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History & Political Science Reference Ebooks

Search the Gale Virtual Reference Library History and Political Science Ebook collection or select an individual title below.

Americans at War Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society Encyclopedia of genocide and crimes against humanity Encyclopedia of the Great Depression Science and its Times St James encyclopedia of labor history worldwide Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450

History & Political Science Databases

Academic Search Premier - This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.

CountryWatch - provides country specific geopolitical intelligence on each of the 192 countries of the world.

CQ Researcher - explores one current issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education, and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year (reports start in 1991). Only 5 users at one time

Discovering Collection - a comprehensive reference database for the study of literature, history, science, biography and social sciences.

Facts on File - a collection of interdisciplinary interactive databases that feature a wide range of subjects including American history, science, multicultural studies, women's studies, geography and careers.

History Online is a Reference database containing biographies, events & topics, overview essays, primary sources and more. The content covers American, Modern World, and Ancient and Medieval History.

Lexis-Nexis Academic - provides access to a wide range of news from English and Non- English sources, business, legal and medical information. Contains the full-text for most of the articles.

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - contains articles, topic overviews, primary documents and links to websites for a variety of social issues. All full-text articles.

Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of controversial essays that present multiple sides of a current issue. Essays provide questions and materials for further thought and study, and are accompanied by supporting articles from the world’s top political and societal publications. Funded by the New Jersey State Library.

Proquest Research Library Journals - a general interest database covering popular to scholarly journals. Contains the full text for some of the articles.

SIRS - all full text articles:

SIRS Government Reporter - contains current and historic government documents, directories and almanacs.
SIRS Renaissance - current perspectives on the arts and humanities.
SIRS Researcher - contains well-selected articles from mostly popular journals and newspapers regarding current social issues, health, science, and business.
SKS WebSelect™ - contains editorially-selected web sites.