Academic Search Premier
This multi-disciplinary database includes 1,046 journals with searchable cited references.
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Online Research
African-American History Online
Covering more than 500 years of the African-American history. Read about key figures and events, examine famous speeches and other primary sources, and get context from the timelines.
Black Freedom Struggle in the U.S.
Historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.
Britannica Academic
Designed for college and university libraries and provides access to comprehensive information, as well as the combination of Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.
Britannica Library
Britannica Library provides access to three sites in one: Children, Young Adults, and Reference Center. Users can choose the age-appropriate level that best suits their needs.
Britannica School
Up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant content covering various topics. Choose between three reading levels: Elementary, Middle or High
Community History Archive
Our Advantage Archives page with a searchable Inner City News archive from 1978 to 2002.
Drama for Students Gale eBooks
Provides critical overviews of the most-studied plays of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, critical reception, dramatic devices and traditions as well as cultural and historical context.
EBSCOhost Search
Search of full text databases provided by EBSCO. Databases can be searched individually or can be searched simultaneously in related groups by clicking Choose Databases and selecting or deselecting databases.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Resource of full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives.
Explora Elementary Schools
An interface for schools and public libraries that supports both student research and classroom instruction with reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.
Explora High Schools
An interface for schools and public libraries that supports both student research and classroom instruction with reliable content and easy-to-use functionality.
Gale In Context | Middle School
Provides middle school students with access to age-appropriate documents for research.
Gale Literature
Gale Literature Resource Center
Provides researchers with literary resources to support their literary responses, literary analysis, and thesis statements through a diversity of scholars and critics that ensure all views and interpretations are represented.
Gale Literature | Contemporary Authors
Provides access to biographical information on over 149,000 modern novelists, poets, writers, and more.
Gale Literature | LitFinder
Provides access to a wealth of literary works and secondary-source materials covering world literature and authors throughout history. Including full-text poems and poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.
Gale Literature | Twayne’s Authors Series
Offers full-text, in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres.
