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1920s In America WHERE DO I START?
Websites, databases and books all offer different perspectives and resources. Use all three to get the best information. Books contain more detailed, in-depth information, and are available in the library. Databases offer access to magazines, journals and newspapers NOT available on the web. Results can be sorted and searched by date, subject, and reading level. Websites are usually available to all and free, but the quality can vary substantially. BOOKS and DATABASES
Keyword -- Keyword searches search for your terms anywhere in the document or record.
Subject -- Subject searches use specific vocabulary and only search in the subject field. Title -- Title searches only search words in the title of a item.
Advanced Search Techniques
These work in the library catalog, ISearch and Google. Use " " around a phrase to search for the exact phrase. "Race relations" forces the search to find results where those words occur next to each other rather than anywhere on the page. Use +/- to include/exclude words from your search. Searching for depression -great will eliminate results that are about the Great Depression in US history. Digital Public Library of America-- search the collection by keyword or view the exhibitions on the Golden Age of Radio and Prohibition. Lots of primary source photographs! Library of Congress-- search for key words, many digitized primary source documents, as well as articles. Chronicling America, provided by Library of Congress, search American newspapers from 1789-1963. Use advanced search to narrow by date and keyword. You Decide: the Roaring Twenties: A biography of America -- PBS The Roaring Twenties--History.com Ohio Memory, A Collaborative Project of the Ohio History Connection and the State Library of Ohio-- Find Ohio primary sources about the 1920s. Use the advanced search feature to search by date (01/01/1920-12/31/1929) and then narrow by subject. |