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General Research Databases

These databases provide articles from every subject area.

MasterFILE Premier
MasterFILE Premier provides full-text for over 1,800 general interest, business, consumer health, general science, and multicultural periodicals. Also includes reference books, biographies, and images.
Research Library (ProQuest)
Articles from scholarly journals, magazines and reports covering every subject area.

These databases provide articles from a wide variety of national, regional, and local newspapers.

NewsBank America's Newspapers
Articles from Pennsylvania and national newspapers.

The Patriot News (1986- ), Lancaster Inelligencer Journal (1995- ), Lancaster New Era (1995- ), Lancaster Sunday News (1995- ), Lebanon Daily News (09/15.2001- ), York Daily Record & Sunday News (09/16/2001- ), and the York Dispatch (09/2001- ). Does not provide cover-to-cover text of the print editions.
Newspaper Source
Full-text coverage for more than 40 newspapers and select text for 389 regional US newspapers.
US Newsstream
Over 1,000 news sources including Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and LA Times.

These databases specialize in controversial (argumentative) topics:

Opposing Viewpoints
Topic overviews, contrasting viewpoints, articles, primary source documents, statistics, videos, and recommended websites covering specific issues.
CQ Researcher
Full-text periodicals on issues from 1923 through current. All articles include an introduction to the topic, a lengthy overview, background information, the current situation, the outlook, and a pro/con section.

How to cite these databases in MLA 8th Edition:

(links are to files in PDF format)