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Starting
Points: Decades
of the 20th Century Resources |
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R 909.82 Chr
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Chronicle
of the 20th Century |
A month-by-month,
year-by-year chronicle of the major events of the 20th
century (through 1995) via more
than 5,000 short articles and
more than 3,000 news
photographs. |
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R 909.82 Mil |
Milestones of the 20th
Century |
Articles, photos and
timelines covering the major events, trends, and
personalities of the last century. |
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R 909.82 P |
Purnell’s History of the
20th Century |
Scholarly essays in 10
volumes covering the grand historical issues from 1900
through the 60s. |
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R 909.82 T
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The Times in Review
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Five volumes of
reproductions of New York Times pages covering the 20s through the
60s. Some
advertisements included. See also
R 909.826 S,
The Sixties – As Reported by the New York Times. |
R 909.826
(Call numbers vary) |
Day
By Day |
Six volumes, 40s-90s, briefly
cover Middle East; the Americas; Asia
& Pacific; U.S. politics & social issues; foreign policy & defense; economy
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environment; science,
technology & nature; culture, and leisure & lifestyle issues. For others in
the series look up via Day by Day, the Eighties, etc. |
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R 973.9 Ame |
American Decades |
Ten
volumes on the arts; business & economy; education;
fashion; government & politics; law; lifestyles
& social trends; media; medicine & health; religion; science & technology; and sports for each decade. |
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F I N D I N G
B O O K S & O T H E R L
I B R A R Y M A T E R I A L S/
Dewey Decimal browsing numbers:
909.82
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In
addition to reference books, you may want to search for
other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your
topic. The best way to find good sources of
information is to do a subject
search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s
online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web
page (www.wppl.org),
then - Search Our Catalog - in the upper right hand.
A
good subject heading for this topic is
history
modern, 20th century, chronology.
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You may also
want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks)
the Library has to offer located on the Web site
www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you
must open an account from Library computer terminals,
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the following categories: subject,
title, author. See a reference librarian for more detail.
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with your topic:
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The Readers’ Guide to
Periodical Literature - Adult Reference
R 050 R
Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
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EBSCOhost
and
InfoTrac
OneFile
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