Controversial & Social Issues

Great Starting Points

CQ Researcher comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news
Global Issues in Context perspectives on international news and events
Opposing Viewpoints one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues

Article Databases

Academic Search Premier multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals
Chicago Tribune full-text of the newspaper from 1997-present
Military & Government Collection current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government
Northwest Herald newspaper covering McHenry County; full-text from 2005-present
ProQuest multi-disciplinary full text database

Reference Databases

Black Thought and Culture contains 1,297 sources with 1,098 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans
GREENR global reference on the environment, energy, and natural resources
Sage Reference Online a cross-searchable collection of 80 authoritative, interdisciplinary e-reference titles
Women and Social Movements organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000

What do I do if I select a database and am asked for a user ID and password? Many of the databases are accessible off campus with an ID and password. From the page above, specific IDs and passwords are required which library card holders can obtain from the Library Reference Desk or find on the ANGEL Resources page. MCC students and employees can also login to the databases off-campus from the Off-Campus Access Menu page with their campus login (same username and password you use to login to computers on-campus).