Literature & Culture of the 1950's   Tags: 1950-1959, english, literature  

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Reference sources are useful for:

•  Choosing a topic
•  Understanding terminology
•  Locating background information
•  Identifying good search terms
•  Identifying additional resources

Literature resources are found in the 800's in the Reference Collection

• American literature is 810.9-813--Examples:
  • The Beat Generation: A Gale Critical Companion R 810.9 B369ga
  • Beat Culture: Lifestyles, Icons, and Impact R 810.9 B369
  • The Chronology of American Literature R 810.9 C557

 Selected reference sources:

• American Chronicle, R 973.91 G663am
• American Decades: 1950-1959, R 973.9 A513de, v.6
• American Decades: Primary Sources: 1950-1959, R 973.9 A512dp, v.6
• The American Years: a Chronology of United States History, R 973 G878am
• Britannica Book of the Year, R 032 E56b
• Chronicle of America, R 973 C557 Ch
• Day by Day: the Fifties, R 909.825 M572d
• Encyclopedia of American History: Postwar United States, 1946 to 1968, R 973.03 M268en v.9
• The Fifties in America, R 973.92 F469
• Historical Dictionary of the 1950's, R 973.921 O52h
• St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, R 973.9 S143 (see also e-book)
• The Value of a dollar : prices and incomes in the United States, 1860-1989,  R 338.52 V215

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