U.S. History: Merritt: Databases

Reference articles from one of the oldest and most trusted reference sources in the world.

Broad-based general reference materials billed as the resource for "Background Information to Start Your Research".

This source features thousands of reference articles on American political, military, social, and cultural history over the past 500 years. Some primary sources may also be found here.

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Academic OneFile, provides millions of articles from over 9,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.

A comprehensive collection of periodicals and reference content supporting environmental studies.

Comprehensive periodical collection supporting criminal justice.

An essential set of scholarly journals and cultural interest titles exploring culture and cultural diversity.

A comprehensive collection of periodicals addressing topics related to war and terrorism.

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints is the premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions.

A comprehensive collection of periodicals supporting pop culture.

Access World News provides a collection of reliable news sources from around the world, covering a wide array of topics and issues.
You can search by headline, first paragraph, date, and a number of other ways. Lots of filters, including continent and country.

Looking for primary source news throughout American history? Historical Newspapers can be searched by topic, date, presidential era, in addition to many other ways. With this great database you can find a collection of articles gathered just for your topic!

Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.