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 20th-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

Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
Call Number REF/700.89/ENC

Chronology of Transportation in the United States
By Wright, Russell O.
388.98/WRI

 

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. Select online reference products then enter your ID number and last name in all capital letters.)

 

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

  Search SIRS databases to find articles on various 1920s topics.

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.

   Search one or more academic disciplines to find journal articles on specific 1920s topics.

 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.

 

Websites useful for researching the 1920s

American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century 
http://www.nhmccd.edu/contracts/lrc/kc/decades.html 

American Experience PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/

Eyewitness: History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It 
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/20frm.htm

Multnomah County Library Homework Center
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html

Library of Congress American Memory  
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/index.html
 

The Library of Congress: Jackie Robinson
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/robinson/

The Library of Congress: The Coolidge Era
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html

Ohio University Department of History: Prohibition  
http://prohibition.osu.edu/

Presidents of the United States
http://www.potus.com/
 

 



 

 

 

 

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Updated January 20, 2009