DISCUS Databases: Social Studies

Cultural reports on the countries of the world, US states and Canadian provences. Supporting materials include a photo gallery, recipes, and biographies.  You can view flags, maps, slideshows, national anthems, and video clips. (Grades 4-12.) (ProQuest)

History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire 'American Journey Online' series. (Gale)

Award-winning reference content, academic and scholarly journals, thousands of primary source documents, images and maps integrated seamlessly into a cross-searchable database. (Gale)