A database of in-depth reports on a full range of political and social-policy issues extending back to 1923 — each report is footnoted and includes an overview, background section, chronology, bibliography and debate-style pro-con feature, plus tools to study the evolution of the topic over time.
Reference titles on government and politics, including The Contemporary Middle East, The Encyclopedia of Political Science, Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History, Historic Documents, Voter Turnout in the United States 1789-2009, Political Handbook of the World, and more...
Provides a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Drawing on acclaimed series published by Greenhaven Press and other Thomson Gale imprints, OVRC features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
Provides online access to a significant number of reference works published by Gale. Includes works in all academic subjects, and includes encyclopedias, literary criticism (individual works, authors, and movements/genres), biographical dictionaries, directories, and dictionaries (of events, ideas, and movements). Most entries have the option of being read (includes downloading an MP3 of the computer-voice reading). Gale Cengage.
Provides article entries from subject encyclopedias and images.
Offers topic pages that give the user an introduction to a topic along with background information and three relevancy ranked articles from a preselected number of library databases.