Major Themes of the Mid-to-Late 20th Century

Sweet Search 

A search engine that produces results that have already been vetted by teachers, librarians, and experts!

Google Scholar

Works like regular Google, but results are exclusively scholarly.

Smithsonian's History Explorer

Developed by the National Museum of American History in partnership with the Verizon Foundation, this tool can locate useful historical artifacts, websites, reference material, and primary sources. More information about how to use this site can be found here.

The History Channel Topics

Use the History Channel's topics page to find short videos like this one on Baby Boomers or informative articles like this one on Andy Warhol art. Pssst...there is a whole collection of 20th Century resources! 

Primary Sources

Primary sources are those that provide first-hand accounts of events and historical times. Usually, these sources are created by the witnesses of the events and times in which they occurred. Examples of primary sources include: 

• Diaries

• Letters

• Obituaries

• Photographs

• Speeches

• Documents

• Newspaper Articles

Try the resources below for locating a primary source for this assignment!

NewsBank's Historical Newspapers 

Explore original press coverage from 1690-present as it appeared in American newspapers. You will need Profile School login credentials to use this resource--find them here.

Library of Congress

Check out the world's largest library! A vast number of primary sources are available at our fingertips thanks to the LOC's digital collection. Simply search your key terms!

Internet History Sourcebooks Project

A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts specific intended for scholastic research.

New York Public Library Digital Gallery

The NYPL collection of over 800,000 images, including manuscripts, maps, posters, rare prints, photographs and more!

Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents

A list of 100 national documents compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration and chronicling U.S. history from 1776 to 1965.

Academic Writing

Using Databases to Find Scholarly Sources

Verify Source Credibility 

Databases

Gale Reference Collection

Virtual encyclopedia articles covering a number of the topics for this assignment. *You will need Profile School login credentials to get into this service. 

Explora for High School

This tool is an easy-to-use research tool that pulls results from EbscoHost databases. If you're looking for scholarly and peer reviewed resources, this is the place to go! *You will need Profile School login credentials to get into this service. 

EbscoHost Databases

The link above leads to the classic way of searching Ebsco databases. This option gives researchers more control over where results are pulled from. *You will need Profile School login credentials to get into this service. 

Citation Help

• Help for Citing Primary Sources

• Owl Purdue Research and Citation Resources

• Using Citation Generators Responsibly

MLA Formatting

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