General Reference Center Gold is a general interest database that provides full-text articles from newspapers, magazines, reference books, and trade publications covering topics like current events, business, arts, sciences, and more. It contains over 61 million articles dating back to 1980 that can be searched by keyword. Users can access the database through their library website and will need a password if researching from home. The site allows searching by topic or browsing subject categories to find relevant articles.