CountryWatch: (full-text): Provides information on each of the 192 recognized countries of the world including:
- CountryReviews--demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environental information;
- CountryWire--daily news coverage and a news archive;
- CountryWatch Forecast--a five-year macroeconomic forecast;
- CountryWatch Energy Forecast--a 20-year forecast of energy demand, supply, and pricing;
- Also features CountryWatch Data (statistics), the CountryWatch Map Gallery, CountryWatch@School (curriculum based resources), and the weekly Global News Update.
CQ Researcher: In-depth reports related to health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy dating from 1923 to present. View tutorial.
NewsBank: (full-text) Local, Regional, National and International newspapers. Allows for first-hand accounts as well as multiple perspectives from around the world on all current events. Includes 1280 international and 980 national papers, including 76 Pennsylvania newspapers. View tutorial.
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. Topics covered include: affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, Israel and Palestine, Katrina and FEMA response, nuclear proliferation, separation of church and state, standardized testing, stem cell research, tax cuts, voting machines, and many more. Points of View Reference Center contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including 1,143 main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books. This database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers. View tutorial.
SIRS Research (Social Issues Resources Series): SIRS Researcher helps students make sense of the world by offering relevant, credible resources aligned to standards that tell the whole story on the major issues of the day. Thousands of highly targeted documents, primary source documents, websites, and multimedia (including 13,000+ research-quality images) represent viewpoints from the pros and cons, to everything in-between. View tutorial.
World Conflicts Today: (full-text) Explores unresolved world conflicts, occurring in: Afghanistan, Basque country (Spain and France), Chechnya, Colombia, Darfur (Sudan), Iraq, Jammu and Kashmir, Korean Peninsula, Northern Ireland, and Palestinian Territories. This database synthesizes information found in news articles, primary sources, books, and opinion pieces clearly and concisely. View tutorial.