North Hunterdon High School Media Center

1950 -Your Birthdate

People  and  Events

Requirements for the Research Paper

Research Planner

Format

Web Evaluation Form

Books on your topic may be found using the library catalog found on the media center page.

Electronic databases that should prove helpful are found in the Electronic Databases found on the media center page:

• ABC CLIO
• Biography Resource Center
• EBSCOhost
• Facts on File
• Global Issues in Context
• InfoTrac
• Opposing Viewpoints
• Proquest Historical Newspapers
• SIRS

E-Books

Online editions of print reference books:

Marshall Cavendish: 42 titles on a range of subjects, including animals and plants, geography, health, sciences, social studies, and world cultures.

ABC-CLIO History Reference Online: 475 titles related to history, politics, pop culture, geograry, science, technology, the environment, and other social studies topics.

Gale Virtual Reference Library: More than 300 titles on the arts, biography, business, education, the environment, history, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nations and the world, religion, science, and social sciences. You can search all Gale e-books simultaneously with PowerSearch.

Subject Directories:

About.Com
www.about.com

Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org

Librarians Index to the Internet
www.lii.org

Evaluated Web Sites:

American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decades.html

Best of History Web Sites: 20th Century
http://www.besthistorysites.net/20thCentury.shtml

Decade by Decade
http://history1900s.about.com/od/decadebydecade/Decade_By_Decade.htm

Decades.com
www.decades.com

Digital History
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/index.cfm  
    Check the websites link

Twentieth Century Decades
http://melvil.chicousd.org/decsg.html

Year by Year: 1900-2004
http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html

Primary Sources may also be found in:

American Memory
http://www.loc.gov/

Edsitement
http://edsitement.neh.gov/reference_shelf_analyzing.asp

Thesis Statement Creator:

http://johnmcgarvey.com/apworld/student/thesiscreator.html

http://www.powayusd.com/projects/ewe2/thesis.htm

 

Works Cited

Copy/paste the citations provided in database articles into your Word document. To cite web pages in MLA style, follow these instructions to create your own citation, or visit:

NoodleTools
http://www.noodletools.com