1940s: Find Articles

SELECT TIME PERIOD:  "Great Depression to the New Deal" 

• CHOOSE SUBTOPIC:  "The Crash and Great Depression"
• EXPLORE: - Farmers and the Dust Bowl Slide Shows and other instruction.
  • See especially, The Dust Bowl, a 7-minute introduction by Professor Chris Mullens
• ANALYZE:   Select  Of Mice and Men  then   "The Elusiveness of the American Dream"

Find additional relevant information in these categories on the left...

• RESEARCH:   General Resources, Articles, Biographies
• MEDIA:   Images, Political Cartoons, and more
• DOCUMENTS:   Primary Sources
• LIBRARY:  Filter by specific resource type

INFOBASE SEARCH & CITATION TIPS

SEARCH TIPS

• Enter your topic or key word(s) such as "Great Depression," or "Dust Bowl"
• "Narrow Results" from right column
• Sort your results from above:
  • ARTICLES - Essays and book chapters. Source of entry listed below
  • PRIMARY SOURCES - Documents, reports, speeches, and more
  • IMAGES - Maps, paintings, photos, cartoons
  • VIDEOS - Documentary and educational videos
  • NEWS- Current news articles related to your topic

Comprehensive full text history reference database containing:​

• Almost 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction books
• Primary source historical documents
• Historical photos, maps, and videos
• Biographies of historical figures

See especially:

• Defining Documents: The 1930s

NYTIMES HISTORICAL SEARCH & CITATION TIPS

ACCESS:  Your personal library card # from Ridgewood Public Library 

SEARCH TIPS

• Log on with your library card number
• Then "Historical Newspapers" - Advanced Search
• Enter your search term(s) - use both boxes
• Don't enter too many words - try 2 or 3 on each line
• Keep phrases together with quotation marks, ex: "boom or bust"
• Make your search powerful - Use the Search Options: Date and Document Type
• PRINT: Best results - Download your article to PDF format - then print

GALE LIT CRIT ONLINE SEARCH & CITATION TIPS

SEARCH TIPS

• Search ONLY the Short Story Collection:
  • Click ADVANCED SEARCH
  • Scroll down to All Electronic Resources and select Short Story CRIT ONLINE
• Stay on that page!
• Go to ADVANCED SEARCH and search by Keyword, Titles of Work, Person, etc
• Now click search
• Narrow your results by using the filters on the right
• Open an article - see the special features on the right

• Type in your keyword(s) such as "of mice and men" (use parenthesis to keep the words together). Find information in the following categories:
• BIOGRAPHIES
• ANALYSIS AND CRITICISM - 
• TOPICS AND THEMES