History Basics: Social Studies Databases

Millions of rights cleared images for student use.

Excellent source for images for student projects. Wide range of topics from historical to present day.

Search across multiple ABC-CLIO databases. Good place for background information and starting research. Includes:
-Articles
-Videos
-Photographs and Art
-eBooks

High school leveled materials that include thousands of:
-articles
-images
-videos
-audio clips
-primary sources
-maps

General Reference

Covering a vast array of people from historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers.

Includes:
- eBook High School Collection
- Advanced Placement Source
- Applied Science & Technology Source Ultimate
- Art & Architecture Source
- Environment Complete
- Education Source
- Humanities Source Ultimate
- Political Science Complete
- Sociology Source Ultimate
- Masterfile Reference eBook Collection

Provides a complete overview of our nation’s past

Covers the most-studied events, periods, cultures, civilizations, religions, conflicts, wars, ideologies, cultural movements, and people.

Covers wide variety of topics in the global issues.

Features pro/con articles on hundreds of topics in politics, society, and more for K–12 schools, higher education & public libraries.

JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources, with access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

Includes:
- eBook High School Collection
- Advanced Placement Source
- Applied Science & Technology Source Ultimate
- Art & Architecture Source
- Environment Complete
- Education Source
- Humanities Source Ultimate
- Political Science Complete
- Sociology Source Ultimate
- Masterfile Reference eBook Collection

The database offers a one-stop source for full-text current news and searchable archives.

Resource covering today’s hottest social issues--from capital punishment to immigration, to marijuana.

Excellent scholarly database for deeper research. Over 10,000 full-text scholarly journals. Also includes general reference with editorial content.