Researching Historical Topics
4/22/2014
B.C.P.S. Databases: (Directions go to http://www.bcps.org, click on Students, Databases)
 SIRS – Decades (Click on SIRS, click on “Link to SIRS Decades”)
It contains 20th Century American Sources such as Primary Sources and reference content. Content is organized
into curricular topics pertaining to American History, culture, and daily life of the time. Primary source types
include: Advertisements, Editorial Cartoons, Letters, Memos, Messages, Maps and Charts, Original Documents,
Original Works of Art, Photographs, Poems and Literary Works, Posters, Published Articles, Speeches and
Addresses.
 Student Resources in Context (Type in Decade “1980s”)
Featured Contents, Reference, Primary Resources, Magazines, Critical Essays, News, Academic Journals,
Images, Videos, Audio, and Related Topics
 History Reference Center
History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction
books, cover to cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents,
more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than
80 hours of historical video
 NBC Learn
NBC Current Events collection and historic videos
• News broadcasts and interviews
• Hundreds of primary source documents
• Images, charts, graphics, cartoons, and more
 World Book Encyclopedia
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Search “United States History” or a specific topic
 Net Trekker
Finds educationally approved websites.
Destiny.bcps.org – Web Path Express (will search for educationally approved websites.)
WEBSITES
Kingwood Library: American Cultural History (literature, education, fads, fashion, music,
television, sports, etc…)
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decades.html
Infoplease.com: Year by Year- 1900 – Current Year
http://ph.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
(This site from Infoplease.com allows you to take a look into the Twentieth Century year by year. Major events,
people, fashions, fads and timelines are featured on this site. Each year is accessible by link and full of interesting
information)
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Look at Reference and Non-Print Decade books.