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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Daily Life Through History

This groundbreaking product from ABC-CLIO provides content from the Greenwood reference works, and primary documents. Students can understand the past by appreciating the lives of their historical counterparts. It answers questions like “What did historical people eat, wear, and use daily?” “What did they hope, invent, and sing?” Content includes video and audio files, maps, and images offering insights into history.

 

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Digital Sanborn Maps

ProQuest Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970Delivers detailed property and land-use records that depict how a town or city has changed overtime. Information provided includes building outline, size and shape, boundaries, and property numbers. Combined with other sources such as city directories, photographs, census records, and statistical data, Digital Sanborn Maps provides an unparalleled picture of life in America’s towns and cities.

 

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Gale Virtual Reference Library: History

Gale Virtual Reference LibraryThis collection of searchable, digitized, reference books includes the following titles:

American Civil War Reference Library
American Decades
American Decades Primary Sources
American Decades: 2000-2009
American Revolution Reference Library
Americans at War
Encyclopaedia Judaica
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
French and Indian War
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
Gale Library of Daily Life: American Civil War
Harlem Renaissance
History Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide
Mexican-American War
Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
U*X*L Encyclopedia of U.S. History
War of 1812
Witchcraft in America

Historic Map Works

This extensive collection of digital maps has over 1.5 million high-resolution, full-color, historic maps from big cities to small farms. With access to more than five centuries of maps, genealogists, historians, and researchers can gain insight into how physical and human geographies have changed over time. The collection consists of land ownership (cadastral) maps illustrating the geographic and developmental history of the United States.

New York Heritage Digital Collections

Created by the Empire State Library Network, this research portal contains digitized photographs, letters, diaries, directories, maps, and books from the collections of libraries, museums, and archives. Students, educators, historians, and genealogists will find a treasure trove of resources on the history of New York State.

New York Times

ProQuest Direct provides coverage of The New York Times as follows:

  • Current: ASCII full-text articles from 2008 forward, updated daily.
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  • Recent: Cover-to-cover access to full-page images of the New York Times from 2008 onward with a 3-month embargo on the most recent editions.
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  • Historical: Digital reproductions of the paper from the first issue in September 1851 through 2019, including not only news but also editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, photos, drawings, maps, charts, and advertisements.
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Newsday

ProQuest provides coverage of the Long Island daily as follows:

  • Current: ASCII full-text articles from 1985 forward, updated daily.
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  • Historical: Digital reproductions of the paper from 1940 through 1989, including not only news but also editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, photos, drawings, maps, charts, and advertisements.
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Pop Culture Universe

This digital library of icons, idols, and ideas contains information on American and world popular culture, past and present. Subject coverage includes comics, fads, fashion, fast food, games, movies, music, radio, sports, technology, and TV.

 

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Readers’ Guide Retrospective

Now part of EBSCO, this is the electronic version of the Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature used by generations of students to research magazine articles. It contains indexing and abstracting of more than 3 million articles from 375 leading magazines published in the US and Canada from 1890 to 1982.

Salem History

This database includes content from the Salem Press historical series, including The Nineties in America and Inventors & Inventions.

U.S. History in Context

U.S. History in ContextGale’s U.S. History in Context  provides an overview of America’s past, covering significant events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, and people. Thousands of rare and vital primary-source documents bring a personal perspective to history. There are also full-text articles from newspapers and magazines, as well as videos and audio files.

World Book Timelines

TimelinesUse one of the timelines supplied by World Book or create your own covering a period in history or the life of a public figure. Timelines can include events, descriptions, and media.

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.

 

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World History in Context

Gale’s World History in Context is an online resource that reaches back to the ancient world – and forward to today’s headlines – to deliver a chronicle of the great cultures that have shaped the human race. Rare primary sources, reliable references, and multimedia content put this vast topic into context for students and researchers.