Historical and contemporary resources on the United States’
government and political system; it includes primary source
documents, pivotal court cases, historical events, biographies,
visual timelines, photos, audio clips, and maps.
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and
cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of
the American experience. It includes more than 2,400 primary
Provides a complete overview of U.S. history through primary and
secondary history sources, full-text periodicals, reference
works, and scholarly analysis from the arrival of Vikings in
North America to Vietnam, Watergate and the wars in Afghanistan
A comprehensive virtual textbook covering ten genocides,
including Armenia, East Timor, Bosnia, Guatemala, Darfur,
Cambodia, Herero, the Holocaust, Kurd, and Rwanda. 300
primary sources illustrate the process and outcome of genocide,
supplying memoirs, narratives, and domestic and international
legal documents, as well as first-hand accounts. Also
includes more than 1,200 reference items that cover important
individuals, events, organizations, and places related to
genocide, plus feature stories and essays that discuss topics
integral to the subject of genocide.
Focuses on the geographic, political, social, economic, and
cultural forces and includes country overviews, maps, flags,
video clips, statistics, photos, biographies, and speeches.
Reaches back nearly 5,000 years to chronicle the rise and fall of
cultures and societies across all continents and eras.
Covers early human history around the globe—from prehistoric
times to the beginnings of the Renaissance.
Covers history from the Renaissance to the present and includes
documents, biographies, images, maps, visual timelines, and audio
Provides thousands of overview essays, critical analyses,
biographies, timelines and multimedia elements within the five
core subject areas of history, literature, biography, science and