Database of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With selective indexing for over 1,700 journals from 1955 to present. Also includes citations and links to book and media reviews.
Full-text resources cover the culture, traditions, social treatment, and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America. Sources include peer-reviewed journals, magazines, e-books, biographies, and primary source documents.
education and access* and equal* AND (race or ethinicity) or discrimination AND (policy or policies or solution)
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“gun control”
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"Stem cells" AND cloning AND bioethics
Adoption AND (interracial OR "ethnic identity")
(ADHD OR "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder") AND (medication OR drugs)
(Bullying OR cyberbullying) AND (online OR internet)
("Capital punishment" OR "death penalty") AND ("lethal injection*" OR execution)
"Gun control" AND child* AND (teach or educate*) AND safe*
("illegal aliens" OR immigration) AND ("immigration law" OR "government policy")
Marijuana AND (Law OR Legislation OR "drug legalization" OR "narcotic law*")
(Obesity OR overweight) AND child* AND (school* OR "school district*")
("Same sex" OR gay) AND ("marriage law*" OR "civil unions") and California
(disabled OR wounded OR "medical care") AND veterans AND benefits
