ENGL 1100
This Date in History

WEBSITES:

On This Day in History from the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/
Browse by date. Includes links to selected NYT articles.

Today in History from the Library of Congress American Memory Project
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
Includes essays of several paragraphs on each entry including active links to more information on covered topics. Searchable by date, month, or keyword. The best of the electronic sources.

This Day in History from the History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/
Gives an essay about important events of a date over the years. Searchable by date.

This Day in History from infoplease.com
http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/dayinhistory
Includes a list of important events with links to further information. Searchable by date, birth date, or year.

BOOKS:

A Dictionary of Dates
Ref D11.5 .B37 1997
Half-page entries for every date of the year with lists of important events.

This Day in Sports
Ref GV 571 .G76 2001
Arranged by day of the month with entries on major events in sports history.

The Day by Day series from Facts On File has entries for every day of the covered decades. Major world events are arranged by region and topic. Includes extensive indexes. This source is especially useful because it lists events by date and year.

Day by Day, the Forties :  Ref D783 .L4
Day by Day, the Fifties :  Ref D842.5 .M47
Day by Day, the Sixties:  Ref D840 .P27
Day by Day, the Seventies : Ref D848. L4
Day by Day, the Eighties :  Ref D848 .M45

To find chronologies on specific topics, try GENERAL KEYWORD searches in the Joyner Library catalog.
Examples:
chronolog* Vietnam
chronolog* music
chronology* invention*

NEWSPAPERS:

On microfilm in Joyner Basement:

New York Times :  1857 - 2001
Wall Street Journal :  1889 - 2001
Washington Post :  1878 - 2001

On microfilm in the North Carolina Collection (3rd floor):

Daily Reflector :  Dec 10,1894 - Dec 9, 1912 & Mar. 7, 1919 - 2001
News & Observer : 1894 - 2001

LexisNexis Academic contains the fulltext of hundreds of newspaper articles; coverage varies, with some coverage going back to the 1970's.

OTHER INFORMATION:

E-Journal Portal: Use this to find out if the full-text of a specific journal, magazine or newspaper is available on-line.
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Last updated: November 22, 2004

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