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American Memory Collection
American Memory is a free resource of digital images, documents, audio, and video embracing all aspects of American history and culture. Provides access to over 7 million digital reproductions of primary sources from over 100 important historical collections from the Library of Congress.

AP Images
Contains current photos and graphics from the Associated Press and extensive archives of historical images.

CountryWatch
Political, economic, business, demographic, cultural, and environmental information and statistics; daily news coverage by country; comparable country data sets; maps.

The Chicago Manual of Style Online
Completely searchable, The Chicago Manual of Style Online provides quick answers to style and editing questions. Also includes the Quick Guide with clear examples of how to use Chicago-style citation, the Chicago Style Q&A, and Tools, such as sample forms, letters, and style sheets.

CQ Researcher
From Congressional Quarterly, each report addresses a controversial current issue, including historical perspective, recent developments, opposing viewpoints, and sources for additional research.

CQ Weekly
This weekly publication from Congressional Quarterly offers expert coverage of the U.S. Congress: news, bill status, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, investigations, hearings, debates, and more.

Daily Life Online
A comprehensive, cross-disciplinary resource that includes full-length reference books, book chapters, encyclopedia articles, primary documents, and more all centered on everyday life through history and world cultures today. [More information...]

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full-text history encyclopedias including: American Revolution Reference Library, American Civil War Reference Library, Major Acts of Congress, and History Behind the Headlines.

History Cooperative 1999+ (dates vary)
Search or browse full-text articles from Journal of American History, American Historical Review, History Teacher, and others.

JSTOR 1886+ (dates vary)
Full-text archive of over 500 core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and business. Coverage generally ends 3-5 years before the current year. Journals can be browsed individually or searched as a group.

Military & Government Collection (via Ebscohost)
This database offers a collection of magazines, academic journals, and other content relating to current events in the military and government.

New York Times Historical Newspapers (via ProQuest) 1851 - 2003
Searchable full-text scanned images (pdf) of every issue of the New York Times. Searches can be limited by date, section of newspaper, and more.

General and Interdisciplinary Content Databases
General content databases cover a range of subjects and may be helpful to your research in this area.

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