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World History Databases

ABC-CLIO: World History: The Modern Era This link opens in a new window
FactsOnFile: Modern World History Online This link opens in a new window
Covers the broad expanse of world history from the mid-15th century to the present, featuring thousands of documents, articles, timelines, images, videos, and maps.
Gale: World History in Context This link opens in a new window
FactsOnFile: Ancient and Medieval History Online This link opens in a new window
Presents the full scope of world history from prehistory through the 1500's, with special topic centers on key civilizations and regions.
History Study Center This link opens in a new window
ABC-CLIO: Daily Life Through History This link opens in a new window
Highlights
Houses more than 9,000 primary and secondary sources including newspapers, magazines, narratives, and letters of correspondence and images that actually show students moments and elements of daily life throughout history

Country and Culture

CultureGrams This link opens in a new window
CultureGrams from ProQuest goes beyond basic facts and figures on more than 200 countries, with up-to-date reports detailing daily life and culture, history, customs and lifestyle from an insider's perspective.
Country Watch This link opens in a new window
Country Watch Student Edition This link opens in a new window
ABC-CLIO: World Geography: Understanding a Changing World This link opens in a new window
FactsOnFile: World Geography and Culture Online This link opens in a new window
Facilitates the study of countries, U.S. states, places, peoples, and geography concepts and skills through a global approach.
ABC-CLIO: World Religions Belief, Culture, and Controversy This link opens in a new window
The advisor for this collection is J. Gordon Melton, PhD, author of more than 40 scholarly texts and reference books on religion, and a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Institute for Religious Studies at Baylor University in Texas.

War & Genocide Databases

ABC-CLIO: World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society This link opens in a new window
ABC-CLIO: Modern Genocide: Understanding Causes and Consequences This link opens in a new window
It enables students to fully grasp the events of the genocides and the factors that led to them, showing them repeating patterns in history and giving them the agency to work to diminish hatred that could lead to future genocides.

Issues and Current Events Databases

ABC-CLIO: Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society This link opens in a new window
Gale: Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Gale: Global Issues in Context This link opens in a new window
Empower students to understand topics from a non-U.S. perspective
Designed to support global awareness, Global Issues In Context ties together a wealth of authoritative content that empowers students to critically analyze and understand the most important issues of the modern world.
ProQuest: SIRS Knowledge Source This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost Explora: Secondary Schools This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers.
Gale: Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost: Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new window
eLibrary This link opens in a new window
Gale In Context- High School This link opens in a new window

Miscellaneous Databases

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Gale: Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Gale: Power Search This link opens in a new window
The main search page for the Gale Cengage databases. Contains both cross-searchable and individual databases.
ABC-CLIO Multi-Product Page This link opens in a new window
Main portal page of ABC-CLIO which gives you access to all of their history and issues databases.
History Study Center This link opens in a new window

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Books and eBooks

The Cuban Revolution by Myra Immell (Editor)
Call Number: 972.9106 CU (eBook)
ISBN: 9780737763669
Publication Date: 2013-02-08
This book opens with background information on the Cuban Revolution (1959), presents controversies over what helped the rebels be victorious, and includes personal narratives of people who experienced or witnessed the revolution.
Cuban Revolution in America by Teishan A. Latner
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781469635460
Publication Date: 2018-02-12
. In this groundbreaking book, historian Teishan A. Latner contends that in the era of decolonization, the Vietnam War, and Black Power, socialist Cuba claimed center stage for a generation of Americans who looked to the insurgent Third World for inspiration and political theory.
Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism Since 1450 by Macmillan Reference U. S. A. Staff
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780028660851
Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Haitian Revolution
The Ottoman Empire by Mehrdad Kia
Call Number: 956.015 KI
ISBN: 9780313344404
Publication Date: 2008-12-23
Presents a historical overview of the Ottoman Empire, sixteen biographical sketches of important civilian, military, and political figures; and six annotated primary documents plus illustrations, maps, and chronology.
Arab Spring Uprisings by hal marcovitz
Call Number: 956.054 MA
ISBN: 9781601526304
Publication Date: 2013-12-01
Discusses history and political climate in the Arab Spring uprisings.
Worldmark Conflict and Diplomacy by Gale Editors (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 157302726X
Publication Date: 2014-06-10
Worldmark Modern Conflict and Diplomacy is a two-volume set that explores specific modern-day conflicts that have had a truly global impact, as well as the efforts and organizations focused on solving these conflicts.
Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
Call Number: R 956.003 EN (eBook)
ISBN: 0028657691
Publication Date: 2004-06-01
GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
The Chinese Cultural Revolution by Jeff Hay (Editor)
Call Number: 951.056 CH
ISBN: 9780737757873
Publication Date: 2012-02-06
This book opens with background information on the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), presents controversies on the fervor of the Red Guards to maintain revolutionary enthusiasm, and includes personal narratives from people whose lives were greatly impacted by the Cultural Revolution.
The Bolshevik Revolution by John Davenport
Call Number: 947.0841 DA (eBook)
ISBN: 9781438130682
Publication Date: 2010
Describes the revolution that not only marked the end of Old Russia, but also set in motion a chain of events that would create a rivalry between the East and West that defined the second half of the twentieth century.
The Iranian Revolution by Noah Berlatsky (Editor)
Call Number: 955.053 IR (eBook)
ISBN: 9780737757934
Publication Date: 2012-03-16
Offers multiple perspectives on momentous events. This volume introduces and provides a brief overview of major factors that contributed to the mass, nationwide Iranian uprising of 1978-1979. This revolution ousted the ruling monarch, the Shah, and replaced him with a fundamentalist Islamic government headed by the Ayatollah Khomeini.
The Bolshevik Revolution by Sylvia Engdahl (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780737770575
Publication Date: 2013-11-01
Offers multiple perspectives on momentous events. This volume covers the Bolshevik Revolution, one of the most influential political events of the twentieth century. It shaped not only the history of Russia but that of the entire world.
The Russian Revolution by E. Halliday
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 154244277X
Publication Date: 2017-01-09
Here, from the eminent historian E. M. Halliday, is the dramatic story of the Russian Revolution.

eBooks

Gale: Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
See what GVRL can make possible for your students and faculty when you deliver more than 12,000 eBooks from over 100 industry-leading publishers for every discipline and a unique research experience with.
EBSCOhost: eBooks Collection This link opens in a new window
EBSCO offers hundreds of thousands of high-quality e-book and audiobook titles from leading publishers, ensuring that you’ll find valuable, trusted content with every search. Build a collection from a growing selection of best-selling, frontlist and award-winning titles across a wide range of subject matter—including academic titles, popular fiction, medical collections and more.
ABC-CLIO eBooks Collection This link opens in a new window
Infobase eBooks This link opens in a new window
Salem Press Online Collection This link opens in a new window
eBooks from Salem Press, The Reference Shelf, and Grey House Publishing.
Marshall Cavendish This link opens in a new window
Marshall Cavendish, a leading publisher of nonfiction series and multi-volume reference works for schools and libraries, is proud to present Marshall Cavendish eBooks. Marshall Cavendish eBooks are searchable digital books that include the full text and illustrations of select Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, Reference, and Children’s titles.
What Everyone Needs To Know This link opens in a new window
Available as an online resource since November 2020, WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.

CREDO SOURCE

Credo Source This link opens in a new window
Source is a one-stop research platform combining citable reference content with instructional
videos and tutorials, as well as access to your other subscription databases. Source is a great
starting point for research.

Scholarly Journal Databases

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window

Newspaper Databases

Gale: Custom Newspapers This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost Explora: Secondary Schools This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers Multi-Search This link opens in a new window
ProQuest: Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
ProQuest: SIRS Knowledge Source This link opens in a new window
eLibrary This link opens in a new window

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