Research a Date in the Twentieth Century
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 N53nSt. 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
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Readers' Guide Retrospective
on Search
for Articles
Indexes articles from 1890 to 1982
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
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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.
1940-present Facts.com
is the online version of the Facts on File world news service and contains
several special features such as the Issues & Controversies module and
the a World Almanac of facts.
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
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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.
Facts.com
This database is the online version of the Facts on File world news service,
covering the time period between 1940 to the present. It also contains several
special features such as the Issues & Controversies module and the a World
Almanac of facts.
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.
All quoted material is from the respective source.
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