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Britannica ImageQuest brings projects to life with over three million images from 62 leading collections…and growing!

The Bridgeman Art Gallery, Getty Images, the Science Photo Library, Ingram Publishing, the National Geographic Society and other trusted image sources have joined with Britannica to provide the best and broadest offering of curriculum-relevant imagery and clip art materials (infographics, signs and symbols, graphic concepts and cool vector illustrations), all rights-cleared for educational, non-commercial use. Also available in Arabic, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and Welsh!

Access World News provides a collection of reliable news sources from around the world, covering a wide array of topics and issues.
You can search by headline, first paragraph, date, and a number of other ways. Lots of filters, including continent and country.

Looking for primary source news throughout American history? Historical Newspapers can be searched by topic, date, presidential era, in addition to many other ways. With this great database you can find a collection of articles gathered just for your topic!

Boston Globe Newspaper with Full Coverage spanning 1980-current.

Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

Critical essays on contemporary authors.

A comprehensive periodical collection supporting the communications field.

Scholastic BookFlix is an online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning.

Looking for primary source news throughout American history? Historical Newspapers can be searched by topic, date, presidential era, in addition to many other ways. With this great database you can find a collection of articles gathered just for your topic!

American Government provides a complete examination of the foundations of our government and political system.

From the explorers of the Americas to the issues in today’s headlines, American History investigates the people, events, and stories of our nation’s evolution.

AtoZ World Culture is an online database of information about the culture, language, history, food, religion, and much more, for 175 countries.

Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

Published in October 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing in collaboration with the Churchill Archives Centre, the Churchill Archive is a digital library of modern international history.

It includes more than 800,000 pages of original documents, produced between 1874 and 1965, ranging from Winston S. Churchill’s personal correspondence to his official exchanges with kings, presidents, politicians, and military leaders. This is more than a fantastic collection of primary source material; it is a unique online resource offering new insight into a fascinating period of our past.

Designed to support global awareness, Global Issues In Context ties together a wealth of authoritative content that empowers students to critically analyze and understand the most important issues of the modern world.

This database helps students develop an in-depth understanding of how society shapes and is shaped by controversy, providing authoritative historical context, expert perspectives, and carefully selected primary and secondary sources on today's most important issues.

A comprehensive periodical collection supporting state and military affairs.

Developed with the guidance of African American librarians and subject specialists, The African American Experience is the widest ranging and easiest-to-use online database collection on African American history and culture.

U.S. History In Context provides a complete overview of our nation’s past that covers the most-studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, and people. Comprehensive, contextual, media-rich information is provided on topics ranging from the arrival of Vikings in North America, to the stirrings of the revolution, through to the Civil Rights movement, 9/11, and the War on Terror. An always-intuitive experience supports the development of critical thinking and information literacy skills.

A comprehensive collection of periodicals addressing topics related to war and terrorism.

Recently revised, improved and expanded, this user-friendly database is an invaluable online resource that presents comprehensive information and unique insights into the military conflicts that have defined our world's identity from its beginning to today.

World Geography provides authoritative content and online tools that develop students’ global literacy, focusing on the geographic, political, social, economic, and cultural forces that are increasingly important in our globalized world.

Gale In Context: World History reaches back to the ancient world—and forward to today's headlines—to deliver a chronicle of the people, cultures, events, and societies that have formed the history of the human race. A range of topics such as Aztecs, Industrial Revolution, Silk Road, the Buddha, Space Race, and more provide a wide perspective across the globe.

World History: The Modern Era (covering history from the Renaissance to today) is the latest update of the reference standard of electronic history reference materials for high school and high-level middle school coursework.

World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras covers early human history around the globe—from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance.

A comprehensive collection of business, trade, and international publications.

A comprehensive periodical collection supporting economics and related fields.

The Insurance and Liability collection connects researchers to hundreds of thousands of updated articles from leading journals, including: Business Insurance, Claims, Employee Benefit News, National Underwriter Life & Health, Pensions & Investments, Risk Management, and more.

AtoZ World Culture is an online database of information about the culture, language, history, food, religion, and much more, for 175 countries.

A comprehensive periodical collection supporting significant aspects of gender in culture and society.

A comprehensive collection of periodicals supporting pop culture.

A comprehensive collection of popular magazine titles.

Comprehensive periodical collection supporting criminal justice.

A comprehensive collection of periodicals supporting all aspects of psychology.

A comprehensive periodical collection supporting research in agriculture and related fields.

A comprehensive collection of periodicals and reference content supporting environmental studies.

A comprehensive periodical collection supporting research in horticultural studies.

Discover periodicals and reference book content supporting research in health studies.

Global Plants is the world’s largest database of digitized plant specimens and a locus for international scientific research and collaboration.

PubMed comprises more than 26 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

See how science remains integral to every subject

Science In Context is an engaging online resource providing contextual information on hundreds of today's most significant science topics. By integrating authoritative, curriculum-aligned reference content with headlines and videos, Science In Context draws students into the subject matter, showing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity.

Built on the widest range of trusted, high-quality, interdisciplinary research, ScienceDirect helps you find answers to your most pressing research questions, stay on top of your field and gain in-depth insights into trending research topics as you take your next steps in discovery.

This database is a definitive resource for students studying both the applied and general sciences.