Investigates people, events, and themes of our nation's evolution.

The Modern Era - Provides information to key historical developments from 1500 to the present.

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The Grove Dictionary of Art contains 45,000 articles on every aspect of the visual arts. It represents the work of more than 6,800 scholars from around with world.

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A historical English dictionary that studies and evaluates the language from the earliest of times to the present

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The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution. The Library preserves a collection of more than 119 million items, more than two-thirds of which are in media other than books. These include the largest map, film and television collections in the world. In addition to its primary mission of serving the research needs of the U.S. Congress, the Library serves all Americans through its popular Web site and in its 22 reading rooms on Capitol Hill.

Since 1792, The Old Farmer's Almanac has published useful information for people in all walks of life: tide tables for those who live near the ocean; sunrise tables and planting charts for those who live on the farm; recipes for those who live in the kitchen; and forecasts for those who don't like the question of weather left up in the air.

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Explore languages and the ways they evolve over time. Contains new words and phrases, origins and histories of words