History & Culture

AtoZ the World is the world standard for country profiles, with detailed coverage of more than 100 topics each.

Books and articles collected by EBSCO on all history topics from prehistory to the 21st Century.

This resource includes all the newspapers digitized in the Google Newspaper Archives. When you choose the Newspapers category, you can do a keyword search using the Name and Publication place fields. Note that while the Youngstown Vindicator from 1869-2009 is included, there are many poorly digitized and completely missing issues which will not be found in search results. Searching and Browsing the Google News Archive provides helpful instructions for using this resource.

Opposing Viewpoints contains nearly 5,000 current social topics in the forms of primary source documents, statistics, websites and multimedia.

Essays, articles and news items presenting multiple sides of current or controversial issues.

Provides online, searchable access to the full text of a variety of Grey House, H.W. Wilson, and Salem Press titles owned by the Library, in the following subjects: Health, History, Literature, and Science.

The World Book Web is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites.

A powerful reference tool designed for high school student that includes an encyclopedia, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search.

Upper level Spanish language database that includes more than 140,000 articles and 9,000 images, videos, animations, sounds, and interactive media.

Games, eBooks, and digital media that develop language and literacy skills.

Intended for younger readers, this version of the encyclopedia includes activities, illustrations, maps, and more to engage children’s different learning styles.