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U.S. History & Government

Library Databases

Now you can perform your research using the Library databases from home or in the Library to find up-to-date and historical information!

Academic OneFile (Gale)
Geared toward older students, faculty, and researchers, contains over 12,000 journals and reference sources, many of which are peer-reviewed and full text. Academic OneFile has extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Academic OneFile also includes some major reference sets including Gale Encyclopedia of Science, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, and Encyclopedia of World Biography.

Funk & Wagnalls New Word Encyclopedia (EBSCO)
Full-text articles of over 25,000 encyclopedia entries, covering an array of topics. The database contains various images, offers brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas. It is updated annually.

Grolier Encyclopedias (Scholastic) Help (PDF)
Full-text access to the following encyclopedias:
Encyclopedia Americana - In-depth research and worldwide current events for older students and adults.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia - Quick reference and rich media for middle school and high school students.
The New Book of Knowledge - Reference and current events for elementary readers and older.

U.S. History

History... It's Happening
www.epnet.com/flashPromo/historyhappenings/index.html

Biography of America
www.learner.org/biographyofamerica

Library of Congress, American Memory
memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Library of Congress, America's Story
www.americaslibrary.gov/about/welcome.html

American Indians Virtual Library
www.hanksville.org/NAresources

September 11th Archive
september11.archive.org

Temperance and Prohibition
prohibition.osu.edu

University of Oklahoma, Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
www.law.ou.edu/hist

TeacherOz, 20th and 21st Century America
www.teacheroz.com/20thcent.htm#immigration

National Archives
www.archives.gov/index.html

Shmoop: Literary Analyses and U.S. History Explanations
www.shmoop.com/history

Government

Political Parties from the Social Science Information Gateway
sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/politics/political_parties

United Nations
www.un.org

Project Vote Smart
www.vote-smart.org

On the Issues, every political leader on every issue
www.issues2000.org/default.htm

Political Information Search Engine
www.politicalinformation.com

THOMAS, Legislative Information
thomas.loc.gov

The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal
www.firstgov.gov/Government/State_Local.shtml

Fair Vote: The Center for Voting and Democracy
www.fairvote.org

Congresslink
www.congresslink.org