Introduction

Students will pick a either a cause or an effect of the Great Depression to research.

Keywords and Dewey Numbers

Library Catalog

In the catalog choose the"Power Search" tab and set "Type" to Book. Then enter either Great Depression or your specific topic to search for books in the Non-fiction section. To search the Reference Section set "Type" to Reference Books or Other Reference Materials.

To browse the shelves search 973.9, 973.91, and 973.917 for books related to the Great Depression.

Print Resources

• The Great Depression: The United States in the Thirties - 309.173 G
• The Great Depression - 338.5 G
• The Great Depression and the New Deal - 973.9 S
• The Great Depression: America 1929-1941 - 973.91 M
• The Great Depression: America in the 1930s - 973.917 S
• The Great Depression: An Eyewitness History - R 973.91 B
• American Decades: 1930-1939 - R 973.91 A
• American Decades: 1920-1929 - R 973.92 A

For a quick overview of the causes and effects of the Great Depression, look it up in either the World Book Encyclopedia or Encyclopedia Americana

Online Databases

    Pinpoint

• To use Pinpoint, click the icon to the left and set "Type of Information" to either History or Special Mix
• ABC-CLIO American History
• World Book Online
• Encyclopedia Americana Online

Websites

  netTrekker

• For Great Depression sites in NetTrekker follow this path: Either enter a search term in the box or click on the NetTrekker icon to the left. In the Social Studies Category, click on U.S. History. Then click on the link for The Twenties and the Great Depression (1920-1940)
• The Great Depression Background
• Main Causes of the Great Depression
• The New Deal Network
• The Great Depression and the New Deal
• The 30s: The Great Depression
• America's Great Depression

Finding a web site on your own? Use these resources for evaluating the site.

• Web Evaluation for Secondary Grades
• Evaluation Criteria from "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
• Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
• Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
• Blue Web'n Site Evaluation Rubric

Citing Sources

Don't neglect to site your sources. Use these sites for MLA documentation.

• Citation Maker
• Citation Machine