American National BiographyThis link opens in a new windowOffers portraits of more than 18,700 men and women whose lives have shaped the nation and explores not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion.
American History OnlineThis link opens in a new windowSpans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.
ABC-CLIO Social Studies DatabasesThis link opens in a new windowFour interactive programs that use primary documents, video, audio, and maps, to cover units in American History, American Government, World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras, and World History: The Modern Era.
General Encyclopedias
These general sources will provide a great overview of your person. In addition, each article contains links to websites and in many cases, periodicals (magazines) as well.
World Book EncyclopediaThis link opens in a new windowSIGN IN WITH CITY NAME AND ZIP CODE.
Includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related websites.
Encyclopedia BritannicaThis link opens in a new windowContains more than 120,000 articles, websites, images, and videos on a variety of topics.