The NYIT library
is pleased to now offer Daily Life
America. 
What is Daily Life America?
The fourth and most recent addition to Greenwood's flagship Daily Life Online suite of social-history products (a 33% addition of content), available as a standalone or integrated with Daily Life through History Basic or Daily Life through History Premium
A searchable, and ever-expanding, website that spotlights the day-to-day lives of average Americans, past and present
A virtual library of thousands of diverse sources: award-winning reference works, primary documents, illustrations, maps
A
key resource supporting courses in American history and literature at
the high school and college level—but with a fresh approach
A dazzling web experience for anyone with a hankering to explore the back roads and byways of the American experience
What's in Daily Life America?
- 98 recently published books, worth more than $9,000 if purchased separately, including
- The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures
- The Uniting States: The Story of Statehood for the Fifty United States
- Encyclopedia of American Holidays and National Days
- Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America
- Famous American Crimes and Trials
- Thousands of primary documents (recipes, newspaper articles, etc.)
- State-by-State
Resource Center: ready-reference information (capital, key cities,
population, size), as well as nicknames, flags, mottoes, birds, songs,
holidays, and observances
- Classroom resources (lesson plans, curriculum correlations)
- Multimedia
- Links to vetted websites
- More than 1,000 photos, drawings, maps
- Advanced search, advanced browse
- Semiannual enhancements
- Available as standalone or fully integrated with DLO suite
What does Daily Life in America cover?
- Food and cooking
- Holidays and festivals
- Clothing and fashion
- Housing and furnishings
- Religion and spirituality
- Folkways
- Games and amusements
- Music and dance
- Family life
- Women's history and culture
- Native American and other ethnic cultures
- Regional cultures
- And more...
Who needs Daily Life America?
Students looking for fresh research topics
Teachers
of history, literature, drama, social studies, education (and more);
the site covers every period outlined in the National Standards for
United States History
History buffs with a taste for the offbeat, the gritty, the tangy
Librarians who serve all of the above
What sort of questions can Daily Life America answer?
- What's really the difference between New England and California accents?
- Why would an adobe house look as out place in Maine as a clapboard saltbox would look in Arizona?
- What in the world is lutefisk or a hushpuppy; how (and why) would you want to eat either of them?
- What were the Top Ten hits everyone was singing in the 1880s?
- What kinds of trouble were kids getting into while the American Revolution was going on?
Click here to begin exploring Daily Life
America.
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