History Reference Center

Covering both U.S. and world history topics, History Reference Center is a full-text database featuring historical reference books, magazines, journals, and thousands of primary source documents.

Source types include academic journals, magazines, books, reviews, and primary source documents. Image collections include photographs, illustrations, graphs, charts, diagrams, maps, and flags. A Video Encyclopedia covers the 20th Century.

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Topics Include

U.S. History

Early America
European Colonization of the Americas
The Road to the American Revolution
Expansion & Manifest Destiny
Civil War & Reconstruction
Rise of the Industrial U.S.
World War I
Prosperity, Depression & the New Deal
World War II
The Cold War & Societal Change
New Century, New Challenges

World History

Origins of Human Society
Early Civilizations
Classical Periods
Middle Ages
Renaissance & the Age of Exploration
17th & 18th Century
19th Century
Twentieth Century through World War I
Twentieth Century through World War II
The Cold War & Societal Change
New Century, New Challenges