Gale World History in Context

World History in Context is a comprehensive online collection that uses an intuitive, Web-like interface to provide multicultural, global and research-based dynamic content that supports today’s history research requirements.

Unlike other sources that only offer periodical or bibliographic information, World History in Context offers students and researchers unparalleled access to a broad collection of scholarly analysis and award-winning full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents, including:

• More than 2,000 reference articles from acclaimed history titles from Macmillan Reference USA™, Charles Scribner’s Sons® and other highly regarded encyclopedias and compendiums
• Select articles from more than 125 new Gale reference titles not previously available
• 315+ periodical articles from the Journal of World History, History Review and The Historian
• More than 600 historical maps, atlases and other edtorially selected images delivered through east-to-search image galleries
• 1,760 primary documents from Primary Source Microfilm™
• Video and audio selections from archival newsreels to NPR
• The ability to cross-search U.S. History in Context with a subscription to both products

World History in Context moves chronologically over 5,000 years from antiquity to the present and geographically around the globe, to ensure that the events, movements and individuals that defined, informed and shaped world history are covered with a sense of balance