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Search your historical figure's name. Use the Gale in Context Database to find basic biographical information, important events from the person's life, and information about their historical importance.
Remember: Gale provides ready-made citations at the end of each information source that you can copy and paste into your bibliography.
Asia for Educators is a free educational resource from Columbia University. Its website is less intuitive than Gale, but it does have a site search, and it also organizes material by time period, region and topic.
Search tip: If searching the person’s name does not work, search their dynasty, religion, philosophy, empire, or major accomplishment instead.
Best for: Confucius, Laozi, Qin Shi Huang, Liu Bang, Wu Zetian, Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, and other East Asian figures.
World History Encyclopedia is a free nonprofit history resource. It contains biographies, articles, timelines, maps, images and videos covering civilizations around the world.
Search tip: Search your person’s full name and read the biography or article that appears.
Best for: Finding an easy-to-understand overview of a person’s life, important events, accomplishments, and historical impact.
National Geographic Education has reliable, student-friendly articles, maps, images and other resources about world history, geography, cultures and civilizations. Use it along with Gale In Context: High School to fill in missing biographical details.
Search tip: search your historical figure’s full name. If you do not find a page about the person, try searching their empire, dynasty, country, or civilization.
Best for: Mansa Musa, Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, Qin Shi Huang, Liu Bang, and other rulers and empire-builders.
MyBib Citation Dos and Don'ts
Choose the citation style first. Make sure the project is set to the correct style (MLA 9).
Cite the actual page you used, not just the homepage.
Check every field MyBib imports.
Don't invent missing information.
Use the organization as author when appropriate. For sources like National Geographic, Asia for Educators etc., the organization may be the author rather than an individual person.
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