History

Biography Resource Center

Combines more than 415,000 biographies on more than 325,000 people from over 880 volumes of more than 135 respected reference sources, with full-text articles from more than 270 magazines. Search for people based on name, birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria.

Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th-Century America

The hairstyles, slang terms, advertising jingles, pop music sensations, and all else described as popular culture is covered in this five-volume reference. Arranged chronologically by decade and by broad topics within each decade, this set focuses solely on the popular culture of the twentieth century, offering more detailed information on trends and fads than any other resource. Written specifically for students in grades 5 through 12, major topics include products and brands, toys and games, music and dance, holidays, shopping, sports, movements, and much more.

CultureGrams

Country reports deliver an insider's perspective on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people. Includes information about the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

Daily Life Online

Information about domestic, economic, intellectual, material, political, recreational, and religious life for the ancient world, medieval world, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, & 19th centuries, and the modern world.

Facts.com Reference Suite

Brings together complete content from the Facts On File World News Digest since 1940 and selected content from six other core reference databases to answer questions about events, issues, statistics and people of the last 60+ years. Also delivers in-depth features on "Historic Events" drawn from the 60-year Facts On File archive.

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. The database contains articles on music history, music theory and practice, musical terminology, instruments and their history, and the music of various locations ranging from continents to units as small as a city. Also contains biographies of composers, performers and writers on music, as well as historic and current figures associated with the art and business of music. Extensive work lists and bibliographies conclude most articles.