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Issues and Controversies in American History
Company: Facts On File News Services, 512 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10018; Phone: 800/ 363-7976; Internet: http://www. facts.com.
Price: $395-single purchase. Volume pricing available.
Audience: 7th grade-high school.
Format: Online database.
Minimum System Requirements: Computer with browser and Internet access.
Description: Issues and Controversies in American History is a subscription database that covers the great issues throughout history that shaped the United States, from colonial times to the present. The material includes thousands of cross-referenced, hyperlinked entries that examine the events that make up the story of America.
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Installation: The online database is accessed with a password and username. There was no problem getting to the opening pages. Installation Rating: A
Content/Features: Issues and Controversies in American History enables the in-depth examination of a variety of the formative issues in U.S. history. In addition to specific issues, 12 major themes are explored, among them: the Birth of a Nation, Civil Rights and Liberties, States' Rights, and Foreign Policy and Diplomacy. Each theme can be examined in a particular historical time period or across time.
Users can search for information on various events or issues in U.S. history by subject or date range to find a variety of materials that provide alternate points of view, background information, and outcomes. Also offered are encyclopedia entries, biographies, primary source documents, timelines, images, statistics, and charts. The information can be printed, copied, and saved. Lists of additional Web sites, photographs, maps, timelines, biographies, and statistics are also available. This database can be added to...