What's New
ANB Online User Guide
A Teacher’s Guide to Using ANB Online
Research Ideas
The Oxford Companion to United States History
Updates
The ANB Online is expanded and further enhanced in regular semi-annual updates. For information on the latest update, click here. Subscribers to ANB Online and the new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography can now benefit from cross-referenced entries linking biographies in the two sites. Articles in the ANB Online provide links to their counterparts in the Oxford DNB and vice versa. How is Benjamin Franklin portrayed in the context of British history? The ability to easily compare treatments of the subjects is a valuable research and teaching tool.
ANB Online User Guide
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A Teacher's Guide to Using ANB Online
ANB Online is a valuable resource that can be actively incorporated into classroom lessons. To assist teachers in fully utilizing ANB Online, we have prepared a Teacher's Guide to Using ANB Online. Developed with the participation of librarians and teachers, the Teacher's Guide offers six lessons that highlight the importance and value of studying biography as an end in itself and as a starting point for doing further research into the lives of those who shaped the American experience. To view the Guide, click here
Research Ideas
Students can now jump-start their research by browsing through pre-selected lists of articles from the ANB Online and the Oxford Companion to United States History encyclopedia content that supports the 19,000 biographies. Users can browse a list of articles or start with an overview article and follow the links to individual articles. From American Literature to Women's History, the Frontier and Western Expansion to the Civil Rights Movement, these research ideas will help students get more out of their ANB Online experience. To get started, click here
The Oxford Companion to United States History
Over 900 articles from the acclaimed Oxford Companion to United States History have been incorporated into ANB Online to enhance and enrich the study of history through biography. As big and as varied as the nation it portrays, The Oxford Companion to United States History explores not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion. The articles selected for inclusion in ANB Online expand the learning experience, providing context to the biographies and further illuminating the nation's history through defining events, social movements, ideologies, even natural disasters and iconic sites.
