Presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, researchers, and students at the college and university level..
Covers over 15 different academic subjects.
Selected essays to explore current events.
Defines the 27 amendments in comprehensive chapters with detailed narratives on the process behind each amendment and includes supportive material designed to help students and researchers more fully grasp the rationale behind the amendments, their opposition, votes, and public sentiment.
Includes Central & South America; Central, South & Southeast Asia; Western Europe; Easter Europe; Middle East & North Africa; Eastern & Southern Africa; Western & Central Africa; North America & The Caribbean; and East Asia & The Pacific.
A collection of works containing important historical documents on a broad range of subjects in American history.
A collection of important historical documents covering the environment, immigration, dissent & protest, supreme court decisions and the legacy of 9/11.
A collection of important historical documents ranging from the ancient world to the twentieth century.
A detailed discussion of the Continental Congress, the people behind it, or what other events and persons had been important at that time and includes in-depth accounts of places, battles, laws, treaties, and court cases that were significant to the workings of the Continental Congress.
Covers all types of U.S. government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.). Last updated June 2012.
A collection of titles organized around significant events from ancient times to the 21st century.
Provides biographies of important people from all historical periods and from every part of the globe and covers achievements of thousands of individuals in numerous disciplines, including science, politics, arts and humanities.
Examine the many issues surrounding immigration—from the earliest settlement of British North America in the seventeenth century to the latest twenty-first century immigration legislation, including: Affordable Care Act and Undocumented Immigrants; DREAM Act; Real ID Act; and Secure Fence Act.
Primary source documents covering African American History, American History, World History, World Religions and American Leaders.
Includes information on COVID-19, General Information About Pandemics, pandemics of the Late Middle Ages, Seventeenth, Eighteenth , Nineteenth, Twentieth and the Twenty-First Centuries.
The world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses..
Captures the events, crisis, culture, history, achievements, contributions, strife, discrimination, deprivation, similarities, and differences found among the varied populations of Americans living in the United States. It also reflects the unique histories and experiences of relations both within the United States and the U.S. and between the United States and the rest of the world.
Provides the reader with a deeper understanding of day-to-day life in America. Each volume combines census and other government data with personal narrative, advertisements, clippings, economic data and historical snapshots, to provide a unique and interesting portrait of each decade.
Includes Nuclear Arms (INF treaty), Iran Nuclear Deal, NAFTA, and NATO,
Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. history from a variety of sources..
Beginning with the founding of America and extending through 2019, The Value of a Dollar focuses on what things cost and how much workers made. It includes commodity values, investment data, income opportunities and conversion tables.
Quickly access articles from scholarly journals and other trusted periodicals. Includes Topic Finder, Subject Guide Search, and Publication Search..
Uncover information on hundreds of the most significant people, events, and topics in world history from a variety of sources.
Provides access to hours of radio and TV programs selected by public broadcasting stations nationwide. New material, in addition to increasing numbers of programs with speech-to-text transcripts, is added regularly.
Features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history from several time periods in American History.
Publishes open-access, peer-reviewed reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology) from 1990 to the present.
Chronicling America (ISSN 2475-2703) is a Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference with articles on more than 29,000 notable figures from British history. It was originally published in 63 volumes between 1885 and 1900, by Smith, Elder & Co.
Brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science..
Europeana provides cultural heritage enthusiasts, professionals, teachers, and researchers with digital access to European cultural heritage material.
Contains scholarly assessments of publications related to Latin America, from the 1930s to the present, including books, articles, maps, e-resources, and more.
Covers the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.
The core works and authors listed on this site were taken from the Great Books Foundation adult reading program, the reading list in the back of How To Read A Book (Mortimer Adler's classic text on intelligent reading), the Great Books of the Western World collection, and the Harvard Classics series. Some books have been included based on their reputation.