Online Databases

NOTE: These databases contain the complete (full text) magazine or newspaper article, or the full report. User names and passwords for the databases have to be obtained by visiting or calling the library at (570) 961-7831.

SIRS (Social Issues Resources Series) Researcher Online

• Articles from over 1,500 U.S. and international magazines, journals and newspapers.
• Also selected U.S. government documents and Internet sites covering the social science, science and world affairs areas.
• For a majority of the articles, a summary of the article is available.
• Search by subject or keyword.
• Topic browse.

CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Researcher

• In-depth information on issues that are in the news in the areas of economics, politics, science and social issues.
• Discusses the controversies about the topic:
  • gives historical background
  • a current situation overview
  • a one-page pro/con discussion of a question on the issue
  • a bibliography

Issues and Controversies

• Information on timely topics currently in the news.
• Section titled “Issues: Pro and Con” discusses topics open to debate.
• Bibliography and index.

Opposing Viewpoints

• A Thomson Gale product.
• Viewpoint essays which cover the pro/con argument on a particular topic.
• Includes a database of magazine and newspaper articles.
• Includes a section of web sites on each topic.

Literature Resource Center

• A Thomson Gale product.
• Contains criticisms of works of literature throughout history.
• Search by author or title of the work.
• Advanced search capability.

Biography Resource Center

• A Thomson Gale product.
• Contains biographical essays on authors and poets.
• Advanced search capability.

Today’s Science

• Covers current developments in science.
• Gives background information, the full story and further reading suggestions.
• Full-text searching.
• Scientific biographies.
• Lists Internet sites.

World Almanac

• An online almanac of facts and statistics.
• Topics range from advertising to the year in review.

World Almanac Encyclopedia

• An online encyclopedia.
• Good for finding background information on a topic.

World Book Encyclopedia Online

• An online encyclopedia.
• Includes an atlas and a dictionary.
• Good for finding background information on a topic.

World News Digest, 1940 – 2005

• World news events and the people involved in the events from 1940 to 2005.
• Lists the top news stories by decade.
• Contains maps, photos, and charts.
• Obituaries of people in the news.

User names and passwords for the databases have to be obtained by
visiting or calling the library at (570) 961-7831.