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CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly) (VALE) This link opens in a new window Features comprehensive reports by reputable journalists on current news issues and topics. The reports cover various subjects, including education, politics, international relations, health, social issues, immigration, criminal justice, and the economy. Look under "Browse Reports" to find the "Pro/Con" section.
Issues & Controversies (Infobase Learning) This link opens in a new window Good starting point for gathering background information (including pro and con perspectives) on current hot topics; helpful source of research topic ideas.
Points of View Reference Center (EBSCOhost / JerseyClicks) (NJSL) This link opens in a new window Provides essays that present opposing viewpoints on a variety of current topics. This is a great tool for researching the pros and cons of controversial issues.

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Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Black Women in America

Electronic Resource
Volumes 1-3

Dictionary of African Biography

Electronic Resource
Volumes 1-6

Encyclopedia of Africa

Electronic Resource

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History

Electronic Resource
Volumes 1-6

Encyclopedia of African American Business History

Electronic Resource

Encyclopedia of African American Education

Electronic Resource

Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895

Electronic Resource

Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present

Electronic Resource

Encyclopedia of African American Society

Electronic Resource
Volumes 1-2

Encyclopedia of African Religion

Electronic Resource
Volumes 1-2

Landmarks of African American History

Electronic Resource

Lift Every Voice: The History of African American Music

Electronic Resource

Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political, and Historical Encyclopedia

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Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life

Electronic Resource, Volumes 1-5

Online Encyclopedia Databases

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African-American History (Infobase Learning) This link opens in a new window Provides reference book articles about people, organizations, and events in African American history; also features timelines, primary source materials, images, videos, and maps.
American History (Infobase Learning) This link opens in a new window Provides reference book articles about people and events in American history; also features timelines, primary source materials, images, videos, and maps.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of Equality (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window Contains 2000 primary source documents covering the U.S. Black freedom struggle from 1790 to 2000. The collection includes historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, and correspondence from six time periods in American history.
Gale eBooks (Gale Cengage Learning) This link opens in a new window A comprehensive collection of reference resources such as subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries, available in a single database.
SAGE Knowledge This link opens in a new window Provides reference resources such as subject-focused dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference materials published by SAGE.
Oxford Reference (Oxford University Press) This link opens in a new window Contains facts, figures, definitions, quotations, and translations from 300+ Oxford reference titles, as well as in-depth, scholarly articles from titles in the Oxford Companions series and Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.

Recommended Multimedia Databases

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Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) This link opens in a new window Films on Demand provides access to "video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content." Click "Collections" to access videos in various subject areas, such as Art & Architecture, Biology, Business & Economics, Criminal Justice & Law, Education, English, Gender & Sexuality, Guidance & Counseling, Health & Medicine, History, Psychology, and more. Also features Archival Films & Newsreels.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window Offers streaming audio access to CDs, focusing on classical music but also including some jazz, folk, blues, world, pop, rock, gospel, and spoken word.
Naxos Music Library Jazz This link opens in a new window Offers streaming audio access to CDs by jazz legends and contemporary jazz artists.

Recommended Statistics Databases

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PolicyMap This link opens in a new window Features an online GIS mapping tool that allows users to create interactive maps and plot data by geographical location. Data indicators provided include demographics, education, income, housing, employment, health, crime, and much more.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window Provides easy access to maps and reports of U.S. Census data from 1790 to the present; the Religious Congregations and Membership Study from 1980 to 2010; population, health and social care, and labor market data from the 2011 United Kingdom Census; U.S. crime data from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. County Health Rankings & Roadmaps; European demographic data from Eurostat; population data from the 2011 Canadian census; and demographic and socioeconomic data from World Development Indicators (World Bank).
Statista This link opens in a new window Presents data as infographics and features reports on over 80,000 topics, including media, business, healthcare, politics, society, technology, and education.