Palatine High School Databases Useful for researching the 1950s

Palatine High School Databases Useful for researching the 1920s.
(These links will only work when you are at school. To use these databases from home go to the media center website and choose from home.)

Choose the Mass Ultra edition and then combine the keywords The 1920's with your specific topic. This database will give current articles written about the decade i.e.. today's view or study of the 20's.

Choose WilsonWeb for biographical information of important people of the 1920's.

Choose the Chicago Tribune archive to find primary source material on the 1920's. Enter a narrow topic in the search box and choose the decade from the drop down menu to find articles about events/people during the time of the actual events.

**Websites useful for researching the 1920s**
American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decades.html Select a decade to see an overview of historic events, technology, books, fashion and fads, people, education, and the arts, with links to further information. American Timeline from the Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/timeline.htm CNN: 20th Century Timeline http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/century/episodes/02/ Eyewitness: History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ Eyewitness accounts of major events throughout history, including 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Select the time period at the top.	Multnomah County Library Homework Center http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html A good collection of sites on the 1920’s. Man of the Year http://www.time.com/time/2007/poy/ Full text of Time Magazine's "Man of the Year" articles by year. National Archive Picture Gallery of the 20th Century http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/picturing_the_century/home.html Your Place in Time 20th Century America: The Progressives http://www.hfmgv.org/museum/ypit/index.html Library of Congress American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/index.html Scroll down to select a time period.

Books in the Palatine High School Media Center useful for researching the 1920s.
Check the book cart first for these titles. This is not a full list of books. Use the online catalogue to find more books on your specific topic.

American decades; primary sources
By Rose, Cynthia
Call Number REF/973.91/AME

UXL American decades
By U-X-L (Firm)
Call Number 973.91/UXL

American decades, 1990-1999
By McConnell, Tandy
Call Number REF/973.92/AME

Bowling, beatniks, and bell-bottoms; pop culture of 20^th-century America
By Pendergast, Sara, Pendergast, Tom
Call Number REF/306.0973/BOW

Twentieth-century teen culture by the decades; a reference guide
By Rollin, Lucy
Call Number REF/305.235/ROL

Decades of beauty; the changing image of womern, 1890s-1990s
By Mulvey, Kate, Richards, Melissa
Call Number 305.4/MUL

American Heritage illustrated history of the United States
Call Number REF/973/AME

Rock films; a viewer’s guide to three decades of musicals, concerts, documentaries and soundtracks 1955-1986
By Sandahl, Linda
Call Number 791.43/SAN

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Updated January 14, 2008