America: History & Life with Full Text is a research database covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. It includes hundreds of full-text history journals and books, plus useful features such as the ability to search by time period.
This database has full-text academic articles in almost every subject, including quite a few peer-reviewed and scholarly journals. A good choice for almost any topic.
Great for primary sources! This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. The Historical New York Times with Index (1851-2013) provides search capability using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the Historical New York Times.
Database featuring current events and social issue articles, facts, and pro/con viewpoints.
Gale eBooks has reference encyclopedias that you can view online, which are useful for giving you a brief overview and important aspects of your topic.
Includes reference encyclopedias and handbooks, which feature easy-to-read overviews and background information on thousands of topics. Credo also features videos, illustrations, photographs, visual aids, and maps.
Educational programs from well-known producers like A&E, BBC, and PBS.
Watch award-winning documentaries and educational programs about all eras of American history.
Kanopy specializes in feature films and documentaries licensed by DVC Library.
Often used for historical and social research, primary sources are documents written by people who experienced something first-hand or have direct knowledge of what is being studied. Often, primary sources take the form of letters, interviews, diaries or journals, or manuscripts. But depending on the discipline, other kinds of documents (like raw data or scientific observations) can also be considered primary sources -- it depends on how you interpret the source.
Primary sources are different from secondary sources, which draw upon many sources to synthesize, comment on, and make arguments about your research topic.
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For the People: A Documentary History of the Struggle for Peace and Justice in the United States - eBook
For the People is a historical docutext that examines the evolution of the struggle for peace and justice in America's past, from pre-colonial times to the present.
The Great American Mosaic: An Exploration of Diversity in Primary Documents - eBook
Firsthand sources are brought together to illuminate the diversity of American history in a unique way-by sharing the perspectives of people of color who participated in landmark events.
Milestone Documents of American Leaders: Exploring The Primary Sources of Notable American Leaders - eBook by
This book pairs primary source texts with expert analysis by esteemed historians. Here, the lives of notable Americans are illuminated through an in-depth study of primary source texts that made them exceptional. From presidents, jurists, and legislators to influential private citizens both past and present, Milestone Documents of American Leaders features important primary source documents written by the people who shaped the nation-and crucial scholarly analysis to help the documents come alive.
Eyewitness to America: 500 Years of America in the Words of Those Who Saw It Happen
Immigrant Voices: New Lives in America, 1773-2000 by
**Also available as an eBook**. A classroom staple, Immigrant Voices: New Lives in America, 1773-2000 has been updated with writings that reflect trends in immigration to the United States through the turn of the twenty-first century. New chapters include a selection of letters from Irish immigrants fleeing the famine of the 1840s, writings from an immigrant who escaped the civil war in Liberia during the 1980s, and letters that crossed the U.S.-Mexico border during the late 1980s and early '90s. With each addition editor Thomas Dublin has kept to his original goals, which was to show the commonalities of the U.S. immigrant experience across lines of gender, nation of origin, race, and even time.
