Check out Ferguson's Career Guidance Center and ProQuest History Vault!
One by request and the other because, well, we were already requesting the one so why not? The trials run through Oct. 8, 2021. Please be sure to submit feedback -- yay, nay, or meh.
Explores debates and conflicts in US and world history, as seen by key players or as interpreted by historians. Balanced articles provide pro and con arguments on hundreds of controversies, and each article is centered on original documents (primary sources). Click More... for access details.
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Every country of the world is profiled, covering all aspects of each nation’s geography, history, society, and culture. At-a-glance information, maps and flags, videos, images, audio recordings, gazetteer entries, biographies of famous people, a timeline, and current news supplement each country profile. Information for the U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and international territories is similarly detailed. Click More... for access details.
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We're nearing the end of the American History database trial, part of a promotion from the provider Infobase in support of civic education for the national elections! As the name suggests, this database is focused on American history, from colonial (with a scant bit of pre-colonial and exploration info) through the present. The trial ends Friday, November 20.
Trial
Provides topic pages and overviews for historical events, daily life in different eras, historical controversies,and multimedia supplements as well as primary sources. Covers the colonial/revolutionary period and forward.
Why You Might Love It:
- Very browse-friendly interface could be helpful for students discovering research topics to start with.
- Primary source documents accompany the descriptive essays on eras and topics.
- Essays include breakdowns of daily life in each major time period, including social attitudes and urban vs rural life.
- Helpful topic introduction for students to read as you transition time periods.
- Supplemental secondary resources include maps, images, and videos.
Why You Might Not:
- The search isn't very supportive of a new user of databases. It does take Boolean searches (this AND that NOT those) but the user has to know how to write the query out themselves.
- Highlighted collections for Women and Latino-Americans excludes a browsable link for African- and Asian-Americans. Content is available: just not in the same 'stumble upon' way.
- Primary sources are not the focus of the collection.
I Have Opinions On This!
Wonderful! Please email Elaine.M.Patton@LoneStar.edu to explain why you think we should or should not pursue purchase of this database. Even if you don't teach history, but there's something your classes could get out of this resource, please chime in!