World History in Context moves chronologically over 5,000 years from antiquity to the present and geographically around the globe, to ensure that the events, movements and individuals that defined, informed and shaped world history are covered with a sense of balance.
Biography in Context
Gale Biography in Context
is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual
information on the world's most influential people. The new solution
merges Gale's authoritative reference content (including Lives &
Perspectives) with periodicals and multimedia organized into a
user-friendly portal experience while also allowing users to search for
people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death
dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
CultureGrams
The CultureGrams Online Database is a leading reference for concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on countries across the globe.
Student Resources in Context
Student Resources in Context provides holistic topic perspectives by integrating a multitude of content, including:
79,000 reference articles from acclaimed publications like American Decades
15 million periodical and newspaper articles from the New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, and many others
4,200 primary sources
100,000 multimedia records, including charts, graphs, maps and tables
Video and audio content from NBC, NPR and many other respected sources
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Free eBooks on social studies topics.
Tennessee electronic library databases
The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) is free to all Tennessee residents.
The following social studies databases are on the TEL website:
TENNESSEE VIRTUAL ARCHIVE VOLUNTEER VOICES TENNESSEE LANDMARK DOCUMENTS GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF U.S. ECONOMIC HISTORY U.S. HISTORY COLLECTION WORLD HISTORY COLLECTION
U.S. History in Context
U.S. History in Context delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich search results from the most extensive online collection of historical information available today.
Salem History
Contains the following publications: Milestone Documents A new, primary source series The Decades Salem's critically acclaimed American history series Great Lives from History The definitive, worldwide biographical resource Great Events from History The complete resource for worldwide events Musicians & Composers Biographical profiles of important figures in all genres of music
Opposing Viewpoints
Gale Opposing Viewpoints in Context
is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual
information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues.
Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the new solution
features continuously updated viewpoint articles, topic overviews,
full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source
documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted
websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
american rhetoric
Database of and index to 5000+ full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two, including the top 100 political speeches of the 20th century.
ANCESTRY CLASSROOM
The world’s largest online family history resource can give you access to hundreds of years of history in billions of historical documents and millions of historical photos from all over the world. Where did previous generations come from? How did they live? What did they fight for? And how did their lives affect yours?
Historical records and photos hold so many answers about the
fascinating people in history. Ancestry Institution puts them at your
fingertips, enabling both research and invite critical thinking.