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Databases

JSTOR (JSTOR) Includes core journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also contains titles in ecology, mathematics, and statistics. Overall, there are 119 titles in twenty-one disciplines.

InfoTrac World History Collection (Gale InfoTrac) This collection of over 40 journals provides balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field.

InfoTrac U.S. History Collection (Gale InfoTrac) This collection of over 40 journals provides balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in US History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field.

InfoTrac Diversity Studies Collection (Gale InfoTrac) A must-have for social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community.

InfoTrac War and Terrorism Collection (Gale InfoTrac) A definitive collection for students of history, social science and current events, providing insight into conflicts and their multiple causes.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Gale InfoTrac) Biography and Genealogy Master Index enables users to locate biographical entries contained in more than 1,000 volumes and editions of important current and retrospective biographical reference sources. This index contains citations that point to over 15 million biographies on nearly 5 million people, living and deceased, from all time periods, geographical locations, and fields of endeavor.

Homeland Digital Security Library The Homeland Security Digital Library is composed of homeland security related documents collected from a wide variety of sources. These include federal, state, tribal, and local government agencies, professional organizations, think tanks, academic institutions, and international governing bodies.

InfoTrac Criminal Justice Collection (Gale InfoTrac) Whether studying to become a lawyer or law enforcement officer, paralegal, or for a career in Homeland Security, this collection rises to the challenge. Users will have access to 150 journals.

Other Internet Resources

AMDOCS – Documents for the study of American history.

American Memory (Library of Congress) – American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity.

Digital Public Library of America – The DPLA brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science.

European History Primary Sources – The purpose of EHPS is to provide an easily searchable index of scholarly digital repositories that contain primary sources for the history of Europe.

GIGI – This is the American Antiquarian Society’s Digital Assets Management system. Collected in this image archive are representatives from all of the Society’s curatorial collections including manuscripts, rare books, children’s books, graphic arts (including prints and fine arts), newspapers and periodicals.

National Atlas – A great resource for maps of America.

The American Geographical Society Library – One of North America’s foremost geography and map collections.

The American Presidency Project – Our archives contain 103,614 documents related to the study of the Presidency.

American Political Science Association – The American Political Science Association, founded in 1903, is the leading professional organization for the study of political science and serves more than 15,000 members in over 80 countries.

Thomas – THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public.

Council on Foreign Relations – A research center dedicated to understanding the world by better comprehending global trends and contributing ideas to US foreign policy.

Europa: Gateway to the European Union – General information on how the EU works, what it does and how the budget is spent. Find facts, figures, graphs, slides on all aspects of the EU. Learn more about the treaties that lay down the ground rules for how the EU operates.

Political Speeches – Site maintained by Wake Forest University that contains collections of political speeches, audio sites, world famous orations, etc.