Researching the Year You Were Born

Step One:    Ask for Help! Doing Library Research is not a test. 


Step Two:     Pick a Topic 
a. Encyclopedia Yearbooks    
     World Book Year Book  Reference AE5.W65
     Britannica Book of the Year Reference AE5E364 
b. American Decades Reference E169.12 A419
c. Americas Decades Reference E169.12 A44 2000
d. Chronicle of America Reference E174.c55 1993     
e. Year by Year at www.infoplease.com/millennium1.html

Step Three: Find More Information 
a. Online databases
    EBSCOhost for magazines and journals    
    National Newspaper Database for full text newspapers
b. Print Indexes for magazine and newspaper articles from the year of the event
    Readers Guide to Periodical Literature
    New York Times Index
    Many of the older magazines and newspapers will be on microfilm.
c. Online catalog
    Search for books on your topic
d. Internet - Use Google or another search engine to search the Internet on your topic

The Reference Librarian may have other suggestions.