User's Guides:    Chronological Resources

For some types of research, it is necessary to find out events that occurred on a particular day and year. The easiest way to find this information is to locate a newspaper that was published on the date in question and the day after to find out what events were reported. The major national newspaper available in the library is the New York Times and the main state paper is the New Orleans Times Picayune.

The following resources will be useful in locating additional information:

Chronologies

Business History of the World: A Chronology	HC 51 R615 1993 REF
Chronology of European History, 15,000 BC to 1997	D 11 C57 1997 REF	Located on bookcase in the     middle of the reference room
Chronology of Women's History	HQ 1121 O47 1994 REF
Great Events from History II  :		Located on bookcase in the     middle of the reference room
Ecology and Environmental Series	GE 150 G72 1995 REF
Business and Commerce Series	HC 55 G68 1994 REF
Arts and Culture Series	NX 456 G72 1993 REF
Human Rights Series	JC 571 G74 1992 REF
Science and Technology Series	Q125 G825 1991 REF
The People's Chronology: A Year by Year Record of Human Events from Prehistory to the Present	D11 T83 1994 REF
Great Events from History North America Series 15,000 B.C. to 1996	E 45 G74 1997 REF	Located on bookcase in the     middle of the reference room

Other Reference Resources

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe	An electronic index with all full-text articles . Select General News Topics for newspapers.	Available on the unified workstations and the Watson Library home page.
Facts on File	A weekly news reporting service	D 410 F3 REF
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature	A periodical index to magazines including news magazines such as Time and Newsweek.	Available on Index Table 1 B and the LOUIS Periodical Indexes.
World Almanac	This resource contains information on events that happened the previous year.	AY 67 N5 W7 REF

Internet Resources

Any day in History	http://www.scopesys.com/anyday
Black Facts Online	http://www.blackfacts.com
History Channel	http://www.historychannel.com/today

For additional help, please consult a reference librarian.

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