Chart a Course Through U.S. and World History

History Reference Ultimate offers a variety of information resources to support students and educators in meeting curriculum goals. In addition to full-text historical reference books, primary source documents and biographies, History Reference Ultimate includes:

  • 177 full-text magazines and journals
  • 550 full-text e-books
  • 2,294 videos

The database includes full text and selective content from leading history magazines and journals, including:

  • All About History
  • Civil War History
  • Smithsonian
  • History Today
  • Vital Speeches of the Day
  • Archaeology
  • Natural History

The database also contains reference books from Salem Press, including:

  • 59 Defining Documents volumes
  • 10 Great Lives from History volumes
  • 9 Great Events from History volumes
  • Bill of Rights
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • Speeches of American Presidents, 1789-2018

Intuitive User Experience

Available through Explora, History Reference Ultimate offers a variety of features and functionality to support research success and productivity. In addition to simple and advanced search options and powerful filters, researchers have the ability to explore topics by category, including:

  • Early Civilizations
  • U.S. History
  • World History
  • Civics and Government
  • Regions and Landmarks
  • Events and Movements
  • Social History
  • Military History
  • Wars and Conflicts
  • Economics and Finance
  • Human Geography
  • Sociology
  • Historic Figures
  • Primary Source Documents
  • Lesson Plans and Infographics

Each category breaks down into popular, colloquial or curriculum-based subtopics that are logical for all users and friendlier to younger or novice researchers. Clicking on the subtopic brings the user to a topic page with any available topic overviews, related subtopics, sample search results (with the option to view all results) and a carousel of relevant e-books (if available).

Visit the Explora page to learn about additional interface features, functionality and integrations.

The History Reference Ultimate database is also compatible with EBSCOhost and EBSCO Discovery Service.

History Reference eBook Collection

The History Reference eBook Collection is offered as a companion to History Reference Ultimate, containing reference books from top educational publishers and presses. This encompasses a rich selection of historical titles, covering global topics from the ancient world through today.

History Reference Ultimate Video Collection

This complimentary collection contains the Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, as well as videos powered by Boclips from Crash Course, Newsy, The Economist and MakeMatic Untold. Content includes news clips, geographical and economic terms, as well as explanations of historical concepts and events.

School Curriculum and Instruction Support

Articles in History Reference Ultimate include reading measures (Lexile Measures) to address text complexity requirements.

History Reference Ultimate also links to EBSCO's Curriculum Standards Module, a tool that can help teachers in the U.S. and Canada correlate EBSCO content quickly and easily to Common Core, state or provincial curriculum standards. The module provides browsing of specific benchmarks, many of which have recommended search strings for successful content retrieval.