Great People, Events and Objects in History

Great People, Events and Objects in History

Your search for information on people, objects, and events that have had a great impact on society can include books, periodical articles, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources.

Books

Use the Library Catalog to find books on your subject. You can search the catalog by subject or keyword(s) to find information on a specific event, object or person.

Listed below are some books that may be useful in your background research.

American National Biography REF CT213 .A68 1999		Notable Black American Men REF E185.86 .N68 1999
Current Biography REF CT100 .C8		Notable Black American Women REF E185.96 N68 1992 (Book I) REF E185.96 N68 1996 (Book II)
Dictionary of Historic Documents REF D9 .D525 2003		Notable Latino Americans: A Biographical Dictionary REF E184 .S75 M435 1997
Encyclopedia of World Biography REF CT103 .E56 1998 Encyclopedia of World Biography available online		Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary REF CT3290 .N68 2001
Events That Changed America in the Twentieth Century REF E742 .E84 1996		100 Most Important Women of the Twentieth Century REF CT3235 .M37 1999
Events That Changed America in the Nineteenth Century REF E337.5 .E9 1997		100 Most Influential Women of All Time REF CT3202 .F395 1996
Events That Changed the World in the Twentieth Century REF D445 .E82 1995		Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They are and How They Influenced Sports in America REF GV697 .A1 W69 1998
Events That Changed the World in the Nineteenth Century REF D358 .E97 1996		Oxford Dictionary of National Biography REF DA28 .O95 2004
The Fifties in America REF E169.12 .F498 2005		Presidential Medal of Freedom: Winners and Their Achievements REF CT220 .W48 1996
Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture REF E169.1 .G7555 2002 Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary REF E98 .W8 B38 2001 New York Times Page One: Major Events 1900-1997 as Presented in The New York Times REF D411 .P25 Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary REF CT3260 .N5725 2004 Notable Asian Americans REF E184 .O6 N67 1995		Profiles in World History: Significant Events and the People Who Shaped Them REF D21 .P94 1996 Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives REF CT213 .S37 1998 Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: Sports Figures REF GV697 .A1 S42 2002 Seventies in America REF E169.12 .S447 2006 Sixties in America REF E841 .S55 1999
Great Events from History Series: American REF E178 .M22 Ancient and Medieval REF D59 .M26 Ancient World REF D56 .G74 2004 Arts and Culture REF NX456 .G72 1993 Business and Commerce REF HC55 .G68 1994 Ecology & the Environment REF GE150 .G72 1995 Human Rights REF JC571 .G74 1992 Modern European REF D11 .C57 1997 North American REF E45 .G74 1997 Science and Technology REF Q125 .G825 1991 Great Lives from History Series: American REF CT214 .G74 1987 American Women REF HQ1412 .G74 1995 Ancient and Medieval REF CT113 .G74 1988 Ancient World REF CT113 .G745 2004 British and Commonwealth REF CT774 .G74 1987 Renaissance to 1900 REF CT104 .G68 1989 Twentieth Century REF CT120 .G69 1990

Online Journal and Reference Articles

Journals and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic. To find articles on your topic, use one of the online indexes listed below. Use subject headings similar to those used to locate books. The Library also has print indexes that must be used to find older articles, generally anything published before 1985.

EBSCOhost

Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ethnic News Watch

GaleNet

Gender Watch

In the First Person

NewsBank

Proquest Newspapers

RAND California

For remote access to the library databases, see E-Resource Login & Searching Options.

For historical research, the Library also has print indexes that must be used to find older articles, generally anything published before 1985.

Internet Sites

The Internet can be a valuable source for supplementing the information you have gathered from books and periodicals. It is important that you evaluate the information you get from the Internet to determine if it is reliable and useful to your research. A few Internet sites that may be useful are listed here.

Search Engines

Librarians� Internet Index

http://lii.org

-Notable people

-Specific individual, object or event

Google Subject Directory

http://www.google.com

Selected General and Subject Specific Web Sites

Almanac: Biography

http://www.infoplease.com/people.html

Biography Channel Home Page

http://www.biography.com/

Encyclopaedia Britannica�s Great Inventions

http://corporate.britannica.com/press/inventions.html

Famous People

http://www.famouspeople.com/

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20^th Century

http://www.greatachievements.org/

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Web Author: Lorraine Gersitz (lgersitz@cerritos.edu)
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