• ABC World Culture                                                                      A database housing information about world history, cultures, languages, foods, religions, and much more is
  just a click away. With 174 Country Culture Guides covering more than 60 topics each,
  ABC World Culture offers a breadth and depth of content that is unmatched by any other
  single resource. 
• World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras (ABC_CLIO)
  Timelines of Ancient and Medieval History. World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras covers early human history around the globe—from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance.
• American History (ABC-CLIO)                                           From the explorers of the Americas to the issues of today’s headlines, American History investigates the people, events, and stories of our nation’s evolution.
• Annals of American History
  Speeches, essays, biographies, landmark court decisions, and editorials - Primary Sources. Read the original words of more than 1,500 authors who made and analyzed American history through their speeches, writings, memoirs, poems, and interviews.
• Historical Newspapers
  Delivers the complete run of several newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and Los Angeles Times. It offers an unparalleled online resource for the study of historical events, social and consumer history, economics, literature, technology, and more. Every issue is reproduced in cover-to-cover full-page image from news stories and editorials to graphics and advertisements. Our title coverage spans from 1851 to 2001.
• History Study Center
  Covers global history from ancient times to the present day. Contents include reference books, essays, journal articles, historical newspaper and magazine articles, maps, rare books, government documents, transcripts of historical speeches, images, video clips and web sites. Study Units offer editorially selected material on over 500 historical topics.
• Social Explorer                                                                             Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to historical census data and demographic information. It creates fast, intuitive, and appealing maps and reports to help users visually analyze and understand demography and social change throughout history. An invaluable repository of information, the site currently includes the entire US Census history from 1790 to 2000, all annual updates from the American Community Survey, and the Religious Congregations and Membership Study from 1980 to 2000.
• World Religions (ABC-CLIO)                                                       World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy covers religion around the globe, from prehistory to the present.
• Pop Culture Universe (ABC-CLIO)                                             Pop Culture Universe is an irresistible yet authoritative digital database on popular culture in America, both past and present—in a package as dynamic as the topic it covers.

• Illinois Periodicals Online
  Provides public domain Internet access to Illinois-based magazines covering many topics of interest about the state. Magazines include Illinois Country Living, Illinois Heritage, Illinois History : A Magazine for Young People, Illinois History Teacher, Illinois Issues, Illinois Libraries, Illinois Municipal Review, Illinois Parks & Recreation, and Outdoor Illinois.
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• U.S. History in Context
  US History in Context provides:
  • Country and era overview information,
  • Documents from Primary Source Microfilm’s™ digital archives 
  • Reference Articles from Macmillan, Scribner’s and Gale 
  • Periodical articles from respected publications like "Newsweek", "American Heritage" and "The Historian"
  • Image galleries containing seals, maps and flags
  • Viewpoint essays
  • Video and audio from NBC, NPR and other reliable sources
• World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society (ABC-CLIO)                                                                                Recently revised, improved and expanded, this user-friendly database is an invaluable online resource that presents comprehensive information and unique insights into the military conflicts that have defined our world's identity from its beginning to today.
• World History in Context
  Access to full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents, including: • Articles from acclaimed history titles from Macmillan Reference USA™, Charles Scribner’s Sons® and other highly regarded encyclopedias and compendiums • Select articles from more than 125 new Gale reference titles not previously available • Periodical articles from the "Journal of World History", "History Review" and "The Historian" • More than 600 historical maps, atlases and other editorially selected images • Primary documents from Primary Source Microfilm™ • Video and audio selections from archival newsreels to NPR (National Public Radio)
• Modern Genocide: Understanding Causes and Consequences  (ABC-CLIO)                                                        Modern Genocide: Understanding Causes and Consequences is an invaluable online resource that presents comprehensive information and unique insights into modern genocide, focusing on the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. Through our ABC-CLIO, Greenwood, and Praeger imprints, we have a long history of publishing genocide and Holocaust-related books for students, scholars, and the lay public. We felt the next logical step in educating students on this critically important topic was developing the most comprehensive and reliable genocide electronic solution available today.