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Product Catalog > Browse by Series > Social Studies Databases, Release 2.0
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ABC-CLIO's award-winning subscription databases combine authoritative research sources and inquiry-based teaching and study tools with a user-friendly interface—all aligned to social studies standards and curriculum.
Content fashioned to support library and social studies standards and all instructional methods. A comprehensive collection of primary and secondary sources of impeccable authority. News features that make today's headlines an integral part of the curriculum and tools that support class projects. These easy-to-use online databases will turn any library into a hub for developing critical thinking and information literacy skills.
ABC-CLIO's subscription databases provide a comprehensive collection of primary and secondary sources you can trust. Collected and developed by professional historians, the depth and breadth of this award-winning series match the needs of the curriculum and feature a wide variety of content to engage students. Listen to an audio clip from Maya Angelou, analyze the Magna Carta, compare demographic data between China and Mexico, or take a quiz on the causes of the Civil War.
Teaching tools support traditional history curriculum and correlations to national and all state standards and textbooks make it easy to identify text, audio, video, and more to enhance a classroom lesson. ABC-CLIO's subscription databases are where web-based researching, teaching, and learning come together.
New in Release 2.0
Designed to better meet the needs of schools and based on feedback from educators, librarians, and historians, new features were added in Release 2.0. Find out more on our resources page.
Highlights
- Maximizes your collection with deeper, broader, more varied content than any other social studies resource
- Provides relevant resources written and collected by historians for secondary school students
- Develops students' information literacy by providing context, related entries, discussion questions, and activities—all accessible from school or home
- Combines reference and curriculum correlated to national and state standards
Features- Over 15,000 primary and secondary sources in each database supporting students with differing learning styles and abilities, including government documents, photographs and other works of art, video clips, and historic maps
- New and improved advanced search, filtered search, and cross-database searching
- The "Ask the Cybrarian" feature links users to an ABC-CLIO editor who guides students in finding answers to their social studies research questions
- The Analyze section initiates critical thinking and historical inquiry skills—everything you need to conduct a historical inquiry lesson
- The Explore section offers collected sets of reference resources and activity suggestions for common areas of study
- With the popular Research List, teachers and librarians can select reference items for students to use in an assignment or conduct a research project
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8 titles in Social Studies Databases, Release 2.0
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