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Modern World History Online
Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th century to the present.
To use Modern World History Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

Biography Resource Center
For information about a person, try the Biography Resource Center, one of the Gale InfoTrac databases.
To use Biography Resource Center at home, enter a library card number from Fay School (see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder) or any public library in Massachusetts in the box below. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

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ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Grolier Online: Lands and Peoples
The encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and geography. This is a great place to find background information about a country.
To use Grolier Online at home, see the Library PASSWORDS email on the FirstClass INFO FOR STUDENTS & PARENTS folder for user name and password. If you need help accessing this resource at home, watch this online tutorial.

WEB SITES

HyperHistory Online
Access information on the people and events from nearly 3,000 years of history by clicking on historical areas of interest.

World Factbook
The CIA provides information for each country of the world, on geography, people, economy, communications, defense, etc.

Governments on the WWW
Information about governments and countries all over the world.

Elections Around the World
This site features election results from around the world, updated within a few weeks after the results become available.

United Nations
The U.N. has 188 member countries from all over the world. The U.N. is active in economic and social development, human rights, humanitarian affairs, international laws, and peace and security.

Spanish-American War
A Fay School Library page of links to resources about the Spanish-American War.

World War I
A Fay School Library page of links to resources about the Boer War and World War I.

Spanish Civil War
A Fay School Library page of links to resources about the Spanish Civil War.

World War II
A Fay School Library page of links to resources about World War II.

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updated 09/06/2007

 

 


 

 


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