Reference: dictionaries, encyclopedias and more!  Tags: dictionaries encyclopedias atlases  

CQ Researcher: factual, objective reports on a wide variety of current issues like abortion, global warming etc. You get the background, names of people and events, dates, statistics...

Opposing Viewpoints: the opposite of the above, giving you opinion pieces - speeches, reports etc., from a wide variety of sources.

Facts on File: a reference news source that goes back to the 1940s, and gives detailed, well linked reports on news of the day.