History Resource Center: U.S.

Quick Summary

History Resource Center: U.S. is a diverse, electronic multidimensional collection of uniquely combined current full-text periodicals, multimedia reference articles and overviews and facsimiles of historic documents.

It creates a virtual library of the essential tools needed for the study of U.S. history through extensive inter-linking and cross-referencing — modeling the natural multidimensional research process of students.

Unlike other sources that contain only periodical or only bibliographic information, History Resource Center: U.S. brings together a broad collection of facts, primary documents and scholarly analysis. No other electronic source provides integrated access to such diverse types of information.

Broad-based Coverage

History Resource Center: U.S. provides a complete overview of U.S. history covering the most-
studied events, issues and current information. Selected by expert history advisors for its relevance in the undergraduate curriculum, the content combines:

• Original materials from Primary Source Microfilm's digital archives-including documents, monographs, pamphlets, first-person accounts, etc.
• Encyclopedic articles built from the foundation of respected MacMillan Reference USA and Charles Scribner's Sons information, as well as other Gale original, proprietary content such as country and era overviews.
• Full-text periodicals and scholarly history journals
• A historical bibliography
• Links to digitized special collections
• Audio and Video clips of historic speeches and events