History: Databases

This history resource consists of eight parts which includes American Government, American History, Issues, United States at War, World History: Ancient, World History: Modern, Daily Life through History, and Modern Genocide. This database can be useful for gathering both primary and secondary information about historical topics.

JSTOR is a multi-disciplinary archive of important scholarly journals, primary documents and books. JSTOR does not provide access to current issues of journals; rather, because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is an embargo, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration, to marijuana. This cross-curricular research tool supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue and help students develop information literacy, critical thinking skills, and the confidence to draw their own valid conclusions.

Encyclopaedia Britannica combines all of the information found in the print version of this encyclopedia with added search features and online versions of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Collegiate Thesaurus.

The Oxford English Dictionary is the definitive historical record of the evolution of the English Language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history and pronunciation of over half a million words across the English speaking world.