SOCIAL STUDIES

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

All of the following databases can be accessed from within the school or from any computer with Internet access.

To use these databases from outside CCHS, you will need usernames and passwords.

Stop by the library anytime to pick up a bookmark listing all the databases and the necessary information for accessing them.

ALL SOCIAL STUDIES WORLD GEOGRAPHY & CULTURE ONLINE Combines detailed, printable, full-color maps of countries, provinces, and states with up-to-date statistical and local information.	AMERICAN HISTORY AMERICAN INDIAN EXPERIENCE Covers the history and contemporary cultures of the Native peoples of North America. Divided into 11 significant eras of American Indian history.	AMERICAN HISTORY AMERICAN HISTORY ONLINE Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
GLOBAL STUDIES ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY ONLINE Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas and Asia.	GLOBAL STUDIES ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL WORLD Examines world history from the emergence of the earliest humans about two million years ago through the end of the Middle Ages.	GLOBAL STUDIES MODERN WORLD HISTORY ONLINE Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th century to the present..
AMERICAN HISTORY AND GLOBAL STUDIES PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS Comprehensive resource on the peoples of North and South America, including their ancestors, their foods, family life, festivals, music, dance, crafts and sports.	SEE ALSO: DISCOVERING COLLECTION GALE DATABASES

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

AMERICAN HISTORY

American FactFinder

A wealth of statistics about places in the United States based on information from the 2000 national census.

Encyclopedia Brittanica’s Guide to Black History

A comprehensive presentation that includes African American culture and history, biographies and primary source documents.

50states.com

Large variety of information and links about the states of the United States and their capitals.

Presidents of the United States

Information on all the presidents of the United States provided by the White House.

Today in History

A feature of the American Memory collections of the Library of Congress that provides a special historical, primary source feature for each day of the year.

GLOBAL HISTORY/GLOBAL STUDIES

Atlapedia Online

Full color physical maps, political maps, key facts and statistics on all countries of the world.

CIA World Factbook

Provides profiles of all nations that include geography, people, government, economy and more.

Map Machine by National Geographic

Maps, photos and articles for all countries of the world along with climate maps, prehistoric maps, conservation maps and timelines.

GOVERNMENT

InfoUSA

Information on the three branches of the U.S. government, state and local governments, elections, and foreign policy and international affairs. Also information on U.S. life, education, media and economy.

Nolopedia Legal Encyclopedia

A collection of articles providing legal information on a variety of topics including business and human resources; patents, copyright and art, will and estate planning, property and money, family law and immigration, and rights and disputes.

Political Database of the Americas

Reference materials, primary documents and statistical information on constitutional studies, electoral systems and election data, civil society and political parties. Searchable by keyword or country.