history study center primary and secondary sources documenting global history 2010

History Study CenterPrimary and secondary sources

documenting global history

2010

History Study Center (HSC)

What is HSC?

History Study Center

• New content added regularly by skilled history editors.

• All content accessible via keyword search or editorially created study units.

• Available as a standalone subscription, or as part of eLibrary Curriculum Edition.

Key Benefits

Five Content Types

• Editorially created units bringing together the best and most interesting content on 500+ historical topics.

1. Study Units

Five Content Types

• Hundreds of important official documents, transcripts of speeches, personal narratives, editorials, and other primary sources.

2. Historical Documents

History Study Center

• Encyclopaedias, historical dictionaries from publishers like Penguin and Taylor & Francis, biographies, and maps, including many animated maps.

• Topic overviews, or essay-length introductions to historical texts, events and themes.

3. Maps & Reference

History Study Center

• Thousands of historical images, video clips, and editorially selected weblinks.

4. Multimedia

History Study Center

• Dozens of academic journals fully searchable and browsable.

• Access to editorially selected articles from hundreds more.

5. Journals

History Study Center

• Quick Search bar enables instant searching of all elements of the Study Center, or specific types.

• Advanced search lets you specify exactly which resources to search in, and more.

• Access individual search screens for each of the five content elements down the right side.

Searching HSC

Search Results Overview

Use quotation marks to search for an

exact phrase.

Results are organized by

content type, with jump-down links to

each section.

Results within each

content type are

ranked by relevance.

Study Units

• Editorially created, covering 500+ important historical topics from ancient Mesopotamia to contemporary America.

• Features

— Brief introductions to topic.

— Collection of the best and most interesting articles, primary sources, maps, photographs, video files, biographies, and editorially screened weblinks.

Study Units

Search for Study Units by keyword, title, or subject.

BrowseStudy Units

by topic.

Study Units

Study Units begin with

a brief introduction.

Resources within the Study Unit

are grouped

by content type.

Study Units

Particularly useful and interesting items are

selected as Study Unit highlights.

Historical Documents

Many of the searchable documents display as

transcribed text with

comments.

Historical Documents

You can search or browse

individual sourcebooks.

Historical Documents

Check Primary Sources area for additional page image primary

source documents.

Maps & Reference

Maps & Reference

Click +/- to expand or close each

level in a table of contents.

Maps & Reference

Click image thumbnails to view a larger

version.

Maps & Reference

You can magnify and

scroll through maps using

these controls.

Multimedia

Multimedia: Video

Multimedia: Images

Journals

• Search and browse thousands of full-text articles from 60 journals.

• Regularly updated with new issues.

• Titles include History Today, Foreign Affairs and Journal of American History.

• Additional selected articles are included in appropriate Study Units.

Search by title, author, or journal,

as well as for keywords. Can include/exclude

book reviews and limit results by

date.

Journals

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Summary

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