Your Thesis Statement
Here is all the help you'll need to create a great thesis statement for your research paper!

Thesis Builder
An online, user-friendly tool to create a thesis and outline.

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

Primary sources, images, maps, charts, and more about important individuals, events, and topics in U.S. history.
Do you want to use American History Online at home?

Find up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day. This is a great place to find clear explanations of opposing points of view! (Funded by the Central Massachusetts Regional Library System.)
Do you want to use Issues & Controversies at home?

WEB SITES

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
From the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, this site includes a timeline of the ongoing struggle for human rights from early civilization to the present.

World Factbook
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

Country Studies
The Library of Congress presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

Classic Books/Treatises on Government
Writings of John Locke, Thomas Paine, Lysander Spooner, George Orwell, Henry David Thoreau and others.

Making Ethical Decisions
A step-by-step guide from the Josephson Institute of Ethics, including the meaning of ethics, and how values and ethics are different.

Philosophy

• Philosophy Pages from Garth Kemerling of Newberry (S.C.) College.
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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updated 07/29/2010