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Controversial Topics Research Hub

Key resources for research on current controversial topics.

High School (Gale In Context)

High School (Gale In Context)

An engaging student experience merges magazines, news, multimedia and more.

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)

Continuously updated information and opinions cover hot issues

Environmental Studies (Gale In Context)

Environmental Studies (Gale In Context)

Academic articles, videos, case studies, and more on topics in environmental studies

Popular Magazines (Gale OneFile)

Popular Magazines (Gale OneFile)

The most popular and current magazines available from all of the Gale resources

World Book Encyclopedia

World Book Encyclopedia

Background information and links to other resources

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Dynamic online encyclopedia which is useful for background information and for links to other sources.

Academic OneFile (Gale)

Academic OneFile (Gale)

Complete source for peer-reviewed scholarly articles across all academic disciplines

High School (Gale In Context)

High School (Gale In Context)

An engaging student experience merges magazines, news, multimedia and more.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar

Provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)

Continuously updated information and opinions cover hot issues

Global Newsstream

Global Newsstream

Search the most recent global news content in over 2,800 news sources including newspapers, newswires, news journals, transcripts, video, and digital-first content in full-text format

Academic OneFile (Gale)

Academic OneFile (Gale)

Complete source for peer-reviewed scholarly articles across all academic disciplines

American FactFinder

Extensive peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources.

Environmental Studies (Gale In Context)

Environmental Studies (Gale In Context)

Academic articles, videos, case studies, and more on topics in environmental studies

High School (Gale In Context)

High School (Gale In Context)

An engaging student experience merges magazines, news, multimedia and more.

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)

Continuously updated information and opinions cover hot issues

World Fact Book (CIA)

World Fact Book (CIA)

Produced by the CIA, the World Factbook summarizes information about countries and other international entities, such as demographics, geography, communications, government, and economy.

Global Newsstream

Global Newsstream

Search the most recent global news content in over 2,800 news sources including newspapers, newswires, news journals, transcripts, video, and digital-first content in full-text format

US Newsstream

US Newsstream

Provides access to the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.

Maine News

Maine News

Search through the Bangor Daily News, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel, Maine Times, Portland Press Herald and Sun Journal dating back to 1980.

News (Gale OneFile)

News (Gale OneFile)

Regional, national, and world newspapers

US Major Daily Newspapers

US Major Daily Newspapers

5 major daily US newspapers: Chicago Tribune Los Angeles Times New York Times The Wall Street Journal The Washington Post

EBSCOhost Ebook Collection

EBSCOhost Ebook Collection

A collection of 7,989 e-books on a wide variety of topics for all ages.

Google Books

Google Books

Look for and within millions of books

WorldCat

WorldCat

WorldCat.org compiles and organizes the holdings of thousands of libraries globally, making it the world's largest bibliographic database.

Interlibrary Loan Request

Interlibrary Loan Request form. Use this form to request a book from another library.

Freeport Community Library

Freeport Community Library

Search the Freeport Community Library collection here.