Teacher Projects

Websites

• NYS Historic Newspapers

• Great Neck Historical Society

• Great Neck Library: Local History Page

• Library of Congress Newspapers

• Great Neck District History

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• 1940s

• 1950s

• 1960s

Documents

• Gracie Smith Interview: Interview conducted by Great Neck South HS Students. Ms. Smith, born in 1895, was an African-American woman who lived her whole life on Community Drive. 

• Jim Wells Interview: Son of the founder of Wells Oil & Fuel.  Jim, lived and worked in Great Neck from 1925-1970.  A remarkable man, he was not only involved in the family Oil business, but was a Town Councilman, on the Board of North Shore Hospital and involved in much that was happening in Great Neck.  These notes were transcribed and edited by Alan Zamchick, who was born and lived in Great Neck for many years. 

Book Appointment with Public Library Archivist: Under services select "Local History", then select the date and time you would like to meet with the archivist.

Databases

• Modern World History

• Gale: War & Terrorism

• Gale: World History

Websites

• Genocide Archive of Rawanda

• US Holocaust Memorial Museum - Genocide Prevention

• Armenian National Institute

• Armenian Genocide Museum

• Yale Genocide Studies Program

• World Without Genocide

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Databases

• Issues & Controversies: Explore current issues and events with in-depth articles made to inspire thought-provoking debates. 

• Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Covers today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. 

Websites

• ProCon.org

Databases

• Gale: General Onefile: Magazine, news, and journal articles on general interest topics and current event

• Pop Culture Studies: provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. 

• Gale OneFile: News: A newspaper database that has several New York Newspapers including the New York Times from 1995 on, and over 1,000 major U.S. regional, national, and local newspaper

• Popular Magazines: Includes more than 1,000 of the most searched magazines across InfoTrac products

• ProQuest Research Library: Scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and other timely sources across the top 150 subject areas

• Gale: New York Times Database: Search the full text of The New York Times (starting in 1985)

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Databases

• World Book Online: One of the worlds most famous encyclopedias online in a multi media format. 

• Britannica: General encyclopedia

Websites

• Olympics Website

• Metropolitan Museum Website

• Penn Museum Website

• Smithsonian Website

• History.com 

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Databases

• Gods, Goddesses, & Mythology: Explores prehistoric and classical gods and goddesses as well as contemporary myths found in literature and popular culture.

• World Book Online: One of the worlds most famous encyclopedias online in a multi media format. 

• NoodleTools

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