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Nov 04

[ARCHIVED] Highlight: Past Elections & History Reference Center

The original item was published from November 4, 2016 11:27 AM to November 4, 2016 1:59 PM



With Election Day just two weeks away, we’d like to point out a great series in the EBSCO History Reference Center database.  In this database, you'll find journal articles, reference ebooks, and primary source documents on historical topics (of course!).
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Flash Focus: Presidential Elections 1788-2000. Each article overviews the candidates, big issues of the time, the campaign, and election outcomes (including voter turnout on modern elections).

History Reference Center has a search component, but we really enjoy the homepage Browse feature. This is a great way to pick a topic for a research paper or just to quickly learn about an era. Choose a section (U.S. or World) then a time period to view a list important events, issues, and people during that time. Each item on the list will take you to a package of materials on the topic. U.S. History sections will commonly contain materials for presidents, if you’d rather browse towards presidential information.

UPDATE: Schools may also want to check out Britannica's Election 2016 Classroom Activities.

Questions: audiobooks@ks.gov

Tag(s): statewide databases, history reference center, EBSCO