American History: FactCiteThis link opens in a new windowMore than 6,000 illustrated articles of people, places, and events in American history. This resource includes:
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Defining Moments in U.S. History: FactCiteThis link opens in a new windowThirty key events in U.S. history treated in detail and supplemented with primary source documents, timelines, biographies, reading lists, and glossaries. More than 2,800 entries.
General purpose reference source for all ages. Covers everything from art to religion to history to science to business.
Literary Reference CenterThis link opens in a new windowInformation on thousands of authors and their works. Includes all types of literature and time periods.
U.S. History in ContextThis link opens in a new windowU.S. History in Context delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich search results from the most extensive online collection of historical information available today.
Providing a complete overview of U.S. history that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information, it combines documents from Primary Source Microfilm’s™ digital archives; articles from classic Macmillan Reference USA™ and Charles Scribner’s Sons® references; as well as other Gale proprietary content such as country and era overview information, and full-text periodicals and journals.
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