Primary Sources: The Columbian Exchange

Spanning five centuries, and charting the rise and fall of empires around the world, explore colonial history, politics, culture and society. From Columbus to debates on American Imperialism, Empire Online, is driven by a panel of consultant editors from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA and as been designed specifically to encourage the use of primary sources in teaching.

A family of databases that includes historical and scientific encyclopedias, as well as a Curriculum Resource Center and a collection of reproducible Maps on File.

The project touches on themes of exploration and discovery; imperialism and attempts at monopoly; trade Wars; translocation and economic geography; slavery; mass production; luxury; taste; and the evolution of global branding.

The Gale Virtual Reference Library contains Ebooks in virtually any subject area including , history, science, art, biography, geography, literature, government, and can be accessed online 24/7.

Covers modern world history, with full-text articles and primary sources.