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Reference books, encyclopedias and nonfiction books; historical documents, biographies, historical photos, maps and videos and cover-to-cover full text for history periodicals.
Designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. The database features cover-to-cover full text for more than 750 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books, and also includes full text for nearly 60 leading history periodicals. Further, the database contains 58,000 historical documents; 43,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 12,000 historical photos and maps; and 87 hours of historical film and video.