LexisNexis® Primary Sources Includes four modules:
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This suite of Web services provides new opportunities for historical
research through the electronic publication of a wide range of primary
sources and essential reference information. LexisNexis® History
lets both advanced scholars and beginning students carry
out comprehensive research more easily than ever.
Each subject module provides a range of sources––and opportunities––for
research. Included are broad selections of rimary manuscripts, speeches,
comprehensive collections of full-text legislation and judicial
rulings, as well as essential government documents, a large archive
of photographic images, complete classic autobiographies, convenient
reference information, and a carefully selected anthology of hundreds
of seminal scholarly articles.
Content you can trust
Leading scholars serve as editorial advisers
and select manuscript collections, outstanding speeches, essential
government documents, photographic images, and other sources. The
editorial advisers also define the overall content of the service
and choose important secondary sources that place the collections
in historical context. Every document and image is accompanied by
authoritative bibliographic references. Students and faculty can
undertake research projects with complete confidence in the integrity
of the database and the authenticity of the sources.
Powerful and user-friendly functionality
Not only is the full text of the entire database searchable by
keyword, but every document is also searchable using controlled
vocabulary subject indexing. This makes History
enormously valuable even to the most specialized and accomplished
scholar. With this innovative and intuitive search engine, subscribers
have access to tens of thousands of important and illuminating primary
and secondary materials in just a few clicks. In addition using
this robust search capability, researchers can also browse the collections
by document type. Advanced and neophyte scholars alike will find
this especially useful when researching manuscripts, speeches, or
any of the other primary sources included in the service.
Vast scope and depth of unique content, plus
regular enhancements
With quarterly updates, the modules are dynamic databases that
keep expanding as more and more content is added. With each update,
the database is augmented with additional material on slavery, the
civil rights movement, and significant African Americans; on women's
lives, rights, and gender issues; and on a myriad of topics concerning
every U.S. President . As a database for advanced research, a pedagogical
tool, and a reference service, History will
serve a wide variety of academic and research interests.
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