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Biographical essays on anyone deceased individuals "whose significant actions occurred during his or her residence within what is now the United States or whose life or career directly influenced the course of American history."

Provides biographical information of more than one million people throughout history, around the world and across all disciplines and subject areas.  Searchable by birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.

An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, beginning with the fourth century BC, but not including living people.

With over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies

An online collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, biography sources, statistics, and other information.

The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture offers unparalleled coverage of all aspects of art and architecture from Medieval Western Europe, from the 6th century to the early 16th century. The Encyclopedia offers scholarly material on Medieval art in intelligent, well-written, and informative articles, each of which is followed by a bibliography to support further research.

Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a comprehensive literary reference database that provides a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.

Formerly the Grove Dictionary of Art, this is the innovative new gateway into art research and the access point for Oxford art reference subscriptions and publications. Includes Grove Art Online, the Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms.

Encyclopedia-type articles, photos, web links, chronologies cover popular culture. Look here for specific items of dress (ex: poodle skirt), designers (ex: de la Renta), eras, etc.
Careful when using the search box; it defaults to searching the entire Gale Virtual Reference Library -- several thousand reference books on all topics. I find browsing easier.

Social and cultural history of Britain and America during a period of momentous change between 1950 and 1975. This online resource offers access to a wide range of printed and manuscript sources, visual material, ephemera and video clips. The material covers key topics and major events of the period, including: student activism across Europe and the US; the Vietnam conflict; the fight for civil rights; women's liberation

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Great music reference sources like New Grove and the Oxford Dictionary of Music

MEXICAN CINEMA, LOIS WEBER, NELL SHIPMAN.
An authoritative research guide and annotated bibliography that guides researchers to the best available scholarship and expert commentary on a variety of Cinema and Media Studies topics. Topics include international cinema, LGBT cinema, film theory, dance, theatre and many others; entries contain short biographies along with scholarship.

Provides an online annotated bibliography that provides access to a wide variety of scholarship related to Latin America and the Caribbean.