LSC-CyFair Library Guides: ENGL 1301/0219 Holliger: Step 2: Researching a Time Period

Step 2: Researching a Time Period

The next step is to find a bit more information about what was going on during the period of time when your historical figure made their accomplishment. This will help you understand why their accomplishment was significant.

History Databases

American History This link opens in a new window
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(Infobase) Provides topic pages and overviews for historical events, daily life in different eras, historical controversies, and multimedia supplements as well as primary sources. Covers the colonial/revolutionary period and forward.
U.S. History (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
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(GALE) Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to researchers. Updated daily, this resource offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work established in the field.
World History (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
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(GALE) Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful researchers. The database offers balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work established in the field.
Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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(Credo) Includes materials from over 650 full-text reference books on a variety of topics in higher education, including art, business, history, languages, literature, science, criminal justice, and political science.

History Websites

U.S. History Primary Source Timeline
(Library of Congress) Explore important topics and moments in U.S. history (1600s - 1968) through historical primary sources from the Library of Congress
Outline of United States History
(Wikipedia) Covers events in prehistory of the United States through current times.
U.S. History
(PBS) U.S. History is broken down by time periods, ranging from Three Worlds Meet (beginnings to 1620) to Contemporary United States (1968 - today). Includes videos, interactive maps, lesson plans, and more.
World History
(PBS) World History is an expansive subject with topics including the Beginnings of Human society and Early Civilizations (4000 - 1000 BCE) to The World Since 1945. Includes videos, interactive maps, and lessons.

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