History 333 (1975 - 1999)

The End of the Century

Reference (print)  |  Reference (online)  |  Books  |  Magazines and newspapers  | Web sites  

Reference (print)

American Decades (1970-1979, 1980-1989, 1990-1999) – R 973.92 A512
Annals of America – vols. 20-22 (primary sources) – R 973 A613, 2003
The Carter Years – R 973.926 K212 c
The Clinton Years – R 973.929 W 2954 c
Cold War America, 1946-1990 – R 973.92 G8234 c
The Cold War Presidency: A Documentary History – R 973.92 L2855 c
Encyclopedia of the Clinton Presidency – R 973.929 L6686 e
Encyclopedia of the Persian Gulf War – R 956.704 S3996 e
Encyclopedia of the Reagan-Bush Years – R 973.92703 L6686 e
Historical Dictionary of U. S. Diplomacy Since the Cold War – R 973.928 L2954 h
The 1970s – R 909.827 H2193 n
The 1980s – R 973.92 W8875 n
The 1990s – R 973.929 S 3996 n
The Nixon-Ford Years – R 973.924 G8116 n
Postwar America:...Social, Political, Cultural and Economic History – R 973.92 P8588
The Seventies in America – R 973.924 S4974
Social History of the United States – vols. 8-10 – R 306.0973 S6784

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Reference (online)

American National Biography (also in print) – Portraits of more than 17,000 American men and women.

History Database Center – Includes biographies, subject entries, chronologies, primary sources, maps and charts, and images.

Salem History – Includes the complete content of Milestone Documents, The Decades (an American history series), Great Lives from History (worldwide coverage), and Great Events from History (worldwide coverage).

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Books/Monographs

The following books are non-reference sources that deal broadly with the subject of United States History 1975 to present (sometimes referred to as overviews):

The Aftermath, 1975-85 – folio/floor 2 – 959.7044 D7544 a
American Culture in the 1980s – floor 2M – 306.0973 T4716 a
Decade of Nightmares : ... the Making of Eighties America – floor 2 – 973.92 J524 d
The Digital Decade--the 90s – folio/floor 2 – 973.929 D5744
How We Got Here : The 70's, The Decade That Brought You Modern Life – floor 2M – 306.0973 F9448 h
Pride and Prosperity, the 80s – folio/floor 2 – 973.927 P9475
The 1970s – folio/floor 2 – 909.827 H2193 n
The Seventies : The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics – floor 2 – 973.92 S3865 s
Something Happened : A Political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies – floor 2 – 973.924 B5133 s
Time of Transition : The 70s – folio/floor 2 – 973.924 T5834

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Magazines and Newspapers

Below are magazine and newspaper sources that are available in databases online. An asterisk (*) indicates a database containing primary source material.

JSTOR – Full text of more than 950 scholarly journals.

* The Nation Archive – The Nation magazine, 1865 on.

* ProQuest Historical Newspapers  – Search the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Daily World, Pittsburgh Courier, and Los Angeles Times.

* ProQuest Platinum – 2000 magazines and scholarly journals. Also the New York Times (1980 on), Wall Street Journal (1984 on), 40 other newspapers and news services.

* Readers’ Guide Retrospective – Indexing only (no full text) for 370 magazines, 1890-1982.

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Web Sites

The websites selected here are reliable, relevant sources for researching the subject of United States History 1975 to present and related subjects.  An asterisk (*) indicates a site containing primary source material.

* Global Connections – PBS, Harvard University and UCLA – Global Connections: Putting World Events in Context provides the background information needed to understand events occurring in the Middle East. The site also aggregates and contextualizes the rich resources available throughout public broadcasting, including material from Frontline, Online NewsHour, NOW with Bill Moyers, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, and many others.

* The Gulf War – Frontline – This Frontline site offers a comprehensive and engaging history of the Gulf War from the perspective of those who participated. Major categories include Oral Histories, War Stories, and Weapons and Technology; there are maps, a chronology, images, essays, discussions of Gulf Syndrome, and more.

* Mideast: Land of Conflict – CNN – Part of the CNN.com Archives, this site is an excellent introduction to strife in the Mid East -- past and present.

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