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Recommended Databases

Gale In Context: Biography

Multidisciplinary collection of more than 600,000 biographical entries — on more than 528,000 individuals — spanning world history and geography

Gale eBooks

Reference titles covering the most-studied subject areas

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ABC-CLIO American History

Investigates the people, events, and stories of our nation's evolution

ABC-CLIO World History: the Modern Era 

Covers history from the Renaissance to today 

Infobase African American History and Culture

Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years

Infobase American History Online

Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.

Infobase American Indian History and Culture

Information on more than 600 Native American groups and over 15,000 years of American Indian culture and history

Infobase Modern World History Online

Covers people, places, and events from the mid-15th century to the present



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