Student Research Databases: Current Topics

Our Current Topics databases provide the latest info on hot topics and issues.

These databases gather articles and information from newspapers, magazines, and journals on subjects like politics, science, technology, and education.

Some of the databases are devoted to special subjects, so read the description for each one, and choose which one covers your topic best.

• Opposing Viewpoints in Context

  This database covers today's important social issues. It includes tons of resources like statistical tables, court cases, interviews, and podcasts of presidential addresses.
• Gale General OneFile

  In the Gale General OneFile database, you can find articles covering a wide variety of today's issues like politics, the economy, environmental issues, health care, and technology, and more. This database draws on a number of periodicals and newspapers updated daily, so it's a great place to search for up-to-date information on current events and issues.
• Gale Academic OnceFile

  Gale Academic OneFile is your go-to database for information on topics in hard science fields like biology, chemistry, physics, and medicine. This is also a good database for information on subjects like technology, medicine, engineering, and business.
• EBSCO MasterFILE Premier

  Use EBSCO MasterFILE Premier to search magazines, reference books, and primary source documents on business, health, education, general science and multicultural issues.
• ERIC - Education Resources Information Center

  Use the ERIC database to find information on education research. Here, you'll find articles on topics like new teaching methods, studies on the effectiveness of teaching methods, and statistics and reports on things like literacy levels, graduation rates, and other measures of student success.

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