Facts on file online databases: World History Online; Health Reference Center; American Women's History.FACTS ON FILE ONLINE DATABASES: World History Online; Health Reference Center; American Women's History ''This article is about the history of women. For information on the field of historical study, see Gender history. Women's history is the history of female human beings. Rights and equality Women's rights refers to the social and human rights of women. . Facts On File (132 West 31st St., 17th Floor, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10010; 800-322-8755; www.factsonfile.com), c2005. Internet-accessible PC or Macintosh, Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer See Internet Explorer. 3.0 min. For pricing, e-mail CustServ@factsonfile.com or call 800-322-8755. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. These three newly updated online databases offer full-text access to information on their subjects. World History Online's coverage spans from the "beginnings of human society" (preceding 4000 BCE BCE abbr. 1. Bachelor of Chemical Engineering 2. Bachelor of Civil Engineering BCE Abbreviation for before the Common Era. ) to "the 20th century since 1945." Entries vary in length from several paragraphs to a few sentences. Browsing the timelines section is awkward since the ranges are very wide (e.g., 1450-1770: Global Expansion and Encounter; 1750-1914: An Age of Revolutions). Users must scroll through several pages to browse the complete results for a given range. Additional searching criteria in this database include occupational information for biographies and themes and world regions in the timeline section. American Women's History attempts to provide information in the form of images, primary sources and scholarly articles on the history of women from 1492 to the present. While sharing many features of World History Online, this database boasts an additional 550 historical images, including portraits, photographs, drawings, and archived documents. Users can employ browsing functions to explore topics such as reproductive rights or women's suffrage. Biographies of over 2000 women with images and relevant hyperlinks make this database a fully featured and engaging resource for research. The Health Reference Center database categories include "conditions and diseases," "mental health," "health and wellness," and "body systems." Each category offers lengthy topical pieces. The entry on cancer under "conditions and diseases category" exemplifies this resource's layout. An enlargeable image of a cancerous cell leads off the article. Hyperlinks along the header allow users to jump to sections (e.g., causes, heredity heredity, transmission from generation to generation through the process of reproduction in plants and animals of factors which cause the offspring to resemble their parents. That like begets like has been a maxim since ancient times. ) of the overview on cancer. An inset box of hyperlinks to "Cancer Resources" provides easy navigation to several specific related topics such as "prevention" or "treatment side effects Side effects Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm. ." Hyperlinks throughout the articles provide users with convenient navigation to related entries. Information is available for health-related testing methods. This feature can be browsed or searched to learn more about tests ranging from the A-scan, used to determine the length of the eye, to the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale was designed by Duke University psychiatrist, Dr. William W.K. Zung to assess the level of depression for patients diagnosed with depressive disorder. (SDS 1. (company) SDS - Scientific Data Systems. 2. (tool) SDS - Schema Definition Set. ). Any article or entry can be e-mailed, printed, or saved to a personalized folder. A majority of the content of these databases originates from Facts On File print publications, such as Encyclopedia of African History The Encyclopedia of African History is a three-volume work that has information on just about anything to do with African history. It was edited by Kevin Shillington. It was published in New York, by Fitzroy Dearborn, in 2005. and Culture, Volume 1-3; A to Z of Women in World History; and the Biographical Dictionary of Modern World Leaders: 1992 to the Present. When primary sources are used, they often appear as excerpts. Standard and advance searching options allow users to perform broad or detailed queries across multiple categories within individual databases or to refine and limit searches to specific phrases and topics as well as perform Boolean searches. Users may browse database categories alphabetically or chronologically. A standardized interface is used for all of these resources. However, federated searching across all databases in a subscriber's account would provide an added benefit. These databases would be a valuable addition to the electronic research collections of most libraries. 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