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McGraw-Hill's AccessScience is an online gateway to a library of science and technology information. Updated daily, AccessScience delivers the content of the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 9th Edition, and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th Edition. The database contains more than 8,000 articles written by the leading figures in their fields.
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This database has more that 2000 primary source documents as well as images, video and audio clips. These can all be accessed by searching words or phrases as well as the topics or timelines. Each document has an introduction that places the event in historical context. Very useful for American History.
Search tips: This Database has an excellent help page and a guided tour. Everything you need to know to search effectively is included on the page. On the sidebar, there is quick access to all the parts of the site.
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A comprehensive Spanish-language reference tool with more than 47,000 articles for older students and adults. |
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Although there has been extensive research on women in history by region, no other reference work has comprehensively covered the role women have played throughout world history. With over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies, Women in World History is the definitive reference work in the field. |
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| Fifties, Sixties, Seventies and Eighties in America (Salem Press) |
Salem Press published the critically acclaimed The Sixties in America (60s) in 1999. The Fifties in America (50s), The Seventies in America (70s), and The Eighties in America (80s) all very favorably reviewed, followed. In February, 2009 The Nineties in America (90s) became the latest titles in the Decades series to be available online through Salem History.
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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 and video clips. Study Units offer editorially selected material on over 500 historical topics.
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Primary Sources that Shaped America |
Milestone Documents in American Historycovers more than 130 iconic primary source documents from the Revolutionary era to the present day. Each entry offers the full text of the document in question as well as an in-depth, analytical essay that places the document in its historical context.
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The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
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Provides access to more than 2,000 original and detailed bio-critical essays on the lives and works of more than 1,400 important authors from around the world.
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Contains the full-text of 200 frequently used Twayne Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text titles.
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The Almanac of American Politics is a vital tool in assessing today's political scene. No other book offers so much information plus such a clear road map to our political present and future.
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