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Biographical essays on 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." Searchable by name

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.

"Collects and organizes theoretical and historical content on the topic of video games, covering the people, systems, technologies, and theoretical concepts as well as the games themselves."

brings together over 200 critical essays to redraw the boundaries of this rapidly evolving and dynamically complex area. Includes more than 200 essays written by over 230 leading and emerging scholars from across the globe.

An online collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, biography sources, statistics, and other information.
Alternate title: Gale eBooks

A free online resource, featuring millions of pages of books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound.

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.

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.

"Discusses media around the world in their varied forms - newspapers, magazines, radio, television, film, books, music, websites, social media, mobile media - and describes the role of each in both mirroring and shaping society. Provides a thorough overview of media within social and cultural contexts, exploring the development of the mediated communication industry, mediated communication regulations, and societal interactions and effects."