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General ReferenceNEW! Chelsea House Digital Biographies ...........................................8

Curriculum Resource Center ..............................................................6

NEW! The World Almanac® for Kids Online ........................................7

NEW! The World Almanac® Online ......................................................5

CareersFerguson’s Career Guidance Center ................................................21

Current IssuesIssues and Controversies ..............................................................12–13

World News Digest ...............................................................................9

GeographyWorld Geography and Culture Online ...............................................4

HealthHealth Reference Center ....................................................................25

Literature and LanguageBloom’s Literary Reference Online ..................................................27

Writer’s Reference Center .................................................................26

ReligionNEW! World Religions Online ...............................................................3

ScienceScience Online ...............................................................................22–23

Today’s Science ..................................................................................24

U.S. History African-American History Online ...................................................14

American History Online ..................................................................15

American Indian History Online .....................................................17

American Women’s History Online .................................................16

Issues and Controversies in American History .........................18–19

U.S. Government Online ....................................................................20

World HistoryAncient and Medieval History Online .............................................10

Modern World History Online ..........................................................11

Additional Online ProductseLearning Modules .......................................................................28–29

Streaming Video ............................................................................30–31

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World Religions OnlineReference Database

“The site is appealing, interesting, and appears without bias…The information here is far superior to information one is likely to fi nd on the free web…Recommended.”—Library Media Connection

“…excellent image and video collections make World Religions Online a unique and valuable database…Recommended.”—Choice

“…polished and image-intensive…users will appreciate the ease of access, breadth and depth of coverage, and high-quality visuals.Recommended…”—Booklist

An Unbiased, Comprehensive Guide to the World’s Major Religions and Spiritual Traditions

From the beginnings of human history, societies and cultures have established themselves around religious and spiritual practices. Facts On File’s new World Religions Online explores religion and spirituality in an objective manner, from the ceremonies of the fi rst practitioners to the elaborate rituals of today.

Ideal for research and study in the library and classroom, this user-friendly online resource features an easy-to-navigate interface, allow-ing users to browse core articles by religion. Topic Centers focus on the world’s major religions and traditional spiritual practices, quickly guiding users to important topics, spiritual leaders, information on sacred texts, and holy days and festivals. These landing pages also feature a timeline and a fact fi le on each religion, as well as a video gallery, an image gallery, and a calendar of holidays and observances.

Perfect for comparative reli-gion and history research!

Highlights:• Focused and thorough coverage: core

essays covering all the basic information on the beliefs, practices, and history of each major religion; specially chosen support entries showing at a glance the important spiritual leaders, main holy days and festivals, and key topics and terms, and providing information on sacred texts

• Topic Centers: informative introductory pages focusing on major religions and featuring links to core essays, fact fi les, timelines, image and video galleries, and more; the perfect starting point for research

• Videos: fascinating, engaging videos arranged in easy-to-use galleries, bring-ing spiritual traditions from around the world to life.

Features:• Coverage of 11 major religions, plus

new and alternative religions

• Overview essays, biographies, and entries on key topics and terms

• Image galleries, including full-color photographs and original maps

• Holidays and observances calendar

• Search Assist technology

• Persistent record links

• List of contributors to the database

• Dynamic citations in MLA and Chicago Manual of Style formats.

NEW!



World Geography and Culture OnlineReference Database

Booklist/RBB “Editors’ Choice Reference Source”

Library Journal “Best Reference Source”

★ “…[an] incredible amount of appropriate and accurate material…This user-friendly and curriculum-aligned resource is highly recom-mended as a teaching and learning tool…”—Booklist, starred review

★ “…an excellent reference source…Highly Recommended.”—Library Media Connection, starred review

“…enormously helpful…A well-conceived and well-designed geographical reference…strongly recommended…”—Library Journal

“…[a] rich resource…unique…It is easy to use and well worth the price…highly recommend[ed]…”—Reference Reviews

The Defi nitive Resource for Studying the Geography and Cultures of the World

The World Geography and Culture Online enhances the study of countries, places, peoples, and geography concepts and skills. This comprehensive reference site makes it easy to study all aspects of a country, with facts at a glance and in-depth coverage through country entries, maps, fl ags, images, statistics, news articles, a gazetteer, and more. In addition, comprehensive entries about the U.S. states are also available. Ideal for history and geography classrooms and proj-ects as well as for general country and U.S. state research, this online resource features an easy-to-navigate interface, search and browse tools, and tabbed search results.

Highlights:• Country entries: descriptions of more

than 200 countries, with information on geography, people and culture, weather and climate, history, government, and society; maps and fl ags; facts and fi gures; images; and news articles

• U.S. state profi les: descriptions of all 50 states and Washington, D.C., with political, outline, elevation, and locator maps; city and geographical features maps; fl ags; facts and fi gures; govern-ment information; biographies; timeline; and images

• Maps: more than 1,300 easy-to-read political, elevation, and outline maps; regional geographic and thematic maps; city, state, and physical features maps; and more

• Compare and rank tools: tools that compare and rank countries or U.S. states by a variety of criteria

• News articles, updated regularly.

Features:• Gazetteer

• Geography concepts and principles

• Maps, fl ags, and images

• Geography glossary

• Conversion calculator

• “Did You Mean…?” search feature



Ask us about our family of history databases—the perfect complement for complete world coverage!



The World Almanac® OnlineReference Database

“…easy to use…the best place for pop culture information…authorita-tive and exhaustive content…Recommended.”—Library Media Connection

“…easy to use…Students in search of facts and fi gures will fi nd plenty of them in this online version of a well-known title.”—Booklist

An Authoritative Reference Site from the Best-selling World Almanac®

Expanding on “the most useful reference book known to modern man,” The World Almanac® Online provides students and researchers access to authoritative, essential statistics on hundreds of topics in a search-able online format. A natural addition to any classroom or library, this new online resource puts the reference shelf staple at users’ fi ngertips, with thousands of facts not available elsewhere online.

Categories include:• Year in Review

• Year in Pictures

• Economy, Business, and Energy

• Crime

• Military Affairs

• Health and Vital Statistics

• Personalities, Arts, and Media

• Science and Technology

• Consumer Information

• U.S. Facts and History

• U.S. Government

• U.S. Cities, States, and Population

• World History and Culture

• Sports.

“…has an admirable number of different modes of accessing information that will appeal to a wide variety of users. Frankly, I like just about everything about it, from the content to the look and feel to the functionality and even the price…This attractive and easy-to-use resource is a gold mine for reports and ready-refer-ence and will fi nd countless other uses. A ten; enthusiastically recommend-ed for libraries everywhere.”—Library Journal

Highlights:• Best-selling reference content with

thousands of key statistics and facts

• Search for essential facts and back-ground information on current events and news topics

• Fast, reliable information on a world of subjects, from economics to sports to pop culture

• Dynamic home page with daily features, including “This Day in History,” “This Day in Sports,” “Quote of the Day,” “Recent Updates,” and “Most Viewed” topics

• World at a Glance featuring fast facts culled from the entire almanac universe to highlight the most essential items by topic.

Features:• “Export to Excel” functionality for down-

loading data—excellent for statistics classes, comparison charts, math problems, and reports

• Full-color maps, fl ags, graphs, and charts




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Curriculum Resource CenterAn Electronic Library of Printable Instructor Handouts

ALA/ALSC “Notable Online Subscription Service”

Media & Methods Awards Portfolio, “Internet, Online Services and References” category

District Administration’s “Top 100 Products in Education: Districts’ Choice Award”

“…marvelous and useful and the PDF fi les are easy to use…recommended…”—Library Journal

“…help[s] fi ll a gap in reference collections…straightforward and extremely easy to use…”—Booklist

“…a wealth of useful handouts to supplement curriculum. Educators will warmly welcome it.”—KLIATT

Perfect for Middle School through Junior College Curricula

Curriculum Resource Center gives teachers fast access to thousands of easily reproduced handouts to supplement text and lesson plans used in middle school, high school, and junior college classrooms. Making Facts On File’s broad range of authoritative, curriculum-supporting loose-leaf binder reference materials available in a user-friendly elec-tronic format, this expansive collection of maps, full-color diagrams, images, experiments, timelines, and other visual educational resources is conveniently arranged. Each handout can be saved, emailed, printed, or distributed for educational purposes, whether for in-class use or for teacher training.

“…an excellent resource for educators and students…recommended…”—American Reference Books Annual

Highlights:• Excellent for teachers for classroom

use or homework help

• Intuitive interface: fi nd what you need quickly and effi ciently

• Comprehensive collection of printable handouts: fast access to thousands of easily reproduced handouts to supple-ment text and lesson plans used in middle school, high school, and junior college classrooms.

Maps and Handouts:• Fact sheets: thousands of fact sheets

on U.S. and world history, women’s studies, religion, health and fi tness, and more

• Timelines: timelines spanning the entire length of U.S., world, and women’s history

• Image gallery

• Maps: more than 1,300 printable geographic, historical, and statistical maps

• Science: full-color diagrams and hands-on experiments, some in color, for science education

• Math activities: problem sets in alge-bra, calculus, and geometry, ranging from simple to advanced levels.

Features:• “Did You Mean…?” search feature


• My Folders: a unique, easy-to-manage feature that allows users to save entries for one session (without logging in) or for multiple sessions (after logging in)

• Examples of citations in MLA, Chicago Manual of Style, and APA styles.



The World Almanac® for Kids OnlineReference Database

An Engaging Reference Site Kids and Educators Will Love

Erasing the line between homework support and fun exploration, The World Almanac® for Kids Online expands on the contents of The World Almanac® for Kids print edition, along with other award-winning refer-ence books from World Almanac®, Chelsea House, and Facts On File. A natural complement to the curriculum, each subject area provides resources for homework, reports, and projects. Kids can explore grade-appropriate topics while developing online research skills with a trusted content source.

Highlights:• Acclaimed content from

The World Almanac® for Kids, the best-selling reference book for kids, which has sold more than 3.5 million copies

• Resources for student reports and research, with extensive arti-cles on space science, countries, and states—including printable fl ags and symbols

• Engaging, fun entries on kid-friendly subjects.

Features:• Fun facts

• Image and video galleries

• Interactive games and quizzes

• Search Assist technology and kid-friendly search results

• Homework Help tools

• Ability to make notes on saved items



Subjects include:• Animals: Articles and videos on more

than 100 mammals, aquatic life, and reptiles and amphibians. Includes infor-mation on anatomy, physiology, feeding, hunting, and endangered species status, with a variety of fun facts about these interesting creatures.

• Career Ideas: More than 175 careers and jobs in 12 key categories. Includes career overviews, resources to explore potential careers, and profi les of real-life professionals, plus video features and fun facts.

• Countries of the World: More than 190 nations with details on population, industries, major cities, geography, and national history—plus video features, fun facts, maps, fl ags, and images.

• The 50 States: Details and fun facts on all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, including population, climate, industries, local history, landmarks, and famous personalities.

• Reader’s Corner: Budding bookworms can discover books in a particular genre, by well-known authors, or that are best-sellers, ALA recommendations, and prestigious award winners. Plus fun facts about how The World Almanac® for Kids book is produced, how to make your own book, pen names of famous writers, and much more!

• Space and the Solar System: Informa-tion detailing the plants, dwarf planets, and other celestial bodies that make up our solar system, plus a section on the history of space exploration, and fun facts about the moon, sun, stars, and much more.

• U.S. Presidents: Biographical informa-tion on all 44 presidents, from George Washington to Barack Obama. Fun facts include information on fi rst ladies, as well as trivia about the presidency.

NEW!



Chelsea House Digital BiographiesReference Database

Noteworthy Biographies from a Trusted Source

Chelsea House Digital Biographies is the new one-stop online resource for the biography needs of middle and high school students. Featuring more than 500 full-length biographies from Chelsea House, the leading publisher of biographies for the school and library market, Chelsea House Digital Biographies features the best, brightest, and most inter-esting personalities in the United States and the world. The award-winning content includes both contemporary and historical subjects, from world leaders and famed explorers to popular celebrities and key fi gures from various cultural backgrounds. Each curriculum-related or high-interest biography is the ideal length for book reports, perfect for students to fully discover their subject.

This user-friendly online reference site features an easy-to-navigate interface, allowing users to browse or search biographies. Indexed by occupation and by time period for targeted searches, each biography includes a captivating narrative, plus sidebars offering additional facts, a timeline, and an image gallery. The attractive, clearly organized design encourages students to discover new people of interest. The useful “Resources for Writing a Report” covers valuable tips such as How to Write a Biography Report, How to Avoid Plagiarism, and How to Cite.

The perfect database for biography reports and research!

Highlights:• In-depth biographies: core essays

providing fascinating accounts of the lives of key people across all eras and professions, as well as supplying all the basic information on each person’s life and accomplishments

• Sidebars: informative looks at related topics or interesting subjects

• Timelines: event-by-event listings of major highlights of each person’s life

• Multiple browse views: browsable by collections such as Asian Americans of Achievement, Football Superstars, or Leaders of the Civil War Era, or by an alphabetical list of all the people included

• User-friendly search: search results fi ltered by gender, category, or time period; an advanced search to limit searches by those same criteria

• “Resources for Writing a Report”: useful writing tips in one easy-to-access location.

Features:• Google Translate function

• Image galleries

• Monthly features highlighting themes, events, and popular topics




NEW!




World News DigestNews Service Database

Library Journal “Best Databases,” Runner-Up in “Best Integration of External Content” category

“…valuable and reliable…there is wonderful information here…Recommended.”—Choice

“Recommended.”—Library Media Connection

“…comprehensive and easy to use…provides a wealth of unbiased information…highly recommended.”—Reference Reviews

“…provides a wealth of information and will help students researching for a multitude of assignments.”—American Reference Books Annual

“…a must for students obtaining background information on a topic…intuitive for even novice users…”—Library Journal

Authoritative World News Coverage from 1940 Through Today Provides Information, Context, and Perspective

World News Digest brings more than seven decades of news from the renowned Facts On File World News Digest in print together with the most recent coverage and thousands of additional resources. This unique archival record of domestic and international news, unrivaled for its depth, breadth, and accuracy, covers all major political, social, and economic events since November 1940. World News Digest is updated twice weekly and includes a searchable hourly newsfeed. Its more than 1 million internal hyperlinks allow researchers to follow a story ahead in time and back in time, and lead to just the background information they need to understand its signifi cance.

Perfect for 2012 election coverage!

Highlights:• Fast access to essentials: news from

FDR’s third election as president through today’s headlines, searchable and browsable by decade, country, and issue

• Election information: background on the 2012 U.S. presidental and congressional races

• Facts and fi gures researchers can trust: accurate, objective, concise cover-age of the most vital information—relied on by schools, libraries, government agencies, and news organizations

• Information in context: political, eco-nomic, and cultural stories, individually linked to handpicked primary sources, back ground essays, illustrations, and related articles

• “Need a Research Topic?”: summaries of key topics, linked to related articles to jump-start student research

• Curriculum Tools: customized materials for students and educators.

Features:• “Ahead in Time” and “Back in Time”

links for a complete chronological chain of events

• Timelines of top stories

• Key background information—primary source documents, profi les of news-makers, countries, and issues

• Research features and in-depth cover-age guides on high-interest topics

• Searchable newsfeed, updated hourly

• Newspaper editorials and editorial cartoons with discussion questions

• World Almanac® content and full Encyclopedia

• Citations in MLA style, with APA guidelines.



Ancient and Medieval History OnlineReference Database

“…highly recommended…extremely student-friendly.”—Booklist

“…easy to read…recommended…”—Library Journal

“…a handy, accessible reference…Recommended.”—Choice

“…excellent…”—American Reference Books Annual

“…a wealth of information…this database’s scope and ease of use make it an asset for any school or public library.”—KLIATT

“…excellent, vast and comprehensive…highly recommend[ed]…”—Reference Reviews

The Full Scope of Ancient and Medieval History

Ancient and Medieval History Online provides thorough coverage of nine civilizations—ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient and medieval Africa, medieval Europe, the Americas, ancient and medieval Asia, and Islamic Empire. Cover-ing prehistory through the 1500s, this authoritative online database features a user-friendly interface. Users can research each civilization in depth or use the browse feature to conduct comparative studies of events and developments across civilizations.

Highlights:• Complete coverage: full scope of

ancient history from prehistory through the mid-15th century

• Unique Topic Centers: specially select-ed entries on different areas of interest to help users fi nd a starting point for their research

• Overview civilization essays: overview essays describing key cultural topics

• Original maps and charts: original maps and charts, with captions, illustrating key sociological and historical concepts

• Authoritative source list: full and partial text from a wealth of print titles.

Features:• Biographies

• Events and topics

• Primary sources

• Timeline


• “Editor’s Selection of the Month”

• “Focus on History through Video” feature with video gallery

• Dictionary



• Examples of full citations in MLA, Chicago Manual of Style, and APA styles.





Modern World History OnlineReference Database

“…highly recommended…extremely student-friendly.”—Booklist

“…a thorough database…Recommended.”—Library Media Connection

“…a great starting point for students seeking basic background information on most world history topics…well designed and easy to navigate. The maps, images, videos, time lines and primary sources are a welcome adjunct to the other strong content from a well-known, reputable publisher…Recommended.”—Choice

“…browseable and attractive…very useful…”—VOYA

Comprehensive Coverage of Modern World History

Modern World History Online covers the full scope of world history from the mid-15th century to the present. Thousands of fully hyper-linked subject entries, biographies, images and videos, maps and charts, primary sources, and timeline entries combine to provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, events, and ideas that have defi ned modern world history.

Unique Topic Centers pull forward interesting entries handpicked by our editors to help users fi nd a starting point for their research. Users can search content by keyword or phrase or browse by topic, region, or era, corresponding to the National Standards for World History depending on their needs.

Highlights:• Complete coverage: full scope of world

history from the mid-15th century to the present

• Unique Topic Centers: specially select-ed entries on different eras and regions to help users fi nd a starting point for their research

• Authoritative source list: full and partial text from a wealth of print titles

• Newsreel videos: videos, with a focus on World War II-era newsreel footage, giving enlightening “you are there” looks at events and people.



• Primary sources

• Timeline, updated monthly


• Maps and charts



• Dictionary







2012 President Election Coverage, plus comprehen-sive background on all presidential races since 1996!

Features:• Issues from the headlines including

such topics as the 2012 presidential race, green jobs, the eurozone crisis, protest movements, and U.S. troop withdrawals

• Thousands of links to key news cover-age and other background information lending context to the discussion

• Thousands of timelines, primary source documents, and additional resouces

• By the Numbers: statistical overviews of main article topics

• World Almanac® content and full Encyclopedia


Issues and ControversiesNews Service Database

“…an ideal speech and debate database…There’s no debate that this database deserves an A.”—School Library Journal

“…a wealth of information for students working on any research project…readily accessible and easy to navigate…Recommended.”—Library Media Connection

“…provides a wealth of information and will help students researching for a multitude of assignments.”—American Reference Books Annual

Researchers’ First Step Toward Under standing Today’s Most Important and Controversial Issues

Issues and Controversies helps researchers understand today’s crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot topics in politics, govern-ment, business, society, education, and popular culture. Each article presents both sides of an issue clearly, coherently, and without bias. Updated weekly, with a backfi le dating to 1995, Issues and Controversies offers in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. Its straightforward presentation of the key facts, arguments, history, and current context of today’s most important and timely issues makes the database an ideal resource for research papers, debate prepara-tion, and persuasive writing assignments. The articles are written by Facts On File’s own expert writers and editors, and each article includes a full range of supporting materials.



Jump-start Student Research with the Invaluable “Need a Research Topic?” Feature!

Highlights:• Extensive and objective coverage:

more than 1,000 timely, in-depth articles covering complex hot-button issues in language students can understand

• Pro and con statements: focusing researchers’ thinking

• Rich related resources: editorial car-toons, newspaper editorials, and discus-sion questions and activities, along with objective coverage, illustrating the range of opinions and prompting researchers to do their own critical thinking and analysis

• “Need a Research Topic?”: summaries of key topics linked to related articles to jump-start student research

• Curriculum Tools: promoting classroom use, with practical activities and research tools for students and educators

• Full coverage of each National High School Debate Topic: overview, with a series of in-depth articles on the key aspects of the debate

• Bill of Rights in Debate: deepening understanding of constitutional issues in contemporary life.

The ideal resource for debate prep, research papers, and persuasive writing assign-ments.



African-American History OnlineReference Database

“…highly recommended…easy to use…extremely student-friendly”—Booklist

“…easy to navigate and authoritative. Highly recommended.”—Choice

“…an excellent resource…highly recommended…”—Library Journal

“…browseable and attractive…very useful…”—VOYA

“…offers a tremendous amount of information on the African American experience over the last 500 years…Clearly organized and easy to use, this is an excellent resource for student research.”—KLIATT

“…very useful for students, teachers, and librarians.”—American Reference Books Annual

An In-depth and Visually Appealing Research Tool

Exploring more than 500 years of the African-American experi-ence, African-American History Online offers many exciting features, including more than 85 historical videos that bring history to life. The extensively hyperlinked entries in this comprehensive database include subject entries, primary sources, images and videos, general and topic-specifi c timelines, biographies, maps and charts, and more. Users can search for entries by keyword or phrase or browse by topic and by time period—from eight historical periods relevant specifi cally to African-American history. In addition, biographies can be browsed by occupation and primary sources by type.

Highlights:• Complete coverage: more than 500

years of the African-American experience

• Overview era essays: overview essays outlining time periods

• Unique Topic Centers: specially selected entries on different eras of African-American history to help users fi nd a starting point for their research




• Primary sources

• General timeline of more than 500 years of African-American history, updated monthly

• Subject-specifi c timelines


• Maps and charts

• The Exhibit of American Negroes, Paris 1900: a reconstruction of high-lights from an exhibit at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair by W.E.B. DuBois


• “Focus On” feature

• Dictionary








American History OnlineReference Database

Booklist/RBB “Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers”

“…[an] outstanding database…highly recommended…”—Booklist

“…very accessible, user-friendly, comprehensive...Highly recommended.” —Choice

“…simple and easy to use…Recommended…”—Library Journal

“…[an] easy-to-use resource especially valuable to students and teachers.”—KLIATT

“…visually appealing…Highly recommended.”—Internet@Schools

“...comprehensive...easy to access and navigate...Recommended.”—Library Media Connection

The Broadest Scope of Coverage in a Single Resource

Spanning more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, Facts On File’s American History Online database revolution-izes the way students and researchers can explore the different facets of American history, with a user-friendly interface and award-winning content. The authoritative, curriculum-based material is culled from many acclaimed Facts On File print titles. By providing the most com-prehensive range of information in one complete resource—subject entries, biographies, primary sources, images and videos, maps and charts, and timelines—American History Online offers a virtual library of American history for educators, students, and researchers of all ages.

Valuable historical content for election-related studies!


years of political, military, social, and cultural history

• Overview era essays: overview essays outlining time periods

• Unique Topic Centers: specially select-ed entries on different eras of American history to help users fi nd a starting point for their research

• Authoritative source list: full and partial text from hundreds of print titles, including the revised edition of the award-winning Encyclopedia of American History




• Primary sources: more than 2,400 primary source documents

• General timeline, updated monthly

• Subject-specifi c timelines

• Fifteen era-specifi c timelines


• Maps and charts



• Dictionary






American Women’s History OnlineReference Database


“…highly recommended…easy to use…extremely student-friendly.”—Booklist

“…a comprehensive resource…authoritative…very engaging…highly recommended…”—Reference Reviews

“The strength of this database is its searching capabilities and wealth of information…a gold mine…Recommended.”—The Book Report

“Highly Recommended.”—Internet@Schools

“…a substantial source…Recommended…”—Library Journal

A Veritable Treasure Trove of Women’s History Materials

American Women’s History Online is an authoritative reference data-base containing biographies, historical and topical subject entries, primary sources, maps and charts, images and videos, and general and subject-specifi c timelines encompassing more than 500 years of American women’s history.

Historical videos cover such topics as working women, women in poli-tics, and changing women’s fashions. Users can search for entries by keyword or phrase, or they can browse by topic and by time period—from nine historical periods relevant specifi cally to women’s history.


years of American women’s history

• Unique Topic Centers: specially select-ed entries on different eras of women’s history to help users fi nd a starting point for their research

• Four unique timelines: a general timeline spanning more than 500 years of American women’s history, a timeline covering the history of reproductive rights and technology, and a timeline on women in politics, all updated monthly; plus a timeline of the American women’s suffrage movement

• Authoritative source list: full and partial text from a wealth of print titles




• Primary sources


• Maps and charts



• Dictionary







American Indian History OnlineReference Database


“…highly recommended…easy to use…extremely student-friendly.”—Booklist

“…colorful…an interactive, multifaceted look at the indigenous peoples of the Americas…As a one-stop approach for accessing a broad range of content, this resource will appeal to all levels of users seeking information on Native history and culture.”—Library Journal

“…a valuable resource…highly recommended…”—American Reference Books Annual

“…fi lls an important niche; it is an excellent resource for exploration of Native history and culture, and a valuable starting point for research…Recommended.”—Choice

“Highly recommended.”—The Book Report

An Authoritative, Informative Resource

American Indian History Online offers fast access to more than 15,000 years of culture and history through event and topic entries, biogra-phies, images and videos, maps and charts, legends, primary sources, and timeline entries. The “Tribes and Culture Areas” section is easy to browse with a helpful tabbed list of tribes, representing more than 600 Native American groups, and a browse-by-culture-area feature. This award-winning database allows for an interactive, multifaceted look at the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

Highlights:• Complete coverage: more than 15,000

years of American Indian history and culture

• Tribe index: a browsable index of more than 600 tribes

• Culture Area index: a browsable index of Indian culture areas

• Legends: traditional stories from tribes and groups, accessible from the Primary Sources browse page and the North American Culture Area Topic Centers

• Unique Topic Centers: specially selected entries on major eras and North American culture areas to help users fi nd a starting point for their research

• Timeline: information on 15,000 years of American Indian history, with exten-sive hyperlinks, updated monthly




• Primary sources


• Maps and charts


• Dictionary








Issues and Controversies in American HistoryNews Service Database

Place Students and Researchers at the Center of the Great Debates in American History

With Issues and Controversies in American History, history comes to life, not as a mere recitation of names and dates, but as a series of turn-ing points where the future hung in the balance and opinions raged on all sides. This accessible educational database delivers dynamic, con-cise, and balanced coverage that provides the background, outcomes, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and confl ict in American history. Articles are arranged in the 10 major eras that conform to national history standards. In addition, all articles have been indexed to key subjects such as civil liberties, immigration, politics and government, race and civil rights, religion, revolts and rebellions, war and military, and more.

New to the database are 25 enhanced lessons, each introduced by an ex-citing, original three-minute video that gives visual context to the issues and controversy covered by the article. These enhanced lessons include learning objectives to use in lesson planning, curriculum standards, teacher resources, discussion questions, printable activity sheets, self-assessment quizzes, and additional activities and questions to take the lesson further—all tools for applying the issues and debate topics to class lessons in a meaningful and contextualized way. This newly re-designed database is the perfect companion to Issues and Controversies (pages 12–13) and American History Online (page 15).

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• Monthly “Editor’s Picks”

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• Bibliographies and Web sites

• Searchable U.S. History Encyclopedia



• Dynamic citations in MLA style and Chicago Manual of Style formats.



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New Enhanced Lessons Make This Database Perfect for the Classroom and Library!

Highlights:• Extensive coverage of key issues: from

colonial America to the present, divided into 10 major times periods to correlate to national history standards

• Arguments for and against: building understanding of each issue

• Enhanced lessons: select topics that are introduced by a short video and supplemented with instructor materials, lesson objectives, discussion questions, handouts, quizzes, and more

• Rich related resources: primary source documents, timelines, background articles, and biographies


• Special features: essays on all U.S. presidential elections, historical cartoons with discussion questions, and more

• “American Presidential Elections” feature: informative overviews of every U.S. presidental election in history, with voting statistics, presidental biogra-phies, links to related topics, and more.

Includes presidential election coverage from 1789 to 2008!



U.S. Government OnlineReference Database

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A Focused, Accessible Online Resource for Those Learning about Our Government

U.S. Government Online makes it easy and engaging to study the structure, function, and history of the U.S. government. Focused and thorough in its coverage, this informative resource features an easy-to-navigate interface that allows users to fi nd relevant essays; primary source documents; images and videos; tables, charts, and maps; and news articles. The home page includes rotating special features, links to several recent news headlines, a topic index, and links to six gateway pages.

Perfect for preparing for the 2012 election year!

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• Timely news articles: relevant, regularly updated news articles on a variety of topics dealing with government issues, searchable and also browsable by date or by subtopic.



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• Tables, charts, and maps

• Specially selected features highlight-ing important moments, themes, and concepts in the history and function of the American government

• Dictionary

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Ferguson’s Career Guidance CenterReference Database


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The Essential Career Research Database

The critically acclaimed Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center features exclusive, wide-ranging content that is accessible and intuitively organized. Known for its unprecedented depth of coverage and variety of user-friendly content formats, this comprehensive career research database is broken down into three main sections: Job and Industry Profi les, Job-Hunting and Workplace Skills, and Career and Industry Resources. The material is drawn from a range of authoritative sources and is extensively indexed.

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Health Reference CenterReference Database

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A Comprehensive, Reliable Health Resource

The critically acclaimed Health Reference Center boasts a visually appealing interface that is clearly organized and easy to navigate. This user-friendly database includes more than 585 educational videos on a wide range of health topics, more than 1,100 searchable and browsable color illustrations, and a “Health in the News” section with regularly updated health news articles. This invaluable resource provides reli-able information on today’s most pressing health topics and key social concerns. Strong browse and search capabilities—including tabbed search results, suggested searches, and persistent record links—help users navigate the extensive range of accessible material.

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• Overview articles: informative entries separated into fi ve subject areas—Body Systems, Diseases and Disorders, Drug Abuse and Addiction, Mental Health and Developmental Disorders, and Nutrition and Wellness

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Writer’s Reference CenterReference Database

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The Essential One-Stop Online Reference for Writers

Writer’s Reference Center provides users with a convenient one-stop location for all of the tools necessary to write and research effectively. From the mechanics of writing and grammar to style and research, this indispensable online resource thoroughly covers the fundamentals of quality writing, provides a wealth of vocabulary-building reference dictionaries, and examines numerous thematic areas. An in-depth grammar section defi nes grammatical terms and gives examples of use, while another section explains the meaning and usage of frequent-ly confused words. Writing resources teach users how best to write and revise their work. The easy-to-use interface and intuitive design allow users to quickly fi nd relevant information through customizable searches and browsing.

Perfect for any library, classroom, or writing center!

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• Writing resources: more than 150 essays covering grammar, style, research, and more, presented in an easy-to-use format, allowing users both to learn new concepts and to fi nd answers to specifi c usage and style questions.

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Bloom’s Literary Reference OnlineReference Database

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The Defi nitive Source for Literary Criticism from Harold Bloom

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Highlights:• Complete coverage: essays and criti-

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• Bloom’s How to Write about: specifi c advice on how to write good essays on popularly assigned authors

• Works: overviews, synopses, analyses, and literary criticism of thousands of works

• Authors: a wealth of content on the fi nest contemporary and classic writers from around the world

• Literary criticism: critical essays from Facts On File’s extensive collection, Harold Bloom’s acclaimed essays, and critical articles from the Bloom’s imprint

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• Characters: information on more than 46,000 major and minor literary characters

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