Databases

Below is a selected list of databases for general interest research:

American History This link opens in a new window
Over 500 years of American political, social, cultural, and military history. Includes videos, images, timelines, and primary sources.
Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
Online encyclopedia of general knowledge. Background info, history, and definitions in all subject areas.
Popular topics: death penalty, abortion, social media, police brutality, medical marijuana, climate change, gun control, bullying, racism, capital punishment, sexual harassment.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive reports on popular and controversial issues, including overviews, background, timelines, pros and cons, and future outlook.
Popular topics: abortion, climate change, death penalty, gun control, marijuana, immigration policy
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Different perspectives on hundreds of popular and controversial current issues.
Includes Pro and Con Viewpoints, multiple types of articles, media, and relevant organizational websites.
Popular topics: death penalty, abortion, social media, police brutality, medical marijuana, climate change, gun control, bullying, racism, capital punishment, sexual harassment.
Science Database This link opens in a new window
ProQuest’s Science Collection.
Article topics include biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, life sciences, earth sciences, environmental science, applied sciences, and more.
U.S. Newstream This link opens in a new window
Current and archived full-text U.S. news content, from 1980s to present.

Literature Databases

The library provides access to two major databases for literature and literary criticism as well as two databases to look for biographical information about authors:

Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Biographies, journal articles, news, video, and images for thousands of famous people, both current and historical, compiled together in one place.
Bloom's Literature This link opens in a new window
Facts on File literature collection. Essays and literary criticism from noted scholars. Topical articles on themes, genres, authors, and key works.
Contemporary Authors Online This link opens in a new window
Biographies and articles on modern writers, poets, playwrights, novelists, journalists, and more.
ProQuest One Literature This link opens in a new window
A set of scholarly resources around a given literary topic. It contains 5 million literature citations from thousands of journals, monographs, dissertations, and more than 500,000 primary works.

Social Science Databases

Please check the selected list of databases for social sciences:

CountryWatch This link opens in a new window
Detailed country profiles with economic, political, and social information for 191 countries.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive reports on popular and controversial issues, including overviews, background, timelines, pros and cons, and future outlook.
Popular topics: abortion, climate change, death penalty, gun control, marijuana, immigration policy
Psychology Database This link opens in a new window
ProQuest’s Psychology Collection.
Article topics include clinical, cognitive, developmental, experimental, social and behavioral psychology.
Religion Database This link opens in a new window
ProQuest’s Religion and Theology Collection.
Social Science Database This link opens in a new window
ProQuest’s Social Science Collection.
Article topics include anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.

Ebook Collections

EBook Central This link opens in a new window
Our Main Ebook Collection, with more than 230,000 titles covering college topics that are available immediately. An additional 132,000 titles may be available by request for course use. Read online or download to multiple devices; save, email, cite.
eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
4000+ ebooks available through EBSCO. Read online, download, email, and cite.