Nation and World

A personalized, adaptive language-learning experience that provides tools and guidance to expand your language skills wherever and however you learn best.

Concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on countries of the world. Beyond the facts and figures, find an insider's perspective on the history, daily life, and customs. Also covers US states and Canadian provinces.

Stay informed on local and national topics from news sources spanning the U.S. including regional papers such as Columbus Dispatch and Akron Beacon Journal, national news magazines like Newsweek, National Review, and The Atlantic, plus transcripts of popular TV and radio news programs.

Open primary source documents from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom. Find historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more.

This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms.

Database covers world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy.

Presents multiple sides of issues; content to help students develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.

Covering today’s hottest social issues, Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations, and more.

Selected full text for nearly 30 national (U.S.) and international newspapers 200 regional newspapers, plus television & radio news transcripts.

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All-Access includes unlimited news articles plus Cooking, Games, Audio, Wirecutter, and The Athletic. Registering for a free New York Times account is required.