U.S. History - Research Paper: Start Here

Includes 2,000 total hours of streaming video content. More than half is contemporaneous video from the 1890's to the 1980's

Documentaries, interviews, performances, news programs and newsreels, and more.

In-depth coverage of the most important issues of the day. Full-length articles include an overview, historical background, chronology, pro/con feature, plus resources for additional research.

Explores hundreds of hot topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Presented in a balanced, pro/con format, each article presents the key facts, arguments, history, and current context—an ideal resource for research papers, debate preparation, and persuasive writing assignments.

World News Digest provides than 300,000 original articles from 1940 to today. These include overviews of historic events, country profiles, historical documents, biographies, research features, special reports, editorials.

An engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History

Authoritative reference content relating to World History with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

Search one specific ABC-CLIO database or multiple databases simultaneously. ABC-CLIO databases offer reference information, primary sources, and perspectives in an objective and balanced way for history and humanities.

Covers timely issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular resource supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions

Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events.

All Gale databases menu page. Note the subject range of databases in the A-Z listing of resources. It is also possible to conduct a PowerSearch across all of the Gale databases.

Choose History where you will see the Decades Series as well as the Dictionary of American History. Search within publications.