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Research a Date in the Twentieth Century



Newspaper Sources

Newspapers on Second Floor:

Microfilm is stored on a reel, while microfiche is a flat sheet. Both types of microforms are kept on second floor in separate cabinets. They are filed in alphabetical order by title of the newspaper.

Kansas City Star
1975-present (microfilm)

Maryville Daily Forum
1928-present (microfilm)

New York Times
1851-present (microfilm)
     
New York Times Index 1851-present
North Wall, 1st Floor, 016.07 N53n

St. Joseph News-Press and St. Joseph Gazette
1868-present (microfilm)

St. Louis Post Dispatch
1868-present (microfilm)

Wall Street Journal
1960-1984 (microfilm)
1985-present (microfiche)

Academic Universe News on Search for Articles
Full-text of more than 50 major English-language newspapers from the U.S. and around the world, many same day of publication, plus extensive archives of Financial Times (dating back to 1982), The New York Times (dating back to 1980) and the Washington Post (dating back to 1977).

NewsBank on Search for Articles
Includes the following:
Kansas City Star 1991-present
News Missouri 1997-present
St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1989-present

Additional Newspapers Resources

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Magazine Sources

Magazines Located on Second Floor:

Life
1919-1928 (film), AP2 .L54715
1936-1972, 1992-2000 (bound), AP2 .L54715
1990-2000 (fiche), AP2 .L54715

Newsweek
1934-1984 (microfilm), AP2 .N6772
1985-present (microfiche), AP2 .N6772

Time
1932-1984 (microfilm), AP2 .T37
1985-present (microfiche), AP2 .T37

U.S. News & World Report
1946-1984 (microfilm), JK1 .U65
1985-present (microfiche), JK1 .U65

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Reference Sources

America: History and Life on Search for Articles
Click on CLIO Notes in the blue sidebar.

American Chronicle: Year by Year Through the Twentieth Century
Ref 973.91 G66a

American Decades
Ref 973.92 A5121a

Children's Health in America : A History
362.19892 K52c

Day by Day, the Eighties
Ref 909.8202 M52d

Day by Day, the Nineties
Ref 909.829 A94d

Day by Day, the Seventies
Ref 909.82 L58d

Day by Day, the Sixties
Ref 909.826 P24d

Day by Day, the Fifties
Ref 909.825 M57d

Day by Day, the Forties
Ref 909.824 L58d

Chronology of European History, 15,000 B.C. to 1997
Ref 940.02 C55c

Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century
Ref 973.03 E562e
Includes an index that contains a chronology.

Facts on File
Ref 909.82 F14f
1972-1994 are located on third floor
1995-present are located in the Reference Collection on first floor.

Great Events: 1900-2001
Ref 909.82 G7861g 2002
"Great Events: 1900-2001 covers a wide variety of events from national and world politics, wars, civil disturbances, disasters, crimes, business, scientific and medical breakthroughs, and other fields."

The Illustrated Almanac of Historical Facts
Ref 902.02 S85I

Keesing's Contemporary Archives or Keesing's Record of World Events
Ref 909.82 K26k
1965-1993 are located on third floor with the Quartos (oversized books).
1995-present are located in the Reference Collection on first floor.

Literature and Its Times
Ref 809 L77l
Includes a chronology of relevant events at the beginning of each volume profiling historical events and literary works written in that time period.

Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery
Ref 509 S4161s

The Timetables of Women's History : A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in Women's History
Ref 305.409 G81t

20th Century Day by Day
Ref 909.82 T97t

Twentieth Century: An Almanac
Ref 909.82 T971t

Twentieth Century Music
Ref 780.904 B946t

A Twentieth-Century Musical Chronicle: Events 1900-1988
Ref 780.904 H17t

The People's Chronology: A Year by Year Record of Human Events from Prehistory to the Present
Ref 902.02 T76p

When We Were Young: A Baby Boomer Yearbook
Ref 973.92 K64w

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Web Sites

A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
This site is maintained by the University of Oklahoma College of Law. It includes digitized copies of historical documents from United States history sorted by time period.

HyperHistory Online
Click on the Events button in the left sidebar to view a timeline of events.

Today in History Archive
Search this archive for specific events (e.g., great depression) or individuals (e.g., Teddy Roosevelt) to retrieve Web pages from the Library of Congress which contain the search words entered.

Yahoo! Directory: 20th Century History
Choose a decade or a topic from this menu to view records of historical events.

Year by Year: 1900 - 2004
View events by year, decade, or select specific timelines.

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Revised (March 4, 2011)
Created (October 1999)
Links Verified (November 2008)
Catalog Verified (July 2005)