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The 1960s -- Information on MANY 1960s Topics
Civil
Rights
Cold
War
-- U.S. , Europe, Russia, & Cuba
Vietnam War
The
Kennedys
Assassins
Movies
Sports
Space
Travel
Youth
Culture
(fashion, music, hippies, drugs)
Try
Your Own Internet Search
EVALUATE
the web pages you find
World Book Encyclopedia
U.S.A. Sixties REF E169.12 .U17 2001 v. 1-6
American Decades: 1960-1969 REF E169.12 .A419 1994
The American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History REF 174
.A535 1998
Twentieth Century: Postwar Prosperity and the Cold War (1946-1963)
REF D421 .T88 1992 v.4
Twentieth Century: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam Era (1964-1975)
REF D421 .T88 1992 v.5
Encyclopedia of World Biography REF CT103 .E56 1998
InfoPlease Online
Columbia Encyclopedia
Encarta
Concise -- Many, but not all, articles are available for
free
Factmonster: 1960-1969 World
History
Factmonster: 20th Century Year
by Year (click on a specific year for details)
The Whole World Was Watching: an
oral history of 1968
Twentieth Century Decades:
The Sixties
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Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America REF E185.61 .E544 1998
Twentieth Century: Postwar Prosperity and the Cold War (1946-1963)
REF D421 .T88 1992 v.4
Twentieth Century: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam
Era (1964-1975) REF D421 .T88 1992 v.5
Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights
REF E185.61 .E54 1992
African American Culture & History REF E185 .E54
1996
Notable Black American Men REF E185.86 .N68 1998
Notable Black American Women REF E185.96 .N68 1992
Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History REF HQ1410
.R43 1998
Encyclopedia of World Biography REF CT103 .E56 1998
Timeline of the
Civil Rights Movement
King Encyclopedia
(link is on the left side of the page)
Factmonster: Civil
Rights in the United States
PBS: African American World
PBS: African
American World Reference Room
Library of
Congress: African American Odyssey -- Civil Rights Era
New
Book of Knowledge: Voting
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Selma
to Montgomery 1965 Voting Rights March
Montgomery
Bus Boycott
Greensboro Sit Ins
Little Rock Central High 40th Anniversary
Central High 40 Years Later
: Historic Arkansas Newspapers
Malcolm X: A Research Site
The King Center
WorldBook Presents the Quest
for Equality (scroll down to find the link)
Women
of the Century
A&E Biography
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Twentieth Century: Postwar Prosperity and the Cold War (1946-1963)
REF D421 .T88 1992 v.4
Twentieth Century: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam Era (1964-1975)
REF D421 .T88 1992 v.5
Encyclopedia of World Biography REF CT103 .E56 1998
CNN: The Cold War Experience
- Make Love, Not War: The Sixties
The History Channel (type in your topic
in the search box)
Factmonster: The Bay
of Pigs Invasion
The Berlin Wall (The Newseum)
The Wall Factsheet
(Radio Netherlands)
A&E Biography
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The Vietnam Almanac REF DS557.7
.S94 1999
Twentieth Century: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam Era (1964-1975)
REF D421 .T88 1992 v.5
Encyclopedia of World Biography REF CT103 .E56 1998
U.S.A. Sixties REF E169.12 .U17 2001 v. 1-6
Factmonster: Vietnam War
Timeline
Factmonster: Vietnam War
Basic Facts
Factmonster: Vietnam
War
Factmonster: Anti-Vietnam
War Movement
The
Vietnam War at Home (anti-war protests)
PBS: Return with Honor (POWs in
North Vietnam)
Battlefield Vietnam
PBS: Vietnam Online
Hippie Glossary/Dictionary
A&E Biography
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The American Heritage Encyclopedia of American History
REF 174 .A535 1998
American Political Leaders REF E176 .O27 1991
The Presidency A to Z REF JK511 .P775 1992
Twentieth Century: The Civil Rights Movement and the
Vietnam Era (1964-1975) REF D421 .T88 1992 v.5
Encyclopedia of World Biography REF CT103 .E56 1998
Internet
Public Library: John F. Kennedy
AmericanPresident.org:
John F. Kennedy
PBS: Character
Above All -- John F. Kennedy
Ted
Kennedy's Chappaquiddick, Washington Post
American
Rhetoric: Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick Speech
A&E Biography
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The
Encyclopedia of American Crime Ref HV6789 .S54 2001
Encyclopedia
of Assassinations Ref HV6278 .S54 2001
U.S.A. Sixties REF E169.12 .U17 2001 v. 1-6
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Encyclopedia
of World Biography REF CT103 .E56 1998
The Film Encyclopedia
REF PN1993.45 .K34 1998
100 Years of American Film REF PN1993.5 .U6 A59 2000
Twentieth Century: Postwar Prosperity and the Cold War (1946-1963)
REF D421 .T88 1992 v.4
Twentieth Century: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam Era (1964-1975)
REF D421 .T88 1992 v.5
A&E Biography
Internet Movie Database
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Encyclopedia
of World Biography REF CT103 .E56 1998
The Baseball Timeline REF GV863 .A1 S693 2001
A Who's Who of Sports Champions REF GV .A1 H53 1995
Twentieth
Century: Postwar Prosperity and the Cold War (1946-1963) REF D421 .T88
1992 v.4
Twentieth Century: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam Era (1964-1975)
REF D421 .T88 1992 v.5
Historic Baseball
Muhammed Ali: The Making of a Champ
A&E Biography
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Encyclopedia
of World Biography REF CT103 .E56 1998
Macmillan Encyclopedia of Transportation REF HE141 .E53 2000
Twentieth Century: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam
Era (1964-1975) REF D421 .T88 1992 v.5
NASA Astronaut Biographies
Who's
Who in Space (from NASA)
Aeronautic Learning Laboratory
for Science, Technology, & Research - People
A&E Biography
Space
Race (National Air & Space Museum)
Apollo to the Moon (National
Air & Space Museum)
The Apollo Program (Smithsonian
Institution)
The History
Place: Apollo 11
NASA Human Spaceflight:
Apollo History
NASA Human Spaceflight
Programs History
The SpacePlace: Space History
CNN: The Cold
War Experience - Technology (scroll down for a link to The Space Race)
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Fashion
Fashion, Costume, & Culture REF GT511 .P46 2004
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Costume and Fashion REF GT720 .C37 1994
Encyclopedia of Fashion REF GT507 .O53 1986
Encyclopedia of World Biography REF CT103 .E56 1998Factmonster: Fashion Timeline
Factmonster: A Century of Fashion
A&E Biography
Pop Culture: 1960sMusic
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Rock REF ML102 .R6 U48x 1993
The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll REF ML102 .R6 R64 1995
Encyclopedia of World Biography REF CT103 .E56 1998
U.S.A. Sixties REF E169.12 .U17 2001 v. 1-6
A&E Biography
Rock: The Late 1960s and Early 1970s
Pop Culture: 1960s
Factmonster: American Music Timeline
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
The Beatles (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)
Peter, Paul, & Mary
Hippies
Encyclopedia of World Biography REF CT103 .E56 1998
U.S.A. Sixties REF E169.12 .U17 2001 v. 1-6Glossary/Dictionary
A&E Biography
Pop Culture: 1960s
Psychedelic/Hallucinogenic Drugs
Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used & Abused Drugs REF RM316 .K84 1998
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Subject Directories: For academic research, it is usually better to start an Internet search with a Subject directory, because they are smaller and more selective than search engines.
About.com
Librarian's Index to the Internet
Yahoo!
Search Engines: Search engines can be very large, and are not at all selective about the web sites they find. Search engines are good to use when you have a very specific topic.
Remember to EVALUATE the web pages you find!
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Created by Anne Anderson. Last updated June 2004.