The Times:  1930s 

Library Resources:

Use the OPAC to search for information on... 

• The Great Depression (973.9):    Some titles to browse...
      Growing Up in the Great Depression (973.91 WOR)
      Welcome to Kit's World:  1934 Growing Up during America's Great Depression (973.9 BRO)
       The 1930s (973.91 GER)
       Down Cut Shin Creek (027.0769 APP)
       Going to School During the Great Depression (370 GRA)
                                                      
• World War II (940.5):  Some titles to browse...
      Doing Our Part: American women on the homefront during World War II (940.53 SIN)
      Those Incredible Women of World War II (940.54 ZEI)
      
• Some additional titles...
      Entertainment (609 DOW)
      Entertainment:  screen, state, & stars (790 MOR)

Consult the encyclopedias for your topic.

Internet Resources:                                

World Book Online - Start your research here to get some basic information about your topic.  (Please ask your librarian for your Login ID and Password.) (http://www.worldbookonline.com/)

bigchalk Home  (http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/db/Home.html) Check out Homework Central's search option.  Type in the topic (keyword or keywords) you are looking for and retrieve a list of possible sites for information.  World Book Online articles can be accessed at this site as well.

WWW-VL: HISTORY: USA: 1930-1940 (http://www.ku.edu/history/VL/USA/ERAS/20TH/1930s.html) This is an outline of links to America in the 1930s.  Browse the outline and see if your topic appears. The Dust Bowl, Roosevelt's Fireside Chats, Amelia Earhart, Little Orphan Annie, and much, much more (University of Kansas site).

SnapShots - America in the 1930s  History through the eyes of those who lived it. (www.ibiscom.com/snprelief.html)

Links: 1920s & 1930s... The Dust Bowl. 1933. America From the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs From ... Baseball in the 1930s. 1936 Berlin Olympics || To War or Not to War. (ocean.otr.usm.edu/~wsimkins/bookends.links.html) WARNING: Beware of dead links on this site.

Created by Barbara Swetits
Last updated 01/30/2004