American Government
This database from ABC-CLIO explains the foundations of our government and political systems in detail, and illustrates their relevance to today’s issues. Coverage includes federal, local, and state systems, and rights and liberties. There are 12,000 primary sources and 2,100 biographies of historical and current figures, including Supreme Court justices and members of the U.S. House and Senate. The “Analyze” section includes well-crafted pro-and-con essays.
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American History
This survey of American history from 1350 to the present investigates the people, events, and themes of our nation’s evolution. The 15,000 primary and secondary sources include overview essays, biographies, government and court documents, photos, maps, audio and video clips, and statistics. There are 3,300 biographies of famous political and military figures.
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Literary Reference Center
This EBSCO service contains MagillOnLiterature Plus as well as the full text of literary reference books, monographs, and journals. It offers poems, short stories, classic texts, author interviews, and more. Researchers can find 36,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews; 250,000 author biographies; and 930,000 book reviews.
Gale in Context: Biography
This database combines biographies from Gale Group sources and full-text articles from periodicals. Search for people by keyword or by one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation, or gender. The database includes 600,000 biographies covering more than 525,000 individuals.
Gale Virtual Reference Library: Biography
This collection of searchable, digitized, reference books includes American Men & Women of Science, the Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography, and the Encyclopedia of World Biography.
World History: The Modern Era
Current conflicts have deep historical roots. This database covers of the history of the world from 1500 to the present, including the evolution of modern Europe since the Renaissance; concurrent developments in Asia, Africa, and the Islamic world; the global impact of the Industrial Revolution; and the past 100 years of international conflicts and cooperation. There are overviews of the Austro-Hungarian, Aztec, Holy Roman, Mughal, and Ottoman Empires, and of important nation-states of the past, such as Bohemia and Westphalia. The researcher will also find more than 3,500 biographies of political leaders, religious leaders, writers, and artists. Primary sources include treaties and proclamations, speeches, newsreel footage, recorded interviews, and photographs.