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The best sources for locating information on the Decades are:

• NoodleTools

MVHS Databases

• ABC-CLIO
  • American History
    • Topic Exploration OR
    • Advanced Search
• Gale Biography Resource Center
  • Good for finding information on a particular person
• Proquest Historical Newspapers
  • Timeline
• World Book
  • Encyclopedia
    • Back in Time articles

Other Recommended Websites:

• InfoPlease Year by Year 1900-2007
• InfoPlease World History of the 20th Century
• Kingwood College Library American Decades
• Food Timeline

EBOOKS
In school, use library catalog to locate and use these titles. At home, access is in the Gale database:

• Gale
  • Virtual Reference Library
    • Show All
    • Type in title of book

• Other EBOOK Titles:
  • American Decades
  • American Decades: Primary Sources
  • American History through Literature 1870 - 1920
  • Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
  • Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
  • Fashion, Costume and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations and Footwear Through the Ages
  • St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
  • The Sixties in American Reference Library
  • UXL American Decades

Good Websites for Pictures:

• AdAccess
• AP Images
  • You can search for a particular time period, or decade
    (example: from 1930 to 1940) s
• Library of Congress American Memory Collection
• Time Magazine Covers

Food Timelines:

• Candy Favorites
• Candy Time-line
• Cornell University Online Menus
• Food Timeline
• Los Angeles Public Library Menu Collection