About This Database

The Broadest Scope of Coverage in a Single Resource

Spanning more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, Facts On File's American History Online database revolutionizes the way students and researchers can explore the different facets of American history, with a user-friendly interface and award-winning content. The authoritative, curriculum-based content is culled from many acclaimed Facts On File print titles. By providing the most comprehensive range of information in one complete resource-subject entries, biographies, primary sources, images and videos, maps and charts, timelines-American History Online offers a virtual library of American history for students and researchers of all ages.

Highlights:

• Complete Coverage: more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history
• Overview Era Essays: overview essays outlining time periods
• Unique Learning Centers: specially selected entries on different eras of American history to help users find a starting point for their research
• Comprehensive Source List: full and partial text from hundreds of print titles.

Features:

• Biographies
• Events and topics
• Primary sources
• General timeline, updated monthly
• Subject-specific timelines
• Fifteen era-specific timelines
• Images and videos
• Maps and charts
• "Focus On" feature
• "Editor's Selection of the Month"
• Dictionary
• "Did You Mean...?" search feature
• Persistent record links
• Examples of full citations in MLA, Chicago, and APA styles.