History & Social Science

Covering more than 500 years of the African-American experience, this resource offers a fresh way to explore the full spectrum of African-American history and culture. Users can start their investigation of a topic with a video or slideshow overview, use the key content called out on the home page to find an entryway into the database, or dig deep into a subject or era through the Topic Centers. Read about key figures and events, examine famous speeches and other primary sources, and get context from the in-depth timelines. An important feature is the full cross-searchability across all the Infobase history databases for an even more comprehensive view of history.Powered by Infobase.

American History is a comprehensive resource that spans our nation’s history, with a user-friendly interface and award-winning content. The home page offers many ways to begin exploring the material, from the videos, slideshow overviews, and Topic Centers to the lists of key content handpicked by our editors to help users find a starting point for their research. By providing the most comprehensive range of information in one complete resource—subject entries, biographies, primary sources, videos and slideshows, images, timelines, and maps and graphs, plus full cross-searchability across all the Infobase history databases—American History offers a virtual library of American history for educators, students, and researchers. Powered by Infobase.

American Indian History offers access to more than 15,000 years of culture and history, covering more than 600 Native American groups, through tablet/mobile-friendly videos and slideshows, images, biographies of key people, event and topic entries, primary sources, maps and graphs, and timelines. With a user-friendly interface, this award-winning database allows for an interactive, multifaceted look at the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. An important feature is full cross-searchability across all the Infobase history databases for an even more comprehensive view of history. Powered by Infobase.

Ancient and Medieval History provides thorough coverage of world history from prehistory through the mid-1500s, with special Topic Centers on key eras, civilizations, and regions, including the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome; ancient and medieval Africa, Asia, and the Americas; medieval Europe and the Islamic World; and much more. Each civilization’s history is brought to life through tablet/mobile-friendly videos and slideshows, primary sources, maps and graphs, timelines, suggested readings, and suggested search terms. Powered by Infobase.

Black Life in America—a unique digital archive of news media—presents the broad sweep of African American history. By offering balanced coverage from diverse sources published from 1704 through present day, this multi-disciplinary resource is crucial for the study and interpretation of historical and current events.

This primary source collection offers an expansive window into centuries of African American history and illustrates the significant impacts African Americans have had on culture, the arts, science, politics, religion and more.

• Comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day
• Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications
• An easy-to-use online resource—updated daily—for research and the study of Black Life in America

This database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration, portrayals of Native American peoples, and other works produced in Europe that make some mention of the discovery and emerging awareness of the Americas.

The database is derived from the seminal reference work, European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1750, commonly known as the Alden-Landis Bibliography (after the co-editors John Alden and Dennis Landis).

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Explora helps young researchers to engage, explore and excel. The Explora experience for public libraries ensures that students, educators and library patrons can quickly find the reliable information they need to complete homework and research projects. Users can search for categories and topics that are broken down for younger and novice researchers.

Designed for students in high school, this database provides researchers with hundreds of reference materials, biographies and more. Easily browse by topics including arts and literature, current events, history and cultural events.

Start your research with Explora! Designed for the student, young researchers can look up biographies, articles on current events, or encyclopedia entries. The homepage features collections—arts and literature, biography, business and careers, current events, geography and culture, health, history and social science, and science and math—so users can easily browse by topic.

These indexes offer researchers a number of opportunities!

Citations are added everyday by BCLS staff and volunteers, so don't forget to search them frequently!

Get citations from Burlington County Newspaper Notices Index, Batsto Citizens Gazette, Bordentown Register/Register News, Central Record, New Jersey Mirror, Times-Advertiser/Community News Index. 

Middle Search Plus contains full text for more than 150 popular, middle school magazines. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 200 magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets. Powered by EBSCOhost.

Modern World History offers a comprehensive look at world history from the mid-15th century to the present. Thousands of subject entries, biographies, images, videos and slideshows, maps and graphs, primary sources, and timelines combine to provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, events, and ideas that have defined modern world history. Focused Topic Centers pull forward interesting entries, search terms, documents, and maps handpicked by our editors to help users find a starting point for their research, as well as videos and slideshow overviews to offer a visual introduction to key eras and regions. Powered by Infobase.

Containing resources that present multiple sides of an issue, Points of View Reference Source provides rich content that can help students assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills.

Comprehensive, authoritative, and easy to navigate, World Geography and Culture is a resource for the study of countries, cultures, and geographic concepts. Every nation of the world is profiled in depth, with more than 40 entries and more than 100 statistical indicators covering all aspects of each nation’s geography, history, society, and culture. At-a-glance information, maps and flags, videos, images, audio recordings, gazetteer entries, biographies of prominent people, a timeline, and current news supplement each country’s profile. Information for the U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and international territories is similarly detailed.

In addition to researching individual countries and states, a variety of tools are available for studying Earth and geographic regions, comparing countries and states, and researching terms and concepts. Powered by Infobase.