Welcome to Databases Explored!

This section offers previews of content from various Gale Databases and Gale eBooks, curated around topics that form the pressing social issues of today, and important figures or works of literature.

If your institution or public library has access to the products, you will be able to click through to the full content using our institution finder and continue your searches.

Before you continue: there are instances where the institution finder may not identify products your library owns, so please make sure to check your library database in case they do have access to the content you are looking for.

LITERATURE

The study of literature is important across subjects and disciplines. Novels, short stories, poems, and nonfiction are essential ways people express themselves and understand the world around them.
 

SOCIAL ISSUES

Social issues are important research topics because they help people understand that there are many ways to think about and approach the same problem, and they teach essential critical thinking skills.

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This section was originally created by our North America office, so much of the content at launch is focused on U.S. and Canadian perspectives. Check back regularly as we add more International content to this section over the coming months.