History Resource Center: U.S.

Published by Gale

With its unique combination of primary and secondary sources, History Resource Center: U.S. places the tools of the historian in the hands of the student and general researcher. Award winning encyclopedias from Charles Scribner's Sons, Gale and Macmillan Reference USA coalesce with primary materials drawn from some of the world's most notable libraries via Primary Source Microfilm. This array of content types provides both depth and breadth and covers U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present.

The collection supports college students, advanced placement high school students, community college students and students conducting history research in a public library. And sinceHistory Resource Center: U.S. provides access to documents and data often unavailable in smaller libraries, it is also of interest to news organizations and other institutions that have a need for quick access to detailed history information.

To access a wide variety of additional history content, the History Resource Center: U.S. offers extensive cross-references with attention paid to the natural research process and ease of use. This ability to link to search digitized special collections makes History Resource Center: U.S. the definitive research source.

In addition to an improved and updated interface, History Resource Center: U.S. is the preeminent source for historical researchers because it includes:

Comprehensive coverage of more than 50 of the most-studied topics in U.S. history such as the War of 1812, Revolutionary War, Civil War, Madison administration, World War I and II, post Cold War, etc.
Content that is 50% or more from primary source documents, including monographs, pamphlets, first-person accounts, etc.
Primary source content that is balanced throughout, with at least 8-10 primary sources per topic

Review:

"After several Era, People, and Topic searches, I'm convinced that this database will fill a niche for college prep high schools and college students. Highly Recommended."
--The Book Report(May/June 2001)

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