The Cold War

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 -
Cold War
World Politics -- 1945-1991
Europe--Politics and Government -- 1945-1991
Names of Individuals (ex. Khrushchev, Castro, McCarthy, Brezhnev)

Call Numbers for Books on this subject are usually
909.82 OR 973.9 OR 327.73
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:

    Cold War, Cold Peace - 327 WEI
    The Cold War: Opposing Viewpoints - 327.73 COL
    The End of Detente? - 327.73 GOO
    The Cold War - 909.82 COL
    The End of the Cold War - 909.82 PIE
    Headlines in History: The 1900's - 909.82 190

    Print Resources - Reference Books:
    History of the Modern World - REF 909.08 HIS
    America in the 20th Century: Primary Sources, 1950-1999, Vol 12 - REF 973.9 AME The 20th Century: An Illustrated History of our Lives and Times - REF 909.82 TWE
    The Twentieth Century, Vol. 16-20 - 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
    Facts on File

    Websites -

    The Cold War Museum - http://www.coldwar.org/index.html
    Cold War - Post-War Estrangements - http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/soviet.exhibit/coldwar.html
    The Avalon Project: The Cold War - http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/coldwar.htm
    Cold War Timeline - http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/history/timeline/

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