Research Blog : world historyhttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/world+history/default.aspxTags: world historyenCommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)Two New Databases Emphasize U.S. & World Historyhttp://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/2009/05/15/two-new-databases-emphasize-u-s-amp-world-history.aspxFri, 15 May 2009 17:47:00 GMT9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1500Bufkinite@evpl0http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1500http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/2009/05/15/two-new-databases-emphasize-u-s-amp-world-history.aspx#comments<p>History buffs now have two new resources at their disposal 24 hours a day through the <a href="http://www.evpl.org/research/databases/" target="_blank">databases page</a> at the EVPL web site. The <em>History Resource Center: World</em> and <em>History Resource Center: U.S.</em>&nbsp;are easy to navigate, rich resources.</p> <p><em><img style="float:left;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3396/3533123757_e5608b542e_m.jpg" alt="History Resource Center: U.S. home page" width="240" height="138" />History Resource Center: U.S. </em>was named a &quot;Best Reference&quot; by the New York Public Library, and provides a easily searchable interface to a unique combination of primary and secondary sources. The most extensive online collection of historical information available today, <em>History Research Center U.S. delivers:</em></p> <p>- comprehensive coverage of the most-studied topics in U.S. history, including the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the post-Cold War era<br />- a &quot;roll-over&quot; chronology that features a graphical, annotated timeline of significant events spanning pre-Columbian prehistory to today&#39;s headlines<br />- more than&nbsp;5,000 primary source documents, including more than 9,000 commentaries<br />- over 350,000 periodical articles<br />- over 130 reference books<br />- thousands of downloadable images, maps, charts, and flags</p> <ul> </ul> <div>Whether you&#39;re a student in high school, college, or a life-long learner, <em>History Resource Center: U.S.</em> delivers unmatched pinpoint results and reliable sources, allowing you to establish the context within the content.</div> <div></div> <div></div> <div><img style="float:left;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3408/3533123805_3b1723770f_m.jpg" alt="History resource center: World home page" width="240" height="138" /><em>History Resource Center: World</em> was named a &quot;Best Reference&quot; by <em>Library Journal</em>, and offers students and researchers access to more than 5,000 years of world history, including 15,000 pages of primary source material, more than 50 encyclopedias and compendiums, more than 150 academic journals, more than 1,600 maps, atlases and other images, hours of video content, and daily podcasts from NPR, CBC, and other reputable sources, and annotated Web links to history-specific academic and news information sites.</div> <div></div> <div>Featuring extensive coverage of the 20th century, this resources also features coverage of teh Ancient Mediterranean, Ancient Near East and Asia as well as the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the modern Middle East and Latin America. &nbsp;Other highlights:</div> <div></div> <div> - Asian history recounts the events from Bronze Age China to modern India<br />- African, Indian, and Latin American history includes the end of colonization in Africa and India as well as the social and political movements in Latin America<br />- the same kind of &quot;roll-over&quot; timeline as the one featured in&nbsp;<em>History Resource Center: U.S.</em><br /> <ul> </ul> <div>Both of these resources feature a very simple search tool, which allows you to search either one - or both - resource centers with one search by clicking the appropriate radio button. &nbsp;An example of the search box can be seen below. &nbsp;You can also search by a person or by a subject, and there is an advanced search option that allows you to limit by document type, historical date ranges, date of publication of the resource, and to use <a href="http://www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu/instruction/help/booltips.html" target="_blank">Boolean operators.</a></div> </div> <div></div> <div><img style="vertical-align:middle;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/3534125046_db6c48e68e_m.jpg" alt="Search Box" width="240" height="118" /></div> <div></div> <p><em></em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1500" width="1" height="1">databasesOnline resourceshistoryresearchgeographyU.S. historyworld history
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