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5 days ago · Almost every student, faculty member, and librarian knows from experience how valuable Wikipedia can actually be when looking for quick background information about almost any topic. But what are the differences between Wikipedia and the traditional, scholarly reference works listed and described on the Reference Shelf tab of this guide?
3 days ago · Christopher Columbus (born between August 26 and October 31?, 1451, Genoa [Italy]—died May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain) was a master navigator and admiral whose four transatlantic voyages (1492–93, 1493–96, 1498–1500, and 1502–04) opened the way for European exploration, exploitation, and colonization of the Americas.
5 days ago · Born: June 11, 1864, Munich, Germany. Died: September 8, 1949, Garmisch-Partenkirchen (aged 85) Notable Works: “A Hero’s Life” “An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64” “Arabella” “Ariadne auf Naxos” “Capriccio” “Death and Transfiguration” “Der Rosenkavalier” “Don Juan” “Don Quixote” “Elektra” “From Italy” “Guntram” “Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major”
4 days ago · Netflix, Inc. is a media company based in Los Gatos, California, founded in 1997 by American entrepreneurs Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. The company has been pushing the envelope as a content deliverer since its inception. Netflix first disrupted the Blockbuster video-rental model; it then took.
4 days ago · Martin Luther King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. His leadership was fundamental to that movement’s success in ending the ...
2 days ago · Tucker Carlson (born 1969, San Francisco, California) is an American conservative pundit and popular cable television talk show host, recognized for his success in helping to bring far-right viewpoints and vocabulary into the mainstream of American politics. Carlson is known for his extreme positions on a range of political and social issues ...
1 day ago · The Boy Scouts of America ( BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with over 1 million youth, including 176,000 female participants. [2] The BSA was founded in 1910; about 130 million Americans have participated in its programs.
