Current Events

Issues & Controversies - explores more than 800 hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture. Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year back-file, it offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. This database is great for research papers and debate prep.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context - access Opposing Viewpoints articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles

ProQuest Direct - use this general interest database to search magazines and newspapers for information on current events, education, the arts and social sciences, etc. This database includes Washington State Newstand which has the full text of articles from the Spokesman-Review since 1995 plus articles from other Washington newspapers.

Spokesman-Review - the local Spokane newspaper online

U.S. & Canadian Newspapers - online newspapers you can access from the library's catalog computers

Symbol Key:

- taxpayer-funded subscription database - requires city library card outside of library

- librarian-created Find the Best resources page

- librarian-created Blog page