HISTORY 300
The Sixties
Selected Resources
PRINT SOURCES
Boeckel, Richard M., ed. Editorial research reports, Washington, DC : Congressional Quarterly, 1924-c1990.
H 35 .E352 Location HAYDEN REFERENCE (1963), (1965)-(1990)
This is the predecessor of CQ Researcher. It is an excellent place to browse for topics and events from 1963 on.
Bradley, David, ed., The encyclopedia of civil rights in America, Armonk, N.Y. : Sharpe Reference, c1998.
HAYDEN REFERENCE E185.61 .E544 1998 V. 1-3
Grossman, Mark. The ABC-CLIO companion to the Civil Rights Movement, Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1993.
HAYDEN REFERENCE E185.61 .G895 1993
Kattleman, Dorothy, Index Editor, Facts on file five-year index, New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, 1957-
D410 .F324x Location HAYDEN REFERENCE
This index provides superb chronological and subject access to the events and peoples of the Sixties. The Library also has the yearly volumes that correspond to the index.
Olson, James S., ed. Historical dictionary of the 1960s, Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, 1999.
HAYDEN REFERENCE E841 .H58 1999
Parker, Thomas. Day by day, the sixties, New York, NY : Facts on File, c1984.
HAYDEN REFERENCE D840 .P27 V. 1-2
Parrish, Thomas. The Cold War encyclopedia, New York : H. Holt, 1996.
HAYDEN REFERENCE D840 .P28 1996
Singleton, Carl, ed. The sixties in America, Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c1999.
HAYDEN REFERENCE E841 .S55 1999 V. 1-3
Tucker, Spencer C., ed. Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War : a political, social, and military history, Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1998.
HAYDEN REFERENCE DS557.7 .E53 1998 V. 1-3
ONLINE INDEXES AND RESOURCES
America: History and Life. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1954-.
This is the essential abstract index for literature on American history. It contains abstracts from American and foreign journals on all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history from the prehistoric period to the present.
American Journey Series
This database includes hundreds of carefully selected, rare documents, pictures, and archival audio and video related to American history and culture.
ArchivesUSA (1950s+)
Access to special collection details of more than 4,400 repositories includes records with complete detailed indexes for approximately 100,000 individual collections. Includes access through NUCMC and NIDS subject headings(see NIDS and NUCMC listings below). Archives USA is also the most up to date source for address information on specific archival and manuscript repositories.
Declassified Documents Reference System - US (1941-1992)
Includes full text of declassified U.S. government documents. Covers nearly every major foreign and domestic event from the end of World War II through the 1970s: the Cold War, Vietnam, foreign policy shifts, the civil rights movement, etc.
New York Times Historical Index: ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times 1851-1999 is an electronic database to articles published in The New York Times from 1851-1999.
JSTOR
Includes long runs of backfiles of scholarly journals. Subjects covered include Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Mathematics,
Periodicals Contents Index (1770-1990/91)
PCI Web is an electronic index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences from their first issues to 1990/1991. Every article is indexed.
Yahoo - U. S. History The 1960's
The first place to start for a search of Internet sites for U. S. History. Particularly useful for tracking down sites with primary sources. Its hierarchical arrangement is as close to a library as one gets on the web. The 1960's page contains individual website links as well as the following categories: 1960 Presidential Election; 1964 Presidential Election; Baby Boomers; Civil Rights Movement; Cuban Missile Crisis; Hippies; and Vietnam War.
Edward C. Oetting
Reference Librarian
Political Science/History Bibliographer
Hayden Reference Team
Arizona State University
(480) 965 - 4579
edding@asu.edu
