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2 u 2012 Online Databases Table of Contents 2012 Online Databases General Reference NEW! Chelsea House Digital Biographies...8 Curriculum Resource Center...6 NEW! The World Almanac for Kids Online...7 NEW! The World Almanac Online...5 Careers Ferguson s Career Guidance Center...21 Current Issues Issues and Controversies World News Digest...9 Geography World Geography and Culture Online...4 Health Health Reference Center...25 Literature and Language Bloom s Literary Reference Online...27 Writer s Reference Center...26 Religion NEW! World Religions Online...3 Science Science Online 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 U.S. Government Online...20 The more you buy, the more you save! Call your Online Sales Representative to ask about special savings. Contact Information: United States: Online Sales Department OnlineSales@InfobaseLearning.com Phone: Canada: Leonard Kirkness Leonard@EduReference.com Phone: , ext. 227 GSA or International: Ben Jacobs BJacobs@InfobaseLearning.com Phone: Technical support: Support@InfobaseLearning.com Phone: , ext World History Ancient and Medieval History Online...10 Modern World History Online...11 Additional Online Products elearning Modules Streaming Video Sign up for a FREE TRIAL: 2 Call: / OnlineSales@InfobaseLearning.com / Free Trial:

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17 2012 Online Databases t American Indian History Online Booklist/RBB Editors Choice Reference Source 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 fills 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, biographies, 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. 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 extensive hyperlinks, updated monthly Authoritative source list: full and partial text from a wealth of print titles. Biographies Events and topics Primary sources Image and video galleries Maps and charts Editor s Selection of the Month Dictionary Did You Mean? search feature Examples of full citations in MLA, Chicago Manual of Style, and APA styles. The more you buy, the more you save! Call your Online Sales Representative to ask about special savings. Call: / OnlineSales@InfobaseLearning.com / Free Trial: 17

18 u 2012 Online Databases Issues and Controversies in American History News Service Database REDESIGNED! 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 turning points where the future hung in the balance and opinions raged on all sides. This accessible educational database delivers dynamic, concise, and balanced coverage that provides the background, outcomes, and contemporary points of view for every major debate and conflict 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 exciting, 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 redesigned database is the perfect companion to Issues and Controversies (pages 12 13) and American History Online (page 15). Curriculum Tools for students and educators Discussion questions and activities Monthly Editor s Picks New introductory video clips Bibliographies and Web sites Searchable U.S. History Encyclopedia Search Assist technology Dynamic citations in MLA style and Chicago Manual of Style formats. The more you buy, the more you save! Call your Online Sales Representative to ask about special savings. 18 Call: / OnlineSales@InfobaseLearning.com / Free Trial:

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