Sharpe Online Reference brings together award-wining subject coverage, the convenience and flexibility of online research, 24/7, and a fresh new approach to digital content:

• Revised and updated editions of Sharpe's most popular encyclopedias.
• Free annual updates
• One time purchase
  • No annual subscription fees
  • No annual maintenance fees
• Flexible purchase options - order only what your library needs
  • - Titles available individually
  • - Purchase the collection at a special money-saving price
• All titles a library owns are cross-searchable, providing multiple perspectives on the topic or subject researched
• Free supplemental resources with the purchase of any title:
  • - SOLR Primary Source Archive - approximately 500 key annotated documents, audio/visual clips, images, and other primary sources covering all periods of U.S. History
  • - Web links in U.S. History - links to approximately 1,000 vetted websites covering all periods of U.S. History
  • - Teacher's Resources - links to special resources and websites for teachers and librarians
• Free supplemental resource with a new purchase of three or more titles (also sold separately):
  • - Global Voices – approximately 125 primary resources and annotations, reflecting foreign perspectives on the United States
• New titles will be added annually
• New subject collections in preparation

Other benefits:

• Unlimited concurrent users
• Supports federated searching
• Students can create individual user accounts
• Librarians can receive usage statistics

Key features of SOLR

SOLR is comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date, and easy to use:

• Quick Search
• Advanced Search
• Search within Results
• Multiple Search Refinements: articles, documents, images, chronologies, and more
• Topic Finder
• Alphabetical Browse
• Article Outline
• Image Gallery
• Article Links
• Special Resources and Archive
• "How to Cite" information provided in three formats (MLA, Chicago Manual of Style, APA)

U.S. HISTORY AND CULTURE COLLECTION

The titles in this collection offer a unique, interdisciplinary approach to U.S. History & Culture, focusing on the broad range of cultural, social, economic, and political issues; people; and events that have shaped American history. Content has been revised and updated since print publication.

The U.S. History & Culture collection includes:

Colonial America (1492–1783)

Settlement of America (1607–1890)

Early Republic and Antebellum America (1783–1861)

Civil War Era and Reconstruction (1861–1877)

Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877–1919)

Jazz Age (1919–1929)

Great Depression and New Deal (1929–1941)

Postwar America (1945–Present)

American Presidential Campaigns and Elections (1788-2012)

Democratic, Republican, and Third Parties in America (1790s-2013)

America in World History

American Countercultures

American Folklife

American Social Movements

Asian American History and Culture

Culture Wars in America

Latino History and Culture

Social Issues in America

Sports in America

GLOBAL HISTORY AND CULTURE COLLECTION

The new Global History and Culture collection provides sweeping, multidisciplinary perspectives on world history, from the origins of human society to the present day. It focuses on the major forces, encounters, conflicts, and exchanges that have influenced and transformed societies, cultures, and governments around the world, revealing recurring patterns throughout history. With in-depth coverage of the current global financial crisis, it also offers timely, essential information for today’s global citizen.

The Global History & Culture collection includes:

Booms and Busts: An Economic History (1630s–Present)

Civilizations and Societies: The Ancient and Modern Worlds

Conflicts Since World War II

Global History: Cultural Encounters from Antiquity to the Present

Global Social Issues

Native Peoples of the World

World Food

World Monarchies and Dynasties

World Terrorism

World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present

These 29 titles contain a total of:

• nearly 12,000 original articles
• more than 3,500 photographs, illustrations, charts, tables, and maps
• extensive bibliographies, cross-references, chronologies, cultural landmarks, documents, and glossaries