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Background & Introductory Databases
Recommended Databases
A social issues database with full-text periodical articles, viewpoint essays, reference material, statistics, topic overviews and websites, organized under popular research topic headings.
Weekly Congressional Quarterly Press reports offering analysis of most current major controversial issues with summaries, pros and cons, statistics, and bibliographies.
Newspaper Articles
*MiraCosta subscribes to several magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times. Search an article title within the Library's newspaper databases.
Search online magazines with Flipster
Film & Video Databases
MiraCosta Library subscribes to many film and video databases you can use to find documentaries about - and scholars discussing - many different topics. Check out the list of our video databases here!
Find popular movies and documentaries with SWANK and Kanopy Streaming.