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FIND ARTICLES (General)...
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Academic Search Complete
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Magazines and journals on many subjects, includes peer-reviewed and scholarly works.
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| * America: History and Life |
Index to articles, dissertations, and books about American history and culture.
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Art & Architecture Complete
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Full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books; indexing and abstracts for more than 780 academic journals, magazines and trade publications; and an Image Collection of over 63,000 images
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Biography Reference Center
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offers a comprehensive collection of more than 461,000 full-text biographies
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C Q Researcher Online
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Comprehensive, non-biased reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world.
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Directory of Open Access Journals
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"Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals" - see: HISTORY and POLITICAL SCIENCE |
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Environment Complete
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Journals on topics including agriculture, renewable energy sources, natural resources, marine & freshwater science, geography, pollution & waste management, environmental technology, urban planning, and more.
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| Historic Events of the 20th Century |
This resource invites the reader to discover how events of the past have shaped and influence today's events.
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* JSTOR
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Full-text articles in over 375 core academic journals with backfiles lacking only the most recent 3 -5 years.
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LEXIS NEXIS Academic Universe
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Index to articles, with full text, in hundreds of news, business, legal, medical, and general reference resources.
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Literary Reference Center Plus
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Detailed information on the most studied authors and their works - from antiquity to present day.
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Military & Government Collection
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Offers current news pertaining to all branches of the military, and a thorough collection of military titles, & publications.
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New York Times (Historical)
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Full page and article images with searchable full-text from 1851 - 2003. (Click here for more recent articles.)
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Points of View Reference Center
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Full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue.
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Project Muse
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Full-text scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
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| ProQuest Research Library |
Information from newspapers and periodicals on a wide range of topics, including business, humanities, health, and sciences.
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*SocINDEX
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Offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing
all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.
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| United Nations Common Database |
Statistics from all the countries of the world |
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Legal Periodicals
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International legal information covering all areas of jurisprudence |
PAIS
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Database chronicling global public policy and social issues |
| SIRSResearcher |
Social, scientific, economic, and political issues worldwide |
SocialSciIndex
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Index of articles on the social sciences |
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FIND ARTICLES (United States History & Politics)...
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| * America: History and Life |
Index to articles, dissertations, and books about American history and culture.
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| America's Historical Newspapers 1690-1876 |
This database is a rapidly growing collection of digitized newspapers printed in colonial and early America.
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| American Slavery: A Composite Autobiography |
A collection of the life histories of former slaves in the United States compiled through nearly 4,000 interviews with ex-slaves.
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| C Q Weekly |
Coverage of the U.S. Congress: bills, votes, amendments, committees, etc.
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| Bills from the NC General Assembly |
Links for Bill Look-Up and Full Text Search of bills from 1997 to present; and much more legislative information |
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Legal Information Reference Center
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contains hundreds of full-text publications and thousands of legal forms.
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| Legislative Directory |
Includes links for finding representatives to the NC and U.S. Congress, maps of precincts and a history of districts
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| North Carolina Periodicals Index |
An index to state periodicals including Our State, North Carolina Literary Review, and the North Carolina Architecture.
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| Sanborn Maps for North Carolina |
Provides digital access to maps of NC towns and cities. Users can easily manipulate and compare maps from different years.
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Additional Web Sites
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African American History
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Links to websites on African American History, hosted by the Univeristy of Washington Libraries |
| American Attitudes |
Results of polls and focus groups offer a wealth of insight into American public attitudes on global affairs
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American Journeys
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Contains digital page images from more than 150 early North American travel narratives. |
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American President: An Online Reference Resource
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Useful gateway to scholarly information about American presidents.
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American Women's History: A Research Guide
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A site that provides subject listings divided by ethnicity, time period, and cultural topic.
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| Background Notes |
(US Department of State) -- information on countries worldwide
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| Best of History Web Sites |
Portal for web sites (prehistory - 20th century). Includes links for K-12 lesson plans and activities
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| Center for Strategic and International Studies |
Analysis of current and emerging global issues
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Documenting the American South (DocSouth)
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Digital collections of primary sources for the study of southern history, literature, and culture from UNC-Chapel Hill
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History Matters
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Gateway to US history web sites; includes a section on the effective use of primary sources
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Institute of Historical Research
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An international research/information center whose mission is to support the study of (primarily) British history.
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Intergovernmental Organizations (IGO) Search
International Affairs Resources
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The IGO Search searches across hundreds of IGO websites, enabling
users to research topics such as human rights, development, environment,
education, HIV/AIDS and health from IGOs like the United Nations,
World Bank, UN Development Program (UNDP), Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), European Union, Organization
of American States, the Asian Development Bank and many others.
Over 2,400 annotated links; categories include media sources, organizations, topics, regions and countries
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| Internet History Sourcebook Project |
Collections of historical texts for ancient, medieval and modern history
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Internet Resources in History
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Links for history, social science, political science, international studies, and government sites
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Making of America
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A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
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Non-governmental Organization (NGO) Search
ORB |
The NGO search indexes local, regional and international NGOs
from sources as diverse as AARP, Earth Watch Institute, International
Crisis Group, OXFAM, the World Agricultural Forum. Sites were
chosen based on their consultative
status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and
also collated from University
of Minnesota Human Rights Library, Duke
University Libraries' NGO Research Guide, and the World
Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO).
The Orb: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies
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Political Resources on the Net
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List of sites sorted by country, with links to parties, organizations,
government, media.
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Political Science Resources
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Gateway to significant resources relevant to the study of politics and government, hosted by Richard Kimber (Univ. of Keele, UK)
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| Public Agenda Online |
An excellent site for information about public policy issues
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Repositories of Primary Sources
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Geographically organized listings of more than 5000 archival collections containing primary source materials
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| Supreme Court Decisions |
Archive of opinions issued since May, 1990. Also includes some 500 of the most important historic decisions |
| THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet |
Includes bill summaries, Public Laws and major legislation, text and index to the Congressional Record; links to other sites.
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| Web Site for the History Profession |
Links for organizations and institutions, teaching and research sources, and online publications
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