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Find recipes and learn about historical food culture and cuisine from across the United States.
Information on history, cultures, languages, foods, religions, sports and more from locales across the globe.
Discover traditional recipes and learn about food culture for 174 countries around the world.
Discover the experience and impact of African Americans in the news media, 1704 to today.
Black Life in America is packed with news and information on the Black American experience, history, culture, and daily life.
Access to information about historic American newspapers.
Historical weather data for Columbus and beyond.
Explore cultures of the world with 4 editions: States, Provinces, World and Kids.
Contains primary-source reports on over 200 countries, US states and Canadian provinces, focusing on 25 cultural categories, including language, personal appearance, greetings, visiting, family, food and diet, life cycle, recreation, government, education, health and more.
Millions of primary source images, text and videos from across the United States.
Contains journals and essays on how current issues stem from past actions and policies.
Designed for high school and undergraduate students, Exploring Race in Society contains scholarly journals and essays that provide a deeper understanding of how current issues stem from past actions and policies. Each topic includes an overview article and three essays suggesting potential solutions. Solutions essays are written by a diverse group of writers representing the fields of academia, journalism, medicine and other disciplines working to address issues related to race.
Discover the experience and impact of Hispanic Americans in the news media.
Hispanic Life in America is a digital archive of primary source documents related to Hispanic American life. This collection is sourced from more than 17,000 global media outlets, including over 700 Spanish-language or bilingual publications, dating from 1704 to today.
Bring school projects to life with videos, first-person accounts, digital books, games, and more.
TrueFlix uses the award-winning True Books content to help students build literacy skills as they learn about a variety of subjects. Science and Social Science content comes alive through dynamic videos, interactive eBooks, engaging meaningful activities and project ideas that enhance the learning and teaching experience.
Expert authors combine facts, analysis, & insights for concise introductions in a range of subjects.
Very Short Introductions provides the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. The series offers concise and original introductions to nearly 700 subjects, with more added monthly.
Offers hundreds of timelines across eight broad topics, covering various time periods in history.
Offers hundreds of pre-generated timelines across eight broad topics, which cover various time periods in history or span the life of historical public figures. Users can also create their own timelines from scratch, adding events, descriptions, and media.
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