Contents 1 Basic Resources—Reference and General 2 Finding Books—Keywords 3 Finding Books—Subjects 4 Finding Primary Sources—Newspapers 5 Electronic Resources—Databases

Basic Resources—Reference and General

Use these resources to get ideas for topics—people, places, things associated with the 20s. Also, get ideas from Wikipedia or The Great Gatsby

• Bowling, beatniks, and bell-bottoms : pop culture of 20th-century America (v. 2)
  • E169.1 .B7825 2002; Reference
• American Chronicle : Year By Year Through The Twentieth Century
  • E169.1 .G664 1999 ; Reference
• The Columbia Chronicles Of American Life, 1910-1992
  • E169.1 .G667 1995 ; General
• American Chronicle : Seven Decades In American Life, 1920-1989
  • E 169.1 .G664 1990 2 ; General
• The 1920s
  • E169.1 .D796 2004 ; General
• America Awakes; A New Appraisal Of The Twenties
  • E 169.1 .F2 ; General
• The Discontent Of The Intellectuals; A Problem Of The Twenties
  • E 169.1 .M4959 ; General
• Fitzgerald And The Jazz Age
  • E 169.1 .C795 ; General
• The Modern Temper : American Culture And Society In The 1920s
  • E169 .D912 1995 ; General
• The Plastic Age (1917-1930)
  • E 169.1 .S592 1970 ; General
• The Twenties
  • E 169.1 .J46 1974 ; General

Finding Books—Keywords

Once you have narrowed your search, you can start looking for books on your topic. Doing a keyword search is just like searching on Google—the catalog with find a book description that has your word (or words) in it. Sometimes you might not get what you want, so try being more specific if you get too many, or less specific if you don’t get enough. (Jazz-->Jazz 1920s; Flappers’ clothes-->Flappers)

• 1920s
• Roaring Twenties
• Age
• People (Al Capone], Charles Lindbergh]), Places (Harlem, Chicago), Things (Flappers, Art Deco)

Finding Books—Subjects

• 1920s-->Nineteen twenties
• United States History 1919 1933
• The name of a person: Gehrig, Lou
• The name of a thing: Black Tuesday--> Stock Market Crash, 1929

Finding Primary Sources—Newspapers

Use newspapers to find information about your topic from the time when your topic was a current event. What did people think about the Lindy Hop? How did reporters write about the Black Sox scandal? You can even find pictures to give you a sense of fashion or people.

• Chicago Tribune Historical
• New York Times Historical

Electronic Resources—Databases

Search databases for journal or articles on your topic. Find in-depth discussions on events, trends, people, places, and policy.

• History Study Center

Articles, images, maps, reference and more. Also useful for brainstorming a topic.

1. Study Units
2. The New Era 1920s America

• Oxford Reference Online

Provides basic biographical and historical information. Links within text and links at the bottom as well as links to related articles. Citation info is provided.

1. History
2. “Oxford Companion to United States History”
3. Browse this Book
4. Search for topic

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Jennifer Kelley
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kelleyj@cod.edu

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