Download The Great Depression

The Great
Depression
This pathfinder will help you find
information about “The Great
Depression,” a period in American
history (1929-1939).
Samoset Middle School
Library Media Center
51 School Street
Lake Ronkonkoma, New York 11779
Library General Collection
Some books have been reserved for your class use and are located on
the cart near the circulation desk.
You can also search the library’s OPAC (On-Line Public Access
Catalog) to find other books in the library. The catalog is found on
the computers’ desktops. The icon is labeled “Samoset Opac.”
Reference Collection
Use the encyclopedias located in the Reference section to look up
information about The Great Depression.
Electronic Databases
Use the ABC-CLIO American History database accessible through
the Virtual Reference Collection (VRC).
You can also use the Grolier Encyclopedias (Americana, MultiMedia,
New Book of Knowledge) and World Book Online databases
accessible through the VRC.
The VRC can be found on the library computers’ desktops. Click on
the “Virtual Reference” icon or on the “Bookmarks for
Samoset Library.” When you have opened the VRC, select the
database you want to use and open it.
Please ask your school librarian for user name and password.
To access the Virtual Reference Collection from any other internetconnected computer you can type the following URL (web address) in
the address line.
http://xaaa.calypso.scoolaid.net/bin/vrc/vrcList?level=ms&p=m1
You can also access the VRC from the Library link at the Samoset
Middle School’s web site.
http://www.sachem.edu/schools/samoset
World Wide Web Resources
The following web sites are all accessible from the library computers’
desktops by opening the “Social Studies” folder in the “Bookmarks for
Samoset Library.” Clicking on the title will bring you directly to the web site.
You can also access all the Library Bookmarks from the Library link at the
Samoset Middle School’s web site (http://www.sachem.edu/schools/samoset).
You can also access the site by going to the Internet and typing the URL (web
address) in the address line.
America From the Great Depression to World War II
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html
This site from the Library of Congress contains thousands of historical
pictures from the depression years.
America in the 1930s http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/home_1.html
From the University of Virginia a collection of electronic and print resources
about 1930s America.
America in the 1930s: EyeWitness to History.com
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snprelief1.htm
Information and photos about the Great Depression.
American Cultural History: 1930—1939
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade30.html
An overview of the culture and history of the 1930s.
An American Exodus: Displacement in the 1930s
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/PRINT/document/exodus/exodus.html
Photographs and text of the mass migrations of the 1930s including the
photos of Dorothea Lange.
The Great Depression
http://English.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/depression.htm
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, information, photos,
and art about the depression years.
The Great Depression http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression
From the History Channel this site provides videos and written transcripts
about the Great Depression
The Great Depression http://www.shmoop.com/great-depression
A learning guide of the Depression created by PhD students from Stanford,
Harvard, and Berkeley.
Great Depression—Digital History
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraID=14
Information on the Great Depression from an online history textbook.
Hoover Online! http://www.ecommcode.com/hoover/hooveronline
The Herbert Hoover presidential library online.
Looking Back at the Crash of ‘29
http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/index-1929-crash.html
Contains the actual pages of The New York Times recording the events of
the week of October 28-November 1, 1929.
Riding the Rails http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/rails
Contains the stories of some of the more than 250,000 teenagers that were
hobos during the depression.
Works Cited
Remember, to avoid plagiarism, it is important to document your sources
of information. You can refer to the sample “Works Cited” page available
at the Library’s Reference desk. The following website can also be used if
you require assistance compiling your “Works Cited”
information.
EasyBib http://www.easybib.com
Compiled By
Mrs. Goldhammer
February, 2013