WRITING A PAPER ON THE YEAR YOU WERE BORN?

Looking for basic information  about what happened during a year?
 

American Decades

Chronology of U.S. events and culture from 1900 to 1999.

Virtual Reference Library: Year you were born

Electronic books containing factual information on historical events, persons and cultural trends

Year You Were Born Reference Books
 
   See  a Reference Librarian to use these books

Chronologies, encyclopedias, yearbooks and other print sources. Click here for a list.

Looking for newwspaper or magazine articles written in the year you were born?
 
ProQuest Direct Newspaper & magazine articles. Coverage starts in the late 1980s for most sources.
New York Times Archive The entire New York Times from 1851 until 2003.
Need More? Try using Academic Search Premier or ProQuest Direct for magazine & newspaper articles.
   Useful Websites Days in History

dMarie Time Capsule

The PeopleHistory

Month and Year

Questions or Comments?
E-mail the Ritz Library Reference Department
Call 845.431.8634

Page last modified:
03/20/2008