American History & Policy Studies Databases with Journal, Magazine & Newspaper Articles

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ASAP - Expanded Academic ASAP InfoTrac

Includes more than 3,500 indexed and full-text titles - of which 2,100 are peer-reviewed - in all disciplines.

Academic Search Complete EBSCO

Provides a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,000 full-text periodicals - of which 6,000 are peer-reviewed journals - in all disciplines.

Chicago Defender Historical via ProQuest

Includes full-text and full-images of the Chicago Defender - an African American newspaper important for historical research on civil rights, segregation, African American migration to the industrial states, anti-lynching legislation, the modern civil rights movement, and works of African American authors - from 1910 through 1975.

Chicago Tribune Historical via ProQuest

Includes full-text and full-images of the Chicago Tribune articles back to the first issue, from 1849 through 1986.

CQ Researcher

Each issue examines a single "hot" topic with comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Includes charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts.

Military & Government Collection via EBSCO

Includes full text for nearly 300 journals, periodicals, and current newspapers pertaining to all branches of the U.S. military and government.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center via Gale

Database of contemporary social issues with content structured to promote critical-thinking skills. It contains more than 400 reference book titles, more than 8,700 pro and con viewpoint articles, and a variety of periodicals, podcasts, reviewed Web links, images, statistical tables, charts, and graphs.

Points of View EBSCO

Includes 600 main essays, leading political magazines, newspapers, radio and TV news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books. The database also offers guides pertaining to debating, developing argum​ents, and writing position papers.

SocINDEX FullText EBSCO

Provides more than 777 full-text titles including in "core" sociology peer-reviewed journals.

WilsonSelectPlus OCLC

Includes more than 2,600 full-text periodicals - includes US and international professional publications, academic journals, and trade magazines.