THE ROARING TWENTIES

Browse:

330s - Economics 391s - Fashion 609s - Inventions 620s - Technology

909s - 20th History & Lifestyles 971s - Canadian History 973s - United States History

• use KEYWORD search
• use WCI search as examples
• use "SEARCH FILTERS" to delimit location
• Browse same areas as for WCI Library

1930s GREAT DEPRESSION PAGE

 
alternately use GOOGLE ADVANCED SEARCH 

eg./

• 1920s economics OR prohibition OR temperance
• 1920s "organized crime" OR mafia OR gangsters
• 1920s culture OR art OR lifestyle
• 1920s jazz OR music OR dance

• 1920S invention OR technology

• 1920s talkies OR movies OR film

• 1920s talkies OR movies OR film with "motion picture"

• 1920s radio

See Also: use keywords derived from these more general searches for more specific topics

Lifestyles Page (Decade by Decade)

Charles Lindberg : An American Aviator
History of Flight 1920s

1920s Autos
1920s Cars
Cars In America - 1920s Classic Cars
Race Cars of the 1920s and '30s

Recording Technology History

History of Film Sound
History of Sound Recording and Broadcasting
Brief History of Sound Recording
The Silents and Early Talkies
Early Talkies or Sound Movies
Film History of the 1920s
The Early Sound Films of Columbia Pictures
Film History of the 1920s

Dance Descriptions-Overview
Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com
La Swing & Lindy Hop - Swing Music & Dance Terms
Who is Frankie Manning

Jazz Page

MAGAZINE, NEWSPAPER & JOURNAL DATABASES

• Select preferred package of databases:
  from our YRDSB list of packages or directly from
    - InfoTrac by Thomson / Gale (Home access requires password)
     - Ebscohost's Canadian Points of View
   - or -
              from Vaughan Public Libraries - Online Databases (VPL membership requied)

• Select appropriate database(s) within preferred package (most are Infotrac databases purchased by Knowledge Ontario)

• Choose "Advanced Search" tab

• Ensure Fulltext selected

• type keyword(s):

  • combine keywords needed with AND operator

  • search most important keywords in Subject field (or broaden search to default fields if necessary)

  • use truncation as required

  • cluster similar concepts if necessary to optimize on line limitations

  • check assigned subject headings of highly relevant articles for alternate keywords

  • no one perfect strategy -- play around for the one that works best for given search

Infotrac articles may be emailed directly to user

Sample Subject keywords to use:
eg./

• general 1920s history: nineteen twenties (subject) OR 1920s (keyword)
• prohibition or Temperance Movement: prohibition (subject) OR temperance (subject)
• History of Gangsters and/or the Organized Crime: history (subject) AND gangsters OR mafia OR organized crime (subject)
• Twenties Economics: twenties (subject) AND economics (subject)
• 20th Century Art or Architectural History: 20th century (subject) AND art OR architecture (subject)
• History of Jazz: jazz (subject) AND history (subject)
• Fashion History: history (subject) AND fashion (subject)

• classics 20s or 30s cars: twenties OR thirties (subject) AND automobile* (subject)

• Radio or Motion Picture History:
  • silent movie* (keyword) OR talkies (keyword)
  • motion picture* (subject) AND talkies (keyword)

  • radio (subject) AND history (subject) NOT war (default)

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Technology How To's ...

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• YouTube

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last updated 11/13/09

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