HIS 122: World Civilization II: Databases and DVDs

World History in Context provides an overview of world history that covers the most-studied events, periods, cultures, civilizations, religions, conflicts, wars, ideologies, cultural movements, and people, reaching back to the ancient world and forward to today’s headlines. Rare primary sources, reliable reference and multimedia content put this vast topic into context for students.

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.

This comprehensive database covers ancient to modern history of the world. The database provides access to thousands of full-text articles from reference books, encyclopedias and history books, as well as leading history magazines and journals. Historical documents, maps, photos and videos are also included.

This multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF back-files to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.