THIST 487 Technology in the Modern World - Kucher: Starting Points
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General Resources and Encyclopedias
If you're looking for some alternatives to Wikipedia, try searching for information in these collections of reference books. You'll be able to check facts and learn context for any number of topics.
- Daily Life Through History This link opens in a new window
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A collection of primary documents, reference works, monographs, images, maps, illustrations, and time lines depicting essential activities of daily life across the globe and throughout history. - Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
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Full-text encyclopedias on many subjects. - Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
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Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and subject reference works. - Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
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Over 136,000 books, pamphlets, essays, broadsides and more works published in English during the eighteenth century.
A Food History Timeline
- Key Ingredients: America by Food - A TimelineCreated in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, this online exhibition "Key Ingredients: America by Food" is an interactive timeline that provides information about the history of food in the US.