Biographical & Historical Information Databases

African-American History covers over 500 years of African-American experiences. You can start by watching a video or slideshow, explore important topics from the homepage, or dive deeper using the Topic Centers. You’ll find stories about key people and events, famous speeches and documents, and detailed timelines.

American History is an easy-to-use website with lots of helpful information about U.S. history. The main page gives you different ways to start, like videos, slideshows, and special topic sections. It includes many types of information all in one place—like articles, biographies, original documents, pictures, timelines, maps, and more.

Ancient and Medieval History covers world history from early human times up to the mid-1500s. It focuses on important periods, civilizations, and regions like the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and medieval Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and the Islamic World. Explore each civilization through videos, documents, maps, and more.

This database offers trusted info on important people, past and present. It includes articles, primary sources, videos, podcasts, and images—all updated often so you get the latest facts for your research.

Search six databases at once for biographies on athletes, mythological figures, global changemakers, key people and events in U.S. history, and more from around the world.

Modern World History explores global history from the 15th century to today with articles, biographies, videos, maps, and more. Topic Centers highlight key eras and regions to help users start research. Content is searchable across all Infobase history databases for easy access to related topics.

Find illustrated biographies of over 10,000 authors and illustrators for children and teens—available in eBook format for easy access and reading.

Explore articles on Texas history, geography, culture, and biographies of notable Texans. You can search or browse through the content easily.