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MODERN WORLD HISTORY ONLINE
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Reviews:
"...offer[s] full-text access to information...a valuable addition to the electronic research collections of most libraries." - KLIATT
About This Database:
Comprehensive Coverage of Modern World History
The redesigned Modern World History Online, formerly called World History Online,
covers the full scope of world history from the mid-15th century to the
present. This comprehensive online resource contains thousands of fully
hyperlinked subject entries, biographies, images, maps and charts,
primary source documents, and timeline entries that combine to provide
a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, events, and
ideas that have defined modern world history.
The redesign includes unique Learning Centers that pull forward
interesting entries hand-picked by our editors to help users find a
starting point for their research. An extensive amount of new content
has been added, the timeline has been updated, and the image gallery is
now browsable. Users can browse this database by both global region and
time period, depending on their needs. Search results are now better
organised—under tabs by record type.
Modern World History Online offers an abundance of reliable,
well-organised information, drawn from Facts On File's acclaimed print
titles. It is the perfect one-stop source for researching modern world
history, bringing together in a single online reference database
content that has traditionally been diffused throughout many print
sources.
Content Features:
- Biographies: more than 10,000 biographies of important historical figures from around the globe
- Events and Topics: descriptions of more than 12,000 events, places, and cultural developments in world history
- Primary Sources: full-text, or selected excerpts of, primary source documents with introductory remarks
- Timeline: thousands of generously hyperlinked entries spanning from 1450 to the present, updated monthly
- Image Gallery: hundreds of historical images with informative captions
- Maps and Charts: original maps, graphs, and tables with informative captions
- Learning Centers: specially selected entries on different areas of interest to help users find a starting point for their research
- Special Features:
a spotlight providing an in-depth look at a topic such as music during
the Enlightenment; a Focus On feature highlighting a topic such as the
European Age of Exploration.
Search Features:
- Boolean Search Capabilities
- Search all content by Keyword, Phrase, or customised Advanced Search
- Browse content by:
- Topic,
such as Architecture and Landmarks; Education; Exploration and
Colonization; Foreign Policy and Diplomacy; Labor and Employment;
Military Affairs and Weaponry; and Social and Political Movements
- Time Period, corresponding to the National Standards for World History
- In addition, browse Biographies by Occupation—for
example, Musicians and Composers, Educators, Scholars, and Journalists,
or Military Leaders, Soldiers, and Warriors; browse Primary Sources by Type—for example, Declarations, Charters, or Doctrines; and browse the Timeline by Year.
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