Decades

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Any Decade:

Search Tips for decades:

Type 1920s, 1980s, etc. in the search bar.Do not use an apostrophe (').
Use quotations "" around search terms with more than just one word. Example: "kent state" or "vietnam war"

The following are links to purchased databases (provide citations for you):

Britannica Online School Edition:

http://school.eb.com.proxy.elm4you.org

Encyclopedia of World Biography (Note: To get back to the ROR webpage, you need to click “Return to Library” in top blue bar):

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/sain46794

Gale Discovering Collection Database - Type a decade in the search bar, for example: 1920s, 1930s, etc.:

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/DC?locID=mnkspps

Gale Group Student Edition - Type a decade in the search bar, for example: 1920s, 1930s, etc.:

http://find.galegroup.com/gtx/start.do?prodId=STOM&userGroupName=mnkspps

Gale Virtual Reference Library Database - Type a decade in the search bar, for example: 1920s, 1930s, etc.:

http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/start.do?prodId=GVRL&userGroupName=stpaulps

Salem Press’s Decades database covers the 50s through the 80s:

http://history.salempress.com

Sharpe United States History and Culture (NOTE: Use comopark for both the username and password):

http://www.sharpe-online.com

Student Resources in Context (Gale database):

http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/?userGroupName=mnkspps

The following are links to websites that are reliable but are not purchased databases (you have to figure out the citation yourself):

American Memory - Library of Congress - Choose a decade from the top right section of the screen):

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/index.html

Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy - Choose a decade:

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm

American Women Through Time:

http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-timeline.html

Authentic History Center - Primary Sources:

http://www.authentichistory.com

Costume Gallery Research Library - Fashion through the ages - Scroll down and choose a decade on the right side:

http://www.costumegallery.com/research.htm

Joyce Valenza's Pathfinders to The Decades. Skip the Databases (passwords needed) and go on to the General Decade Portals, etc.:

http://doingthedecades.wikispaces.com/

Life Magazine Archives – 1936 to 1972:

http://books.google.com/books?id=A1YEAAAAMBAJ&dq=1932&lr=&as_pt=MAGAZINES&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=2&atm_aiy=1970#all_issues_anchor

MovieFolio.com (search for movies by year):

http://www.moviefolio.com/movies_1970.cfm

Multnomah Homework Center - American History:

http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/amhsthc.html#20th

Music hits by year - see left column:

http://www.alaskajim.com/index.htm

The People History - Select a year using drop-down arrow on top right or a decade from the center of the page:

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com

Recipes from 1920s - 1990s:

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/494071.html

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – Inductees by year:

http://rockhall.com/inductees/byyear/

Television History - The First 75 Years:

http://www.tvhistory.tv/index.html

Time Magazine Covers - 1923 to Present:

http://www.time.com/time/coversearch

Time Warp - Archiving Technology Through the Decades:

http://www.time-warp.org

Timeline of American Art (Phillips Collection):

http://www.phillipscollection.org/research/american_art/timeline.htm

Timeline of Modern Art (artists.org):

http://the-artists.org/art-movements.cfm

Timelines in History:

http://timelines.ws/20thcent/TWENTIETHCENT.HTML

20th Century History Timeline by about.com:

http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa110900a.htm

World Wide Web Virtual Library 20th Century History:

http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA

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1920s & 1930s:

*NOTE: The databases for the 1920s & 1930s are at the top of this page.

Search Tips for 1920s & 1930s:

Type 1920s or 1930s in the search bar.Do not use an apostrophe (').
Use quotations "" around search terms with more than just one word. Example: "roaring twenties"
Type "great depression" (with quotations) not just depression.

The following are links to websites that are reliable but are not purchased databases (you have to figure out the citation yourself):

America in the 30s:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html

American Memory Photos - America From the Great Depression to World War II:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html

American Women Through Time:

http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-timeline.html

Fashion Era 1920-1930:

http://www.fashion-era.com/1920s/index.htm

Fashion Era 1930-1940:

http://www.fashion-era.com/1930s/index.htm

History Central - 20th Century Year by Year:

http://www.historycentral.com/20th/index.html

Infoplease - Year by Year:

http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html

Internet Movie Database "In This Year…"

http://www.imdb.com/year/

MovieFolio.com (search for movies by year):

http://www.moviefolio.com/movies_1970.cfm

Multnomah Homework Center - American History:

http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/amhsthc.html#20th

National Museum of American History:

http://americanhistory.si.edu

Online Books - Search by Subject Screen (good for wars, terrorism and other topics):

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/subjects.html

20th Century History Timeline by about.com:

http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa110900a.htm

Visions of Women in 1920s Magazine Advertising:

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug00/rekas/attic/main.htm

Voices from the Dustbowl:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html

World Wide Web Virtual Library 20th Century History:

http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA

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1940s

**NOTE: The databases for the 1940s are at the top of this page.

The following are links to websites that are reliable but are not purchased databases (you have to figure out the citation yourself):

American Cultural History - The Twentieth Century 1940-1949 - Kingwood College Library's website:

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html

American Memory - Voices From the Dustbowl - Migrant Worker Collection 1940-1941 - Library of Congress' website:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/collections/vdb/history.html

American Memory - Woody Guthrie Letters 1940-1950 - Library of Congress' website:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wwghtml/wwghome.html

Fads & Culture of the 1940s - Retro Housewife's website:

http://www.retro-housewife.com/1940-fads-and-culture.html

Fads & Fashion of the 1940s - 20th Century American History Scrapbook - Gainesville High School teacher's website:

http://www.retro-housewife.com/1940-fads-and-culture.html

Fads, Style, Memories 1940s - Web Generation's website:

http://www.wgeneration.com/1940.html

Fashion 1940s - Patterns and Images from 1940-1949 - Sense & Sensibility Clothing's website:

http://www.sensibility.com/vintageimages/1940s

Money and Inflation 1940s - thepeople.com's website:

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1940s.html

Movies of 1940s - Best & Worst - Internet Movie Database's website:

http://www.imdb.com/chart/1940s

Political Systems in the 1940s - world map:

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/govt1940.htm

Timeline 1940s - about.com's website:

http://history1900s.about.com/library/time/bltime1940.htm

World War II - BBC's World War Two website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo

World War II - World War 2's website:

http://www.world-war-2.info

World War II - worldwar-2.net's website:

http://www.worldwar-2.net

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1950s & 1960s:

**NOTE: The databases for the 1950s & 1960s are at the top of this page.

The following are links to websites that are reliable but are not purchased databases (you have to figure out the citation yourself):

1951 Cookie Recipe - Good Housekeeping Magazine:

http://www.paperpast.com/html/1950s_cookies.html

American Cultural History - 1950s & 1960s:

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html

http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html

American Memory - Library of Congress 1950-1969:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?timePeriod=1950-1969

Boomers Fifties Teen Idol Magazine:

http://boomers-fifties-pinups.com/50_teenmag.html

Crazy Fads of the 1950s & 1960s:

http://www.crazyfads.com/50s.htm

http://www.crazyfads.com/60s.htm

Costumes.org - Fashion of 1950s & 1960s links:

http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/1950INKS.HTM

http://costumes.org/history/100pages/1960links.htm

Costume Gallery - 20th Century Fashion - 1950s & 1960s fashion:

http://www.costumegallery.com/1950.htm

http://www.costumegallery.com/1960.htm

Decade Singles Chart - music of the 1950s & 1960s:

http://www.alaskajim.com/charts/decadesingles/1950s.asp

http://www.alaskajim.com/charts/decadesingles/1960s.asp

Fads, Styles & Events of the 1950s & 1960s - Retro Housewife:

http://www.retro-housewife.com/1950-fads-and-culture.html

http://www.retro-housewife.com/life-in-the-1960s.html

Fads & Styles of the 1950s & 1960s - Web Generation:

http://www.wgeneration.com/1950.html

http://www.wgeneration.com/1960.html

Fashion Era - 1950s:

http://www.fashion-era.com/1950s_glamour.htm

Fashion Era - 1960s:

http://www.fashion-era.com/1960s/index.htm

Fifties Web:

http://www.fiftiesweb.com

Film History of the 1950s & 1960s:

http://www.filmsite.org/50sintro.html

http://www.filmsite.org/60sintro.html

Food and Groceries of the 1950s & 1960s:

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/50sfood.html

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/60sfood.html

Food Timeline 1950s & 1960s:

http://www.foodtimeline.org/fooddecades.html#1950s

http://www.foodtimeline.org/fooddecades.html#1960s

Inventions of the 1950s-1970s:

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa122999a.htm

Literature & Culture of the American 1950s:

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/home.html

Television History - The First 75 Years - 1950s-2000:

http://www.tvhistory.tv/1950-1959.htm

http://www.tvhistory.tv/1960-2000.htm

Timeline of the 1950s & 1960s:

http://history1900s.about.com/library/time/bltime1950.htm

http://history1900s.about.com/library/time/bltime1960.htm

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1970s, 1980s, 1990s & Post 9/11 Project:

**NOTE: The databases for the 1970s-current year are at the top of this page.

Search Tips for decades:

Type 1970s, 1980s or 1990s in the search bar.Do not use an apostrophe (').
Use quotations "" around search terms with more than just one word. Example: "kent state" or "vietnam war"

The following are links to websites that are reliable but are not purchased databases (you have to figure out the citation yourself):