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ENG 101 Information Literacy Prof. Hilton

General Library Databases

General library databases have information on almost any topic. 

They are good places to go when starting to conduct research. For example, Academic Search Complete is an easy to use database with full text magazine, journal, and newspaper articles as well as audio and video files on almost any topic.

Descriptions of two popular general databases are below. A list of all is available.

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

Why search here?
Contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues.

What is included?
Features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.