Social Studies: Databases

Academic, high-level journal article database with five thousand full-text, peer-reviewed journals in all subjects.

A massive collection of multidisciplinary periodical and digital media content, designed for middle and high school students, undergraduates at community colleges and universities, instructors, and librarians. Editorially created pages provide valuable context for both common and more unusual topics of research. All content is 100% full-text, including documents from books, magazines, journals, newspapers, photographs, transcripts, and videos. The collection covers a wide range of subjects.

General search database for high school students

JSTOR provides access to more than 10 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Islamic Empire from prehistory through the 1500s.

Covers the people, places, and events from the mid-15th century to the present.

In-depth coverage of the history of all regions of the world from 1500-present. Includes essays, primary soures, book excerpts, critical thinking questions, recorded interviews, maps, illustrations and more.

History books, encyclopedia articles, periodicals, documents, biographies, photos, maps, and videos.

Pro-Con Issues. Understanding Controversy & Society. Helps develop an in-depth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy, providing authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on today's most important issues.

Browse ISSUES chronologically by ERA or thematically by SUBJECT. Well organized information explaining major debates and conflicts in American history. Helps to build understanding of how historical events have shaped our nation by exploring the key players and the battles they fought. CONTENTS: 3-minute Video, Issue as a Question with brief arguments for and against, Background,detailed Case For/Against, Conclusions discussing outcomes and contemporary points of view. Primary Source Documents, Timelines, Related Articles, Biographies, and more. All Issues have been indexed to Key Subjects such as immigration, politics and government, race and civil rights, religion, war and military, and more to related issues in other time periods.

Use the pro/con issues in Points of View as a guide to debating, developing arguments, writing position papers, and developing critical thinking skills.

Thousands of entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years.

Comprehensive U.S. History--politics, science, culture, philosophy, and economics. Includes topic overviews, thesis-based essays, primary and secondary sources, biographies of political-military-social figures, government and cultural documents, photos, maps, audio-visual clips, statistics

Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.

Access to more than 600 Native American groups and over 15,000 years of American Indian culture and history.

History books, encyclopedia articles, periodicals, documents, biographies, photos, maps, and videos.

Substantive, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History combines the speed and flexibility of digital with the rigorous standards of academic publishing. All articles are written and peer reviewed by certified experts of the topic.