![]() | Decades Pathfinder | ![]() |
| The following subscription databases require a username and password: CultureGrams, EBSCO, Encyclopedia Britannica, Gale Group, Grolier, SIRS, and World Book.. Usernames and passwords can be found in Blackboard by clicking on the Library Online tab across the top of the page. | |
| Keywords in ACORN | Nineteen twenties, Nineteen thirties, etc. United States Social Life and Customs |
| Reference Books in collection | Bowling, Beatnicks, and Bell-Bottoms (5 vols.) - R 306 Bow American Decades (4 vols. 1960-69, 1970-79, 1980-89, 1990-99) - R 973.92 Ame |
| Call Numbers in Non Fiction | 909.82 - Decades 973.9 - Decades |
| Other Pathfinders | Biography Pathfinder |
| Databases provided by Arlington County need username & password at home | Encyclopedias & Reference Works Encyclopedia Britannica World Book Online Biography in Context- Gale Group History Resource Center - Gale Group Newspaper and Magazine articles Digital Newspaper Articles - Digital History (free website)Gale Group |
| Good Websites | General Information - sites cover many decades America From the Great Depression to WW II - Library of Congress American History Megasite - Multnomah Public Library American History Online - Historical documents from universities, libraries, etc. America's Historical Documents - National Archives America's Story from America's Library - Library of Congress Archive of American Television Digital Newspaper Articles - Digital History Food Timeline Images of American Political History Online Exhibits - National Archives (check out Eyewitness & other exhibits that highlight our history) Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History - Ohio State University Picturing the Century: 100 Yrs. of Phtography - National Archives Primary Sources of American Popular Culture - Authentic History Center Time Archive - 1923-present - Time Magazine Time's Person of the Year - 1927-2007 - Time magazine Twentieth Century History - About.com Year By Year: 1900-2008 - Information Please Almanac |
| Good Websites | 1920s & 1930s FDR and the Depression: 1929-1937 - Biography of AmericaAmerica From the Great Depression to WW II, 1935-1945 - Library of Congress America in the 1930s - University of Virginia American Cultural History - 1920-1929 - Kingwood College American Cultural History - 1930-1939 - Kingwood College American Leaders Speak: Recordings from WWI to Election of 1920 - Library of Congress Black Renaissance in Washington, D.C. - D.C. Public Library Brief Timeline of American Literature, Music, Movies & Events - Washington State University New Deal Network Photographs From the Chicago Daily News 1902-1933 - Library of Congress Photographs From the Golden Age of Jazz - Library of Congress Prosperity & Thrift: the Coolidge Era & the Consumer Economy 1921-1929 - Library of Congress Riding the Rails - PBS (American Experience) Surviving the Dustbowl - PBS (American Experience) Twenties: 1913-1929 - Biography of America |
| Good Websites | 1940s America From the Great Depression to WW II, 1935-1945 - Library of Congress American Cultural History - 1940-1949 - Kingwood College Photographs From the Golden Age of Jazz - Library of Congress Voices From the Dustbowl - 1940-1941 - Library of Congress World War II - Biography of America |
| Good Websites | 1950s |
| Good Websites | 1960s |
| Good Websites | 1970s |
| Good Websites | 1980s & 1990s American Cultural History - 1980-1989 - Kingwood College American Cultural History - 1990-1999 - Kingwood College |
| Good Websites | This Day in History sites On This Day - New York Times (can go to previous dates) This Day in History - History.com Today in History - Library of Congress Weather History |