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  • 15,000 years of Native American culture, history, and heritage.

  • Primary documents of U.S. history-- speeches, letters, memoirs, editorials, etc.

  • A collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference titles regarding art, music, fashion, movies, etc.

  • Biographical encyclopedias and dictionaries featuring people across the ages, from around the world and from all walks of life.

  • Full-text articles of hundreds of thousands of individuals spanning history and geography.

  • HelpNow offers students expert help: Get live online homework help, skills building, writing assistance, and more from Brainfuse-certified tutors.  

  • Cover-to-cover from 1849-1986.

  • Covers most controversies of U.S. concern from a supremely authoritative publisher on U.S. politics and public affiars.This stands out for its depth of background, supporting data, and balance.

  • Search for biographical and bibliographical information and references on U.S. and international authors.

  • Single-themed, weekly reports have in-depth, unbiased coverage of timely, newsworthy topics.

  • Concise cultural and statistical snapshots of every country recognized by the United Nations, including all USA states and Canadian Provinces. Find recipes, flags, pictures and more.

  • Award winning database that navigates across topics, time periods and cultures.

  • A comprehensive history in the U.S. and Canada in the 20th Century, divided into decades.

  • Literature Criticism Online includes: Drama Criticism and Short Story Criticism: Critiques of authors of short fiction and major dramatists that span all time periods.

  • Full-text articles from thousands of periodicals.

  • Full-text articles from magazines, books, and newspapers. includes maps, pictures, audio and video.

  • Comprehensive, authoritative information on nearly every subject.

  • Covers speciifc events, laws, organizations and Supreme Court rulings, as well as essays from prominent immigrants who have made a significant impact on the United States.

  • This eBook provides a provocative overview of the many different perspectives on the issues of animal rights and animal welfare. Part of Gale Virtual Reference Library.

  • This is a master index to the major print literature series published by The Gale Group. It combines and cross references more than 130,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 140,000 titles into one source. Use this index to locate biographies on authors and critical essays on their writings.

  • Search across this entire collection of more than 400 e-books covering all subject areas.

  • A collection of reference books that deal with world governments and their laws.

  • This details the most important events throughout history, worldwide.

  • Contains persons, from ancient times to the present, who were merely controversial and those who were extremely infamous.

  • A collection of encyclopedias and reference books providing information on different historial periods.  Includes some primary sources.  From Gale Virtual Reference Library.

  • Includes Decades in America - 50s through 80s and Great Events From History.  From Salem Press.

  • A collection of reference books, all primary sources of historically significant people and events.

  • U.S. history information, including primary documents, timelines, and in-depth coverage of events and people.

  • Lessons and tests for 4th - Grad.- School and job licensing. Includes ACT, SAT, TOEFL, LSAT, MCAT Real Estate Civil Service and more.  Tutorials for Microsoft Office and Adobe products.

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  • A collection of reference books on all aspects of literature: biographies, criticism, etc.

  • Literature Criticism Online includes: Drama Criticism and Short Story Criticism: Critiques of authors of short fiction and major dramatists that span all time periods.

  • Masterplots analyzes the most important works in all genres - fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction.

  • Combines full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary

  • Full-text resource for 2350 full-text periodicals and regional newspapers, including USA Today and the Wall Street Journal.

  • Events and people of North America in the 20th Century. Includes Encyclopedia of American Immigration, Decades Series 1950s-1980s, Great Events from History, Great Lives from History, Milestone Documents in American History.

  • A collection of encyclopedias and reference books with information on animal life, conservation, weather and more.

  • The curriculum-oriented database offers a comprehensive, authoritative overview of a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive essays, definitions, diagrams, videos, animations, illustrations, images, biographies, experiments, activities, and current news articles.

  • Literature Criticism Online includes: Drama Criticism and Short Story Criticism: Critiques of authors of short fiction and major dramatists that span all time periods.

  • Full-text magazine and newspaper articles covering social, historical, political, scientific and economic issues.

  • Includes state overviews ,and primary sources that include audio and video clips, archived news reports, topographical maps, and more.

  • A collection of reference books on wars around the world.

  • The standard for providing accuracy, objectivity, and reliability in research materials.

  • Compare data between nearly 200 overviews of countries around the world, providing a portrait of each nation's location,people, recent political history, and economy.

  • Organized chronologically and thematicall, covers a broad range of topics in depthfrom the evolution of modern Europe since the Renaissance to the last 100 years of conflicts and international cooperation.

  • A general reference source that includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, and statistics. The World Almanac database includes the contents of: the World Almanac and Book of Facts, the World Almanac of the U.S.A., the World Almanac of U.S. Politics, the World Almanac for Kids, and Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia.

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