General Databases

 General Subscription Databases
Opposing Views photo Opposing Viewpoints has over 9,000 pro/con viewpoint articles, 1000s of periodicals, primary sources, and up-to-date legal and biographical information. This is a great place to start your research.
 
History Study Center Image History Study Center is an online resource providing a vast collection of digitized primary and secondary sources for the study of history. It is suitable for a wide range of users, from high school students looking for quick and reliable facts on a historical topic, to researchers examining hard-to-find primary source texts.
 
 Michigan e-Library Link                            MeL eResources - Search MEL databases for eResource by Subject, Audience, or Vendor
 
Link to Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Virtual Reference Library - Reference books covering the following topics: education, environment, general reference (including employment, health and wellness, personal finance, and social skills), history, law, nation and world, religion, and science.
 
 MEL Academic Search Complete logo Designed for academic institutions. Comprehensive, multi-disciplinary resource of scholarly research. Coverage on a wide range of topics. Includes peer-reviewed full text resources for STEM research. Social sciences and the humanities also covered.
 
SIRS Issues Researcher Image SIRS Issues Researcher
 
Pro Quest Literature Image Proquest Learning Where students come for the latest word on the authors they study in class and read at home!
 
 Pro Quest Image   Homework Central ® | Providing authoritative information on a variety of topics to assist student research
 
BASE Image The Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) is another Open Archive Initiative search engine that can gain you access to academic materials you might not find on the open web.
 
Britannice Icon Britannica is a great online encyclopedia and database of images, video, and news.
 
Gale Power Search Image Search thousands of books and periodicals in addition to our other Gale products. Search many collections at once or select a specific collection of documents. To find and search within a specific periodical, start by following this link to the Gale search databse.