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Be at the center of great debates in U.S. and world history!

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Issues & Controversies in History places students at the center of the great debates and conflicts in U.S. and world history, exploring the issues as the key players saw them, or, in some cases, as historians have interpreted them. Covering every region of the globe from antiquity to the present, this comprehensive reference database features hundreds of in-depth pro/con articles—all written by professional historians and experts—each based on a broad range of primary sources. It delivers dynamic, concise, and balanced articles on every major historical topic, from slavery, empire, and revolution to race, gender, and economics. Many articles feature “what if” questions, speculating on how history might have turned out differently had people made different decisions.

Carefully indexed and easy to navigate, Issues & Controversies in History is an ideal resource for helping students answer document-based questions, prepare for debates, and write research papers.

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Focused Presentation: Articles in Issues & Controversies in History are divided into four sections—American History Eras, World History Eras, History Regions, and History Subjects:

American History Eras:

- Beginnings to 1606: Three Worlds Meet
- 1607–1760: Colonization and Settlement
- 1761–1812: Revolution and New Nation
- 1813–1855: Expansion and Reform
- 1856–1869: Civil War and Reconstruction
- 1870–1899: Industrialization and the Gilded Age
- 1900–1928: Progressivism and the Emergence of Modern America
- 1929–1945: The Great Depression and World War II
- 1946–1971: Postwar and Civil Rights Era
- 1972–Present: Contemporary Era.

World History Eras:

- Prehistory–500 CE: The Ancient World
- 501–1450: The Medieval World
- 1451–1750: Global Expansion and Encounter
- 1751–1900: Age of Revolutions
- 1901–1945: Crisis and Achievement
- 1946–Present: Promises and Paradoxes

History Regions:

- Africa
- Americas/United States
- Asia and Oceania
- Europe
- Middle East

History Subjects:

- Business, Labor, and Industry
- Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, and Human Rights
- Courts and Crime
- Diplomacy and Foreign Relations
- Disease and Health
- Economy and Trade
- Education
- Empires and Civilizations
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Exploration, Colonialism, and Imperialism
- Federalism and States’ Rights
- Indigenous Peoples and Native Americans
- Migration, Immigration, and Diaspora
- Politics, Government, and Law
- Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality
- Rebellions and Revolutions
- Religion and Cosmology
- Science and Technology
- Slavery
- Society, Culture, and Social Issues
- War and Military
- Westward Expansion
- Women and Gender

Balanced Articles: The objective, unbiased articles in Issues & Controversies in History provide clear pro and con arguments on hundreds of controversies in U.S. and world history. Each article is centered on original documents, with the goal of teaching students how to interpret primary sources, assess point of view, improve critical-thinking skills, and understand the forces that have shaped U.S. and world history.
Authoritative Content: All articles in Issues & Controversies in History are written by historians and experts, based on current scholarship.
Specially Created Educator Resources and Enhanced Lessons: Issues & Controversies in Historyfeatures an array of valuable educator resources and critical-thinking assets to enhance any lesson or debate prep. Selected articles in Issues & Controversies in History are introduced by an original, three-minute tablet/mobile-friendly video, with additional instructor support materials that feature lesson plans and printable handouts. These are clearly called out on the Educator Resources page.
- Original overview videos that introduce key issues in a clear and dynamic fashion and are perfect discussion starters;
- Printable handouts that can be downloaded as PDFs and include collaborative projects;
- “Extend the Lesson” sections that pose counterfactual “What If?” questions, challenging students to think about the issues beyond the scope of the article and to lead in-class debates;
- Discussion questions and self-assessments with answer keys that promote critical thinking and inspire further exploration of the topic;
- Plus, valuable learning objectives, procedures, and resources.
Rich Related Resources: Issues & Controversies in History includes more than 2,400 primary source documents, timelines, background articles, biographies, editorial cartoons, and more.
Video Resources: Issues & Controversies in History features proprietary tablet/mobile-friendly videos on selected controversies in history, perfect for introducing these topics in a succinct and entertaining manner.
Primary Sources: Issues & Controversies in History includes an enormous range of historical documents with introductory paragraphs that provide context and background to the sources—perfect for strengthening critical-thinking skills and essential to understanding the past. Original documents include speeches, editorials, newspaper articles, letters, and diaries, but also graphic works and physical objects, such as editorial cartoons, paintings, coins, statues, pottery, and ancient monuments.
Editorial Cartoons: Issues & Controversies in History’s editorial cartoons can help students better understand, visually, what is going on in the world. The cartoons illustrate events from throughout history, complete with questions that may be useful in helping students interpret the cartoon’s message.
Timelines: Issues & Controversies in History includes a list of topic-specific timelines—filterable by era, region, and subject—that can help users follow the major historical events and trends of a topic chronologically.
U.S. Presidential Elections Section: Issues & Controversies in History’s “U.S. Presidential Elections” section provides background and results of every U.S. presidential election since 1789, including voting statistics and biographies. Students can get valuable context, insight, and understanding of this year’s election by reviewing the stories behind those of years past.
Great for Distance Learning: Issues & Controversies in History is easy to access on or off-site, can be used for individual research or homework help, and has a variety of features—such as Enhanced Lessons for selected hot-button issues and exclusive Educator Resources—that make it a great source for virtual instruction or at-home learning.

Fully responsive design for mobile and other platforms
Bibliographies and websites
Background Encyclopedia content
Searchable images, maps, graphs, tables, charts, and chronologies
Counterfactual “What if?” sections for selected articles exploring what might have happened had people made different choices
Search by Common Core, state, national, C3 Framework for Social Studies, and International Baccalaureate Organization standards
Google Translate for 100+ languages
Ability to download text articles as PDFs
Read Aloud tool
Embed code feature—easily add content to any HTML page or learning management system
Save content directly to Google Drive so students can complete assignments at home
Single sign-on with Google or Microsoft
Persistent record links
Dynamic citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, and Harvard formats, with EasyBib and NoodleTools export functionality
An accessible interface, including VPAT, to ensure a comfortable research experience for all users
Searchable Support Center with valuable help materials, how-to tips, tutorials, and live help chat.

History Subjects:

- Business, Labor, and Industry
- Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, and Human Rights
- Courts and Crime
- Diplomacy and Foreign Relations
- Disease and Health
- Economy and Trade
- Education
- Empires and Civilizations
- Environment and Natural Resources
- Exploration, Colonialism, and Imperialism
- Federalism and States’ Rights
- Indigenous Peoples and Native Americans
- Migration, Immigration, and Diaspora
- Politics, Government, and Law
- Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality
- Rebellions and Revolutions
- Religion and Cosmology
- Science and Technology
- Slavery
- Society, Culture, and Social Issues
- War and Military
- Westward Expansion
- Women and Gender

American History Eras:

- Beginnings to 1606: Three Worlds Meet
- 1607–1760: Colonization and Settlement
- 1761–1812: Revolution and New Nation
- 1813–1855: Expansion and Reform
- 1856–1869: Civil War and Reconstruction
- 1870–1899: Industrialization and the Gilded Age
- 1900–1928: Progressivism and the Emergence of Modern America
- 1929–1945: The Great Depression and World War II
- 1946–1971: Postwar and Civil Rights Era
- 1972–Present: Contemporary Era.

World History Eras:

- Prehistory–500 CE: The Ancient World
- 501–1450: The Medieval World
- 1451–1750: Global Expansion and Encounter
- 1751–1900: Age of Revolutions
- 1901–1945: Crisis and Achievement
- 1946–Present: Promises and Paradoxes

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At the end of this summer, Issues & Controversies in American History will be relaunched with a completely new design, powerful new functionality, and a name change that reflects the extensive new world history content being added to the database: Issues & Controversies in History. The redes…read more →

Issues & Controversies in American History: This Month in History, May 2020—Standard Oil

Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: Should the Government Break Up the Company? Founded in 1870, the Standard Oil Company would soon become one of the largest and most powerful companies in the United States. Standard Oil prospered by absorbing its rivals or forcing them out…read more →

Issues & Controversies in American History: This Month in History, April 2020—Love Canal

Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: Who Should Pay for the Cost of Cleaning Up Hazardous Waste Sites? In 1978, New York State health commissioner Robert Whalen declared a public health emergency revolving around Love Canal, an abandoned chemical waste site buried beneath a s…read more →

Issues & Controversies in American History: This Month in History, March 2020—Boston “Massacre”

Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: Were British Soldiers or American Colonists to Blame? On the snowy evening of March 5, 1770, during a period of escalating tension between American colonists and British soldiers, a crowd of people gathered in front of the Customs House in…read more →

Issues & Controversies in American History: This Month in History, February 2020—Slave Reparations

Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: Should African Americans Receive Reparations for Slavery? Since the United States abolished slavery in 1865, former slaves and their descendants have raised the issue of whether they should receive compensation and redress in some form for…read more →

Issues & Controversies in American History: This Month in History, January 2020—League of Nations

Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: The Pros and Cons of U.S. Membership After World War I ended in 1918, the victorious powers negotiated a treaty that established the League of Nations, a global peacekeeping organization. More than 40 countries would soon join the new orga…read more →

Issues & Controversies in American History: This Month in History, December 2019—The Monroe Doctrine

Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: The U.S. Closes the Western Hemisphere to European Influence In the early 1820s, U.S. leaders feared that Spain might try to reclaim its former colonies in the Western Hemisphere that had recently gained their independence. Great Britain o…read more →

Issues & Controversies in American History: This Month in History, November 2019—The Iroquois Influence Thesis

Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: Did the Iroquois Confederacy Influence the Drafting of the Constitution of the United States? When the framers of the U.S. Constitution gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to create a new form of government for the United States, they examine…read more →

Issues & Controversies in American History: This Month in History, October 2019—USA Patriot Act

Featured in Issues & Controversies in American History: USA Patriot Act: Defense Against Terrorism or Restriction of Liberties? On September 11, 2001, the United States suffered a devastating series of attacks when terrorists crashed three airplanes into the World Trade Center in New York City …read more →

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The place to go to prepare for a debate, discussion, research paper, or persuasive writing assignment

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Issues & Controversies helps researchers understand today’s crucial issues by exploring hundreds of hot-button topics in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Our Issue and Article pages make it simple to see all of the available content in one place, thousands of editorials and columns from major newspapers provide readers a broad range of opinions on trending topics, and the database’s simple navigation and search results and clear organization and taxonomy give users an intuitive and user-friendly research experience.

Updated weekly, with an extensive backfile, Issues & Controversies offers in-depth pro/con articles that present both sides of an issue clearly, coherently, and without bias made to inspire thought-provoking debates and improve critical-thinking skills. Its straightforward presentation of the key facts, arguments, history, and current context of today’s most important and timely issues makes the database an ideal resource for research papers, debate preparation, and persuasive writing assignments. The articles are written by our own expert writers and editors, and each article includes a full range of primary sources, statistics, discussion questions, a chronology, and other supplemental materials.

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Extensive, objective, and comprehensive coverage: Issues & Controversies features timely, in-depth articles covering complex, hot-button issues in politics, government, business, society, education, and popular culture. Designed to inspire thought-provoking debates, each article presents both sides of an issue clearly and without bias.
Pro and con statements: Each Issues & Controversies article presents clear pro/con statements that highlight the main arguments on each side of the controversy, presenting a quick, balanced, and succinct synopsis from supporters and opponents and allowing users to explore all of the controversies related to each issue in one place.
Original videos and instructor support materials: Selected hot-button issues in Issues & Controversies feature overview videos to introduce the topic and exclusive Enhanced Lessons to extend the lesson beyond the articles. Enhanced Lessons include overviews, learning objectives, printable handouts (such as self-assessments with answer keys), discussion questions, and much more.
Debate videos: Issues & Controversies includes compelling, thought-provoking, Oxford-style debate videos from the renowned Open to Debate Foundation series, featuring some of the most prominent political figures, journalists, academics, and experts in the United States and throughout the world on a wide range of crucial topics in areas such as crime, law, and justice; economy, money, and business; education; energy and the environment; families and youth; global issues and world affairs; government and politics; health and medicine; race, rights, and liberties; science and technology; and society and culture.
QuickTake videos: Issues & Controversies features short, succinct overview videos produced by the global information and technology company Bloomberg that cover major topics such as immigration, climate change, marijuana legalization, the opioid crisis, and e-cigarettes.
Editorials: For a broader perspective on contemporary events and conflicts, Issues & Controversies features thousands of editorials and opinions via NewsEdge from prominent newspapers and magazines worldwide and across the political spectrum—including the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, Jerusalem Post, China Daily, Nation, and Atlantic.
Audio content: Issues & Controversies features editorially curated and selected National Public Radio (NPR) audio recordings and podcasts—including episodes of NPR’s Fresh Air and On Point—linked directly to specific articles to enhance context, understanding, and research. Along with the original recordings, many feature transcripts of the entire broadcast or selected highlights.
Infographics: Issues & Controversies includes more than 150 stand-alone infographics, presenting vast amounts of information in easy-to-access charts, graphs, and tables that make it simple for users to visualize statistics and quickly grasp essential ideas.
Rich related resources: Issues & Controversies contains a topic-based Reuters® newsfeed, editorial cartoons, timelines, primary sources, speeches, congressional testimony, newspaper editorials, and discussion questions that prompt researchers to do their own critical thinking and analysis.
Curriculum Tools: This section in Issues & Controversies features writing and research tips for students and educators, including:
- Advice on analyzing historical documents, evaluating online sources, and more
- Tips on presenting research, including avoiding plagiarism, citing sources, summarizing articles, writing research papers, and writing and delivering speeches
- Educator tools, including advice on assessing students’ speeches and interviews, exploring point of view with students, holding a town hall meeting, preventing plagiarism, using editorial cartoons in class, and debates
- Enhanced Lessons for educators on selected issues, with topic overviews and educator support materials including activities and printable handouts, learning objectives, related resources, assessments, and more.
Primary sources: Issues & Controversies includes original documents with introductory paragraphs that provide context and background to the sources—perfect for strengthening critical-thinking skills.
Court cases: Issues & Controversies contains original, searchable stand-alone articles that summarize key court cases—including those decided by the U.S. Supreme Court—on major issues in contemporary society, including abortion and reproductive rights, affirmative action, animal rights, capital punishment, drugs, gun control, health care, immigration, racial profiling, and more. Each article explains the background of the case, the legal issues it raised, the court’s decision, and its impact.
Full coverage of each National High School Debate Topic: The National High School Debate Topics section of Issues & Controversies offers comprehensive articles on every annual debate topic since 1997, covering such critical issues as alternative energy, domestic surveillance, and national infrastructure.
Bill of Rights in Debate: Many of the issues covered by Issues & Controversies deal with constitutional questions; however, the various sides in a debate often interpret what the Constitution says differently. The “Bill of Rights in Debate” section deepens understanding of the U.S. Constitution in contemporary life by linking Issues & Controversies articles directly to constitutional rights.
Presidential Elections and Administrations: Issues & Controversies provides comprehensive background articles on all presidential races since 1996—including articles about the candidates’ views on campaign issues, party platforms, and excerpts from convention speeches—and the presidencies of Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Trump.

Issues from the headlines, covering the most controversial issues of the 21st century, including abortion, capital punishment, drug legalization, energy and climate change, gun control, health care, immigration, racial profiling, and world poverty
Thousands of links to key news stories, timelines, primary source documents, and additional resources giving researchers context, insight, and perspective
Searchable Reuters® newsfeed, updated hourly, giving students access to the latest news and headlines
“By the Numbers,” offering statistical material with every article and issue
Background Encyclopedia content
Comprehensive chronologies and overview articles
Enhanced filters, Search Assist technology, and suggested search terms
Read Aloud tool
Google Translate for 100+ languages
Ability to download text articles as PDFs
Enhanced Save-to-Folder functionality
Dynamic citations in MLA, Chicago, and APA formats, with EasyBib and NoodleTools export functionality
Searchable Support Center with valuable help materials, how-to tips, tutorials, and live help chat.

Issues & Controversies: Featured Controversy—Homelessness

Featured in Issues & Controversies: HOMELESSNESS: Is the “Housing First” Approach the Best Way to Fight Homelessness? SUPPORTERS ARGUE Housing First is an effective and proven solution to combating homelessness. Providing homeless people with permanent housing without barriers or pr…read more →

Issues & Controversies: Featured Controversy, SPECIAL EDITION—Coronavirus

Featured in Issues & Controversies: CORONAVIRUS: Are Quarantines and Travel Restrictions Appropriate Responses to COVID-19? SUPPORTERS ARGUE Quarantines and travel bans help slow the spread of the disease, giving countries more time to prepare and, ultimately, saving lives. The coronavirus cons…read more →

Issues & Controversies: Featured Controversy—Socialism

Featured in Issues & Controversies: SOCIALISM: Should the United States Embrace Socialist Policies? SUPPORTERS ARGUE Socialism can restore dignity to the lives of American workers. For too long, hard-toiling Americans have suffered from debt and deprivation while the rich get richer and rig the…read more →

Issues & Controversies: Featured Controversy—Climate Change

Featured in Issues & Controversies: CLIMATE CHANGE: Should the U.S. Government Take Aggressive Steps to Combat Climate Change? SUPPORTERS ARGUE As one of the world’s leading polluters, the United States has a responsibility to lead the fight against climate change. Policies such as cap an…read more →

Issues & Controversies: Featured Controversy—Impeachment

Featured in Issues & Controversies: IMPEACHMENT: Should the U.S. Senate Convict President Donald Trump of the Articles of Impeachment Passed by the U.S. House of Representatives? SUPPORTERS ARGUE President Trump is guilty of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. By soliciting foreign inte…read more →

Issues & Controversies: Featured Controversy—Medicare for All

Featured in Issues & Controversies: MEDICARE FOR ALL: Should the U.S. Government Replace Private Medical Insurance with a National “Medicare for All” Health Care Program? SUPPORTERS ARGUE Health care is a human right, yet many Americans cannot afford it because of out-of-control cos…read more →

Issues & Controversies: Featured Controversy—Red Flag Laws

Featured in Issues & Controversies: RED FLAG LAWS: Should Courts Confiscate Guns from People They Deem a Danger to Themselves or Others? SUPPORTERS ARGUE It is common sense to allow courts to remove guns from people who family members or police suspect pose a danger to themselves or others. Red…read more →

Issues & Controversies: Featured Controversy—Brexit

Featured in Issues & Controversies: BREXIT: Will Leaving the European Union Benefit the United Kingdom? SUPPORTERS ARGUE The European Union is a bloated, undemocratic organization corrosive to national sovereignty. Brexit will allow the United Kingdom to boost its economic competitiveness, reas…read more →

Issues & Controversies: Featured Controversy—Populism

Featured in Issues & Controversies: POPULISM: Are Populist Movements Good for Liberal Democracy? SUPPORTERS ARGUE Populism stems from the failure of mainstream political parties to address the concerns of average voters, and populist movements are essential for the health of democracy. The peop…read more →

Issues & Controversies: Featured Controversy—E-Cigarettes and Vaping

Featured in Issues & Controversies: E-CIGARETTES AND VAPING: Should the Federal Government Strictly Regulate the E-Cigarette Industry? SUPPORTERS ARGUE E-cigarettes and other vaping products are potentially harmful to public health, and the federal government needs to carefully scrutinize them …read more →

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An essential resource for your health courses, guidance department, and general student use, Health Reference Center includes comprehensive, in-depth coverage of body systems, current health issues, major diseases and conditions, treatments, and procedures, as well as health and nutrition information specific to men, women, children, teens, and seniors. The up-to-date information comes from hundreds of authoritative sources—information researchers can trust. Thirty-five Topic Centers highlight specially selected content to help users find a starting point for their studies, and numerous videos and collections of illustrations make it easy to find relevant visual media on the most frequently researched topics.

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Ferguson's Career Guidance Center

The Essential Career Research Database—Job Profiles, Skills, and Resources

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Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center is an award-winning reference database for lifelong career exploration and planning. It offers a wealth of resources for users to assess their career goals and interests, plan their education, learn workplace skills, find apprenticeships and internships, conduct a job search, and much more. It provides users with clean, fast access to core content; a fully responsive design; a seamless multimedia experience; unparalleled, up-to-date information; proprietary directories of apprenticeships and internships; and financial aid and school search databases.

For students choosing a career path, graduates entering the workforce, or professionals changing careers, Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center supports users at every step of their career journey.

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Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center’s advice and resources on apprenticeships provides the perfect starting point for anyone seeking to research, find, and apply for an apprenticeship. Watch this brief video where Ferguson’s editor-in-chief James Chambers gives you a tour of the content you can find on apprenticeships in Ferguson’s.

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Explore Careers: Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center features expertly researched, detailed content, including video interviews, on more than 150 industries and more than 1,200 professions, with current information on earnings, employment trends, job requirements, and essential skills using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, professional associations and unions, industry reports, and working professionals. The fastest-growing, highest-paying, most in-demand, and most extraordinary jobs are each highlighted, and new articles on emerging professions, such as artificial intelligence specialists, blockchain developers, and remote health care engineers, are added regularly. More than 230 proprietary video interviews with working professionals are integrated into the professions articles to provide first-hand, on-the-job information.
Plan Your Education: This section contains valuable content on education planning, including a School Search, two comprehensive financial aid databases, and advice articles and videos. Students can find the schools that are the best fit—choosing from undergraduate, graduate, and vocational and tech schools in the U.S. and Canada, and narrowing their list by location, enrollment, tuition, areas of study, and other characteristics. Financial aid information is organized into two current databases of grants and scholarships—those offered by schools and those by private organizations—and is also integrated into the school profile pages.
Prepare for Your Career: Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center offers expert advice articles and videos on writing résumés and cover letters, interviewing, networking, and other workplace topics. Users can download sample résumés and cover letters in Word and PDF formats to use as templates to build their own. A special section on networking features 12 articles, written by networking expert Miriam Salpeter, that discuss what networking is (and what it isn’t), how to identify and understand exactly who is in your network, how to manage your online presence and use social topics in a job search, how to make cold calls and handle follow-up, how to maintain and manage your network even after you have a job, and more. This section also includes helpful Career Tips videos that provide essential advice.
Find a Career: Find a job with Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center’s current, searchable, live job postings. For students interested in pursuing an internship or apprenticeship, the proprietary directories, advice articles, and videos in Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center offer unmatched content. The Apprenticeship Directory contains thousands of programs with opportunities in every state for 50 career fields. Exclusive articles discuss the ins and outs of apprenticeships in each field. The Internship Directory offers more than 1,000 programs. All directory records discuss the nature of the opportunity, requirements, where and how to apply, and more.
Videos: Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center contains more than 590 tablet/mobile-friendly videos and clips covering jobs, industries, and career development skills, accessible via the Career Videos landing page and throughout the database. The Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight videos let users get a no-nonsense insider’s perspective from working professionals across multiple industries, including biologists, mobile software developers, FBI agents, museum curators, criminal lawyers, aerospace engineers, and more. The Career Tips video series offers concise, timely advice on job-search techniques and career skills such as writing better résumés and cover letters, networking, interviewing, and advancing your career.
Essential Resources for Workplace Skill Building: Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center’s exclusive workplace skills development content can help students prepare for a career in any field and support academic success and general life skills. The extensive section on workplace skills offers in-depth units with tips and exercises for understanding and mastering all-important “soft skills”: communication skills, organizational skills, problem-solving skills, and more. These skills, considered essential by all employers, are often cited as lacking in many new employees and young people entering the workforce.
Specialized Advice and Resources: Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center provides advice articles for minorities, people with disabilities, and women seeking to launch and advance their career. These articles discuss education and workplace issues specific to each group with advice for finding solutions for them. Each category includes a directory of selected top resources for finding aid, support, and more information.
Career Advice Blog: Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center features regular new blog posts “From Our Career Experts,” with an archive of more than 2,400 posts on topics such as job searching, workplace issues, interviewing, networking, résumés and cover letters, and salary and benefits.
Career Interest Assessment: Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center’s Career Interest Assessment allows users to identify their work-interest areas and match them to possible careers. The two assessment options—60 questions or 30 questions—measure a user’s artistic, conventional, enterprising, investigative, realistic, and social interests and links the results to key Professions articles so users can explore professions that match their interests.
Authoritative Source List: Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center features a complete inventory of the extraordinary amount of content in the database, including titles from Ferguson’s renowned Careers in Focus series and the Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance.

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Infobase Announces Relaunch of Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center

NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Infobase, the award-winning provider of the Infobase Media Cloud and the Infobase Learning Cloud, today announced the relaunch of the award-winning Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center, with extensive new and updated multimedia career content, a full…read more →

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center Relaunched

We are delighted to announce the relaunch of the award-winning Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center! The database was rebuilt from the ground up, with a completely new design, tons of updates and new content that speak to the needs of today’s users, new interactive tools and resources, and …read more →

Coming Soon: The New & Improved Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center

The 2020 career landscape is changing fast. To give users the tools to navigate it even more effectively, Infobase is relaunching Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center later this summer, with a completely new design, tons of updates and new content that speak to the needs of today’s users, n…read more →

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center: New and Expanded Content on Apprenticeships

For students considering routes to a great career other than attending a four-year college, Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center’s advice and resources on apprenticeships have been completely revised and updated to provide the perfect starting point for anyone seeking to research, find, and apply f…read more →

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center: New and Updated Industry and Professions Articles

More than 150 Profession articles and more than 40 Industry articles have been updated in Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center. These articles have been reviewed and revised to reflect current employment trends and outlook projections, new technologies and practices in various jobs and professions, e…read more →

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center: New and Expanded Internship Content

Now often seen as an essential stepping stone on the career path, internships are of very high interest to students looking to test out potential careers, gain real work experience, or get their foot in the door of an industry. It is not uncommon for students to have two or more internships before c…read more →

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center: New Career Q&A and Career Tips Videos

Twenty-five new Career Q&A: Professional Advice and Insight videos have just been added to Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center, bringing the total up to more than 200. This series of 10- to 20-minute video interviews with working professionals across multiple industries gives viewers a no-nonsen…read more →

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center: New Professions Articles and Career Q&A Videos Added

More than 20 new Professions articles have just been added to Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center, joining the thousands of articles across 140 different industries and career fields users can find there. Each thoroughly researched and up-to-date Professions article includes an overview of the profe…read more →

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center: 2018 Updates

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center is continuously updated and enhanced, increasing the educational value of this award-winning resource. Here is a recap of some of the content updates made so far this year. Recent Updates and Additions: Articles: Added 37 new Professions articles, including Fuel …read more →

Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center: New Career Tips Videos

A brand-new, proprietary Career Tips video series has been added to Infobase’s Ferguson’s Career Guidance Center database. The first 21 videos in this new series offer concise, timely advice on job-search techniques and career skills such as writing better résumés and cover letters, n…read more →

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“Navigation of the uncluttered screens is straightforward, the writing is uniformly clear, and the breadth of coverage is unsurpassed. Depth of coverage for a career or vocational choice…is just about everything one could ask of a comprehensive career source…highly recommended…”

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Writer's Reference Center

All the Tools Necessary to Write and Research Effectively

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Writer’s Reference Center provides users with a convenient one-stop location for all of the tools necessary to write and research effectively. From the mechanics of writing and grammar to style and research, this indispensable online resource thoroughly covers the fundamentals of quality writing, provides a wealth of vocabulary-building dictionaries, and presents a step-by-step guide to writing a good essay. An in-depth grammar section defines grammatical terms and gives examples of use, while another section explores writing style. Writing resources teach users how best to revise their work, and the intuitive design allows users to find relevant information quickly through customizable searches and browsing.

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Writing fundamentals: Writer’s Reference Center presents a conceptual and practical guide to the writing process, covering preparation; writing your document; revising; and writing about theme, character, form and genre, and other topics. It also provides a step-by-step breakdown on how to write a good essay.
Writing references: Writer’s Reference Center features more than 92,000 definitions from more than a dozen acclaimed thematic dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference books from Facts On File, including:
- the comprehensive Facts On File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
- the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Clichés
- The Facts On File Guide to Good Writing
- The Facts On File Guide to Style
- British English A to Zed
- A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms
- The Facts On File Dictionary of Allusions
- The Facts On File Dictionary of American Regionalisms
- The Facts On File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
- The Facts On File Dictionary of Proverbs
- The Facts On File Student’s Dictionary of American English
- The Facts On File Student’s Thesaurus
- Words to Rhyme With
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Writing resources: Writer’s Reference Center includes more than 150 essays covering grammar, style, research, and more, presented in an easy-to-use format, allowing users both to learn new concepts and to find answers to specific usage and style questions. The topics covered include:
- Grammar & Punctuation: the nuts and bolts that hold the basic structure of a text together, including grammar (covering nouns, adjectives, verbs, and more), words in use (covering vocabulary, spelling words, foreign words, slang, and more), and punctuation (covering each punctuation mark from apostrophes to slashes)
- Writing with Style: style correctness, the qualities of style (including clarity and simplicity), choosing words, constructing sentences and paragraphs, using figurative language, choosing a style, and expressing tone through words
- Guide to Documents: writing specific types of documents—including letters and emails, memorandums and résumés, essays and theses, business reports and presentations, and promotional writing—plus the styles in which they are generally written
- Guide to Research: developing a subject, gathering information, and evaluating sources

Reference Shelf: Students and researchers can find many useful reference resources in Writer’s Reference Center’s Reference Shelf section, including:
- Dictionary: a comprehensive English dictionary, providing the correct meaning, pronunciation, spelling, and etymology of more than 90,000 words.
- Thesaurus: a concise guide to the synonyms and antonyms of thousands of common English words.
- Allusions: a guide to thousands of well-known events, places, people, and phenomena whose names convey a particular message to readers.
- American Regionalisms: definitions and origins of more than 20,000 terms and expressions unique to a particular American region.
- British English: more than 5,500 common British terms and their corresponding definitions in American English.
- Clichés: a list of thousands of clichés and common expressions, with meanings, sources, and usage history.
- Foreign Words and Phrases: a guide to thousands of foreign expressions often used in English, with definition, usage examples, pronunciation, and more.
- Literary and Thematic Terms: a dictionary of more than 1,000 terms important to the study of literature.
- Proverbs: definitions and additional information for thousands of proverbs, which are short sayings that express general truths.
- Rhyming Dictionary: an easily searchable rhyming dictionary. Enter any word and find all the words that rhyme with it.
- Word and Phrase Origins: definitions and origins of more than 15,000 words and expressions.
- Words Often Confused: a list of word pairs or groups that are often misused or misspelled, such as affect/effect.

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Related Articles links for easy reference
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Authoritative source list: expertly researched and written content from a wealth of proprietary print titles

Writer’s Reference Center: Updated Citation Options

Citation options for Writer’s Reference Center have just been updated to reflect the latest editions. The MLA citation option has been updated to the new MLA8 format, and the Chicago Manual of Style citation option has been updated to the 17th edition. Users can view any of the available formats u…read more →

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World Cinema Collection

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This unique collection includes the best of the silent era, groundbreaking international directors, masterpieces from the mid-20th century, and contemporary films from around the world, including Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America. Perfect even beyond film studies classes, these titles bring value to programs in multicultural studies, political science, history, world languages, and more.

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German film – Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and M, Josef Von Sternberg’s The Blue Angel, Walter Ruttmann’s Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis, multiple films by F. W. Murnau and G. W. Pabst (including Pandora’s Box and Diary of a Lost Girl), as well as films by Paul Leni, Robert Siodmak, and Robert Wiene.
French film – Georges Méliès’s seminal work A Trip to the Moon, as well as films by Jean Renoir (Rules of the Game and Diary of a Chambermaid), Luis Buñuel’s France-based work (including An Andalusian Dog, Tristana, and The Golden Age), and René Clair (The Million).
Japanese film – 16 films by Akira Kurosawa (including Rashomon, Drunken Angel, and Stray Dog), 21 films by Kenji Mizoguchi (including The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, Sansho the Bailiff, and Ugetsu), 16 films by Yasujirō Ozu (including Tokyo Story; I Was Born, But…; and Late Spring), and films by contemporary directors such as Juzo Itami and Kazuyoshi Okuyama.
Soviet, Eastern European and Central Asian film – 10 films by Sergei Eisenstein (including Battleship Potemkin, October, Strike, and Ivan the Terrible), and award-winning contemporary films from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Croatia, Albania, Serbia, Macedonia, and Georgia (including When Father Was Away on Business, Fine Dead Girls, and A Wonderful Night in Split).
American film – multiple titles from Buster Keaton (including The General and Steamboat Bill Jr.), D.W. Griffith (including The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance), Charlie Chaplin, and others representing the best of early American cinema, plus films by Douglas Sirk, Alfred Hitchcock, Frank Capra, Ida Lupino, Orson Welles, Busby Berkeley, and others covering the golden age of Hollywood.
African film – Cairo Station by Youssef Chahine, six films by Ousmane Sembène (including Black Girl aka La Noire de…, and The Curse aka Xala), two films by Flora Gomes (Those Whom Death Refused and Tree of Blood) and acclaimed contemporary films such as The Night of Truth, Daughter of Keltoum, and Max and Mona.
Italian film – classics from Vittorio De Sica (including The Bicycle Thief and Two Women), Federico Fellini (including La Dolce Vita and Variety Lights), and Roberto Rossellini (including Paisan; Rome, Open City; and Journey to Italy), as well as films by Luchino Visconti, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Giuseppe De Santis.
Chinese-language film – the 1993 Cannes Palme d’Or winner Farewell My Concubine (Chen Kaige), Spring in a Small Town (Fei Mu), four films by King Hu (Dragon Gate Inn, Touch of Zen, The Fate of Lee Khan, and Raining in the Mountain), four of Zhang Yimou’s most famous films (The Story of Qiu Ju, Red Sorghum, and Ju Dou), as well as two films by Tsai Ming-Liang (The River and Vive L’Amour).
Latin American film – classics from Glauber Rocha (including Black God, White Devil; Antonio Das Mortes; and Entranced Earth), 12 of Luis Buñuel’s Mexico-based productions (including Cannes Palme d’Or winner Viridiana, The Exterminating Angel, and Simon of the Desert), and award-winning contemporary films by directors from Mexico, Brazil, Columbia, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Cuba, Chile, and Ecuador.
Turkish and Middle Eastern film – seven films by Turkish director Yılmaz Güney (including Cannes Palme d’Or winner The Way aka Yol, and Hope aka Umut) as well as award-winning contemporary films from Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Israel, and Palestine (including The Kite, The White Meadows, and Toll Booth).
British film – the pre-Hollywood work of major British directors like Alfred Hitchcock (including The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, and The Man Who Knew Too Much) and Michael Anderson (1984 and The Naked Edge).
Indian film – 14 films by Satyajit Ray (including Pather Panchali, The World of Apu, Aparajito, and The Big City), as well as films by contemporary directors such as Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Partho Sen-Gupta, and Rajesh Shera.
Caribbean film – contemporary films from Curaçao, Cuba, Haiti, and Trinidad and Tobago distributed by ArtMattan Productions, a leading distributor of films from the African diaspora.

All foreign language films are accompanied by English subtitles. Using the Custom Segment tool, faculty and students may create customized segments of specific scenes from a film, which can be embedded, shared, and saved. Some World Cinema titles contain mature themes or content; viewer discretion is advised.

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- Georges Méliès
- Jean Renoir
- Luis Buñuel
- Akira Kurosawa
- Yasujirō Ozu
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Ida Lupino
- Ousmane Sembène
- Federico Fellini
- Roberto Rossellini
- Zhang Yimou
- King Hu
- Glauber Rocha
- Yılmaz Güney
- Satyajit Ray
- …and many more!

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