GreatDepressionTopics

= Background Topics = = Pathfinder = ||
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Evaluating Sources Activity
=AND WRITE ANNOTATIONS?= Annotated Bibliography Help Page || Sample Sources (example annotated bibliography) || > for each source [|Article from //The Great Depression and the New Deal Reference Library]
 * =HOW DO I ANALYZE SOURCES=
 * === Analyzing Sources Activity ===
 * Work in pairs
 * Open the links for source #1 and source #2 below and skim read them
 * Working with your partner fill in the [|source evaluation checklist]
 * Be prepared to share your results || Source #1 (reference book)

Source #2 (website) [|Author website]

Source #3 (weak website) [|Metafilter Teenage Hobos] ||

For more help, visit the Annotated bibliography help page.

Books From our Library
Searching [|Destiny], our online catalog: remember to search general keywords, like great depression, railroads, etc. Check out the [|Great Depression resource list]. Check the selection of books on display for the project!

Books From other Libraries Search Chester County Public Library or Access PA to borrow a book through inter-library loan (see Mrs. L to request it)

Databases - see a full list of our databases and access passwords for home log-in

 * **Database** || **Access notes** || **Cite as a....** ||
 * ABC CLIO American History || See OAHS database password list || Online database ||
 * World Book Online || See OAHS database password list || Reference source ||
 * Gale ebooks - access books from our library on your computer! Books are also available in print in the library.
 * //UXL Great Depression and New Deal Library// || See OAHS database password list || Reference source ||
 * Infobase ebooks - access books from our library on your computer! Books are also available in print in the library.
 * //[|Dust Bowl]//by Ronald A. Reis
 * //[|Stock Market Crash of 1929]// by Brenda Lang
 * //[|The Great Depression (A Cultural History of American Women)]// by Jane Bingham || See OAHS database password list || Book ||
 * ABC-CLIO ebooks - access books from our library on your computer! Books are also available in print in the library.
 * [|The Stock Market] by Rik W. Hafer and Scott E. Hein || See OAHS database password list || Book ||
 * Contemporary Authors || See OAHS database password list || Reference source ||

** Periodicals **
American Heritage Magazine search the online index and access print editions on the library shelves National Geographic Magazine search the online index and access print editions on the library shelves Time Magazine Archive - articles from 1923 to the present

Published Sources on the Web
Google Books - search and view full-text e-books Advanced search screen Google Scholar - Search scholarly literature from many disciplines and sources, such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations Project Muse - full text, affordable access to current content from prestigious humanities and social sciences journals. Project Gutenberg - collection of 30,000 free electronic books (ebooks) Bibliomania - free online access to 2,000 works of literature

Free Websites
American Memory Collection: Great Depression and World War II (Lib. of Congress) America in the 30s (University of Virginia American Studies) New Deal Network (1930s and 1940s) Great Depression Q and A (Roosevelt Library) Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History [|New Deal Agencies] [|New Deal Library of Congress Resources] Hitoresearch [|Times Topics: The Works Progress Administration] Macrohistory: Great Depression to1935 [|The WPA] WPA Posters (Library of Congress) American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers Project, 1936-1940 (Lib. of Congress) [|Northern California History Weekends] [|City of Salinas, CA Official Website]
 * Great Depression/1930s**
 * Salinas, CA**

Great Depression (University of Ilinois) Oakland Museum of California- Great Depression Era Cimarron, OK Heritage Center York, Nebraska Living History Farm Modern American Poetry: Dustbowl (Univ. of Illinois) Voices from the Dust Bowl - primary sources (Lib. Of Congress) American Memory Collection: Dust Bowl (Lib. of Congress)
 * Dust Bowl**

National John Steinbeck Center Nobel Prize.org Martha Heasley Cox Center for John Steinbeck Studies American Writers.org
 * John Steinbeck**

Voices from the Dust Bowl (Lib. of Congress) Oakland Museum of California- Great Depression Era
 * Migrant Workers**

EconLibrary New York Times: On this Day PBS - The Crash of 1929 Reviewing the 1929 Stock Market Crash - NPR radio broadcast
 * Stock Market Crash**

American Cultural History: 20th Century (KC Lonestar Library) Shmoop U.S. History Google Index: 20th Century Yahoo! Index: 20th Century 20th Century Decades: Chico HS Library People's History Infoplease Year by Year
 * General U.S. History**

Works Cited Resources

 * MLA Style Guide - The Owl at Purdue University**

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