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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 Historical Documents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
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• 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.
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Historical Documents
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Multimedia
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Journals
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• Titles include History Today, Foreign Affairs and Journal of American History.
• Additional selected articles are included in appropriate Study Units.
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