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Minimum Wage

Minimum wage: living wage, sustainable wage

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Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

A social issues database with full-text periodical articles, viewpoint essays, reference material, statistics, topic overviews and websites, organized under popular research topic headings.
CQ Researcher

Weekly CQ Researcher reports provide in-depth, unbiased coverage of today's issues in the news on health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.
OneSearch

The Library's OneSearch cross-searches various library collections. Use OneSearch to locate and access ebooks, articles, print books, DVDs, audiobooks, streaming media, and more.
Gale eBooks (GVRL Encyclopedias)

Contains eBooks, encyclopedias, and specialized sources for research in almost all subjects.
US Newsstream (National Newspapers from ProQuest)
Full-text of Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal / Constitution, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, and over 500 other newspapers, plus other news sources.
EBSCOhost : All Databases

Cross-search all EBSCO databases (50+); our largest collection of magazines, journals, ebooks, news sources, primary sources, and more, covering multi-disciplinary topics.