The Economic Crisis of the 1920-1930's

At school or in a public library, begin by using the Computer Catalog (Lemon Bay's OPAC)
to do a Subject Search using the following

Search Terms -
United States -- Economic conditions
Economic Depressions
Economics -- History
Economic Depressions -- History -- United States
Great Depression, 1929-1939

Call Numbers for Books on this subject are usually
330.9 OR 330.1 OR 973.9
See Also: Biographies

General Encyclopedias are a good starting place to get basic, background information about a subject.
Use the Index (usually the last volume) to locate your subject.

The following sets of encyclopedias are available in our media center:
  • The World Book Encyclopedia
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Compton's Encyclopedia

    • Print Resources - Circulating Books:
    Crash of 1929 - 338.5 MIG
    The Dust Bowl - 978 DEA
    The Great Depression: Opposing Viewpoints - 973.917 GRE
    The 1930s - 973.91 PRE
    Hardship and Hope: America and the Great Depression - 338.5 SHE
    The Roaring Twenties -973.91 PIE
    Economics explained: Everything You Need to Know
    About How the Economy Works and Where It's Going - 330 HEI
    The Great Depression - 973.917 FAR
    Headlines in History: 1900s - 909.82 190

    Print Resources - Reference Books:
    Lands and People, Vol. 3 & 5 - REF 910.22 LAN
    America in the 20th Century, Vol. 3 - REF 973.9 AME
    20th Century America, Vol. 1 & 2 - REF 973.921 TWE
    20th Century: An Illustrated History of our Lives and Times - REF 909.82 TWE

    Online Databases -
    If you plan on accessing these sites from home,
    be sure to ask the media specialists for the password-you'll need it!
    Grolier Multimedia Online
    eLibrary

    Websites -

    The Great Depression - http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/depression.htm
    The American Experience: The Great Depression - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dustbowl/peopleevents/pandeAMEX05.html
    The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/depwwii/depwar.html
    The Great Depression - Causes and Cures - http://www.amatecon.com/gd/gdcandc.html

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