This guide is for students in Penn State Harrisburg's HIST 12. It includes historical, biographical, contemporary, and popular sources, search tips, and other tools needed to complete several assignments.
Direct access to online content published by 338 Pennsylvania newspaper sources. Search by location (e.g., Abington, Harrisburg, York, etc.) to find papers published in a specific city/town.
The electronic editions of record for major national newspapers, local, regional, and U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources -- all in one easy-to-search database with a world map. Each provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community, as well as a distinctive focus offering a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues.
Includes five major daily newspapers; The New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.
Includes five major daily newspapers; The New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. The only database to provide recent years of the LA Times and Chicago Tribune. Titles can be searched individually or collectively.
Available to all Penn State students, faculty, and staff. Content Included: 1851-1922 & 1987-Today. For 1923-1986, limited to 5 free articles per 24 hour period.
Joint historical project of WITF (Harrisburg's PBS and NPR affiliate) and the PHMC (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission). The website offers educational resources for K-12 teachers and promotes tourism for the states historic sites and museums. Includes information for over 2,000 historical markers that recognize Pennsylvania's history---from William Penn's country home to the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the nation's first long-distance superhighway.
ExplorePAhistory.com provides users with three principal entry points: "Stories from PA History," "Visit PA Regions," and "Teach PA History." "Stories from PA History" includes histories built around state historical markers. "Teach PA History" includes elementary, middle, and high school lesson plans for teachers of Pennsylvania and American history. "Visit PA Regions" provides useful information for those who are interested in visiting historic sites associated with ExplorePAhistory stories; it includes sample itineraries and directions to local points of interest, hotels, restaurants, and more.
Cover pop culture in America and Britain from 1950-1975, including fashion, music, politics, and youth culture. Includes primary sources (manuscript, typescript and ephemera materials) from key libraries in Britain and America.
Music, Politics, Fashion, Youth Culture – the period from 1950 to 1975 witnessed dramatic changes in society. There was the onset of Rock & Roll; the introduction of computers and credit cards; the boom of radio and television; and campaigns for black power, civil rights and women’s liberation. All around the world there were challenges to authority. By focusing on substantial collections of original archival material – manuscript, typescript and ephemera – from key libraries in Britain and America – Adam Matthew provides the primary sources that will enable students and scholars to examine these issues in detail and at first hand: Changing Lifestyles, 1950-1975 Youth Culture Student Protests Mai ‘68 Popular Culture; TV; Music; Movies Civil Rights; Women’s Liberation; Minority Groups The Space Race Consumerism; Credit Cards; Computers Vietnam War Nuclear Disarmament.