Contemporary World Music delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. The database will contain important genres such as Reggae, Worldbeat, Neo-Traditional, World Fusion, Balkanic Jazz, African Film, Bollywood, Arab Swing and Jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian Classical, Fado, Flamenco, Klezmer, Zydeco, Gospel, Gagaku, and more.*
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CultureGrams goes beyond basic facts and figures on more than 200 countries, detailing daily life and culture, history, customs, and lifestyles. The States Edition describes the diversity and history of each U.S. state and includes maps, flags and symbols.*
Click on an interactive map of the world to read articles on different nations provided by Britannica Online.*
Click on an interactive map of the United States to read articles about the states provided by Britannica Online.*
Contains land-ownership maps, historical atlases and other content indispensable for recreating frontier communities and tracking migrations of families across the United States. This resource is made available by the Clayton Library Friends.
Contains land-ownership maps, historical atlases and other content indispensable for recreating frontier communities and tracking migrations of families across the United States. Remote access to this resource through September 30, 2021, is made available by the Clayton Library Friends.
National Geographic Kids is a kid friendly version of the iconic magazine. This searchable database contains full issues of National Geographic Kids magazine from 2009 to present (with a 3 month embargo). It also contains hundreds of National Geographic Kids books, videos, and images.*
National Geographic magazine is an iconic magazine famous for its high quality photojournalism covering cultures, nature, science, technology and the environment. National Geographic Magazine Archive includes all issue of the magazine since its start in 1888 to the previous month's issue. Also included are National Geographic Kids and National Geographic Traveler magazines.*
An online reference e-book that offers information on all topics of exploration worldwide, including advances in navigation, the discovery of the New World, polar expeditions, and the space age. In addition to examining the lives and expeditions of heroic and influential explorers, the book covers navigational and marine sciences and ranges from ancient cultures through modern space exploration.*
An online reference e-book that offers information on all topics of exploration worldwide, including advances in navigation, the discovery of the New World, polar expeditions, and the space age. In addition to examining the lives and expeditions of heroic and influential explorers, the book covers navigational and marine sciences and ranges from ancient cultures through modern space exploration.*
Archival audio collections of the legendary Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels. It is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions.*
Extensive information on all 50 of the United States.
Topographic maps and photos of over 1.25 million water, land and man-made landmarks in the United States. Includes over 2.8 million photographs. Search by specific place or browse by region or type of geographic feature.
Calculates distances between cities and countries.
Currency converter.
Gives graphic view of weather conditions.
Current and historical weather.