Learn about Black History and explore over 500 years of the African American experience, history and culture.

Explore a wide range of research on writers and their works throughout history and the world.

Includes encyclopedia articles, magazines, recommended websites, videos, biographies, news, dictionary and thesaurus entries.

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Collection of over 6,000 ebooks on various subjects. 

Answer the age-old question, “What do I read next?” Search and match reading interests to books, authors, genres or topics.

A collection of reference ebooks on a wide variety of topics.

Biographical information on thousands of people throughout history. Includes video, audio clips and images.

Articles, images, maps, activities, experiments and reference information on all subjects that are appropriate for elementary students.

Understand the context for science topics through summaries, journals, news, interactive experiments and more.

Provides information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in American history from many sources.

Provides information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in world history from multiple sources.

Research authors and their works, literary movements and genres.

Resource covering all writing genres and time periods. Includes thousands of summaries, critical essays, book reviews, journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.

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For elementary students, learn about animals, science & social studies topics, and biographies.  Includes a selection of ebooks. 

Find more information about scientific topics such as biology, chemistry, earth and space science, environmental science, health and medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science and society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife.

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A joint project of South Carolina Humanities, the University of South Carolina Press, the USC Libraries, the USC College of Arts & Sciences, the USC Institute for Southern Studies, the South Carolina State Library, and many other organizations, the South Carolina Encyclopedia is a reference source of the people, places, events, things, achievements, and ideals that have contributed to the evolution of the Palmetto State.

Know where you live. Includes links to South Carolina related topics, multimedia, primary documents and more.

• The Ancient World, Prehistory, 476 c.e.
• The Middle Ages, 477–1453
• Renaissance & Early Modern Era, 1454–1600
• The Seventeenth Century, 1601–1700
• The Eighteenth Century, 1701–1800
• The Nineteenth Century, 1801–1900
• The Twentieth Century, 1901–2000
• African Americans
• Asian & Pacific Islander Americans
• Inventors & Inventions
• Jewish Americans
• Latinos
• Notorious Lives
• Scientists & Science
• The Incredibly Wealthy

Presents biographies of important Americans.

• The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. 8  2006-2008
• The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. 7  2003-2005
• The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. 6  2000-2002
• The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. 5  1997-1999
• The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. 4  1994-1996
• The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. 3  1991-1993
• The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. 2  1986-1990
• The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. 1  1981-1985

List of South Carolina governors since colonial times with links to biographies.

South Carolina biographies from the StudySC website.