Handbooks & Yearbooks
American Decades 1900-1999Call Number: UCF ONLINE General Collection -- E 169.12.A421Volumes for each decade, 1900-1909 through 1990-1999, with chapters about: - World Events - The Arts - Business & the Economy - Education - Fashion - Government & Politics - Law & Justice - Lifestyles & Social Trends - Media - Medicine & Health - Religion - Science & Technology - Sports
U-X-L American Decades, 2000-2009Call Number: UCF ONLINE General Collection -- E169.1 .U88 2012A cross-disciplinary source for a single, consistent reference to document and analyze periods of contemporary American social history. Covers the first decade of the 21st Century and includes key events and social history.
Ch 1. Arts and entertainment -- ch 2. Business and the economy -- ch 3. Education -- ch 4. Government, politics, and law -- ch 5. Lifestyles and social trends -- ch 6. Medicine and health -- ch 7. Science and technology -- ch 8. Sports- Facts on File Yearbook (1941-1999)Call Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- D410.F3ch4ck availability
provides "a detailed, objective and timely weekly distillation of the news and current information as reported in more than 70 major newspapers and newsmagazines from the U.S. and around the world." - Facts on File World News Digest Yearbook (2000-2010)Call Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- D410.F3
- Facts on File World News Digest (1975-2009)archived in Nexis Uni database
- News Collectionsincludes information about "Day by Day" series and other chronological sets
Historic Documents of... [1972-2021]For approximately 50 years, Historical Documents has made primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the World. Each volume includes approximately 70 events with well over 100 documents from the previous year, from official reports and surveys to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more.
Example from Historic Documents of 1998, January:
- Congressional Commission Report on College Costs: January 21, 1998 (excerpt)from Historic Documents of 1998
Newspapers
- U.S. Southeast Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowUS Southeast Newsstream includes newspapers, newswires, and news sites in full-text format from Washington DC, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, as well as some national news sources and blogs. Includes the Orlando Sentinel.
- U.S. Major Dailies (ProQuest) (1980+) This link opens in a new windowFull text of five major daily newspapers:
- Christian Science Monitor (1980+)
- Los Angeles Times (1985+)
- New York Times (1980+)
- - New York Times Book Review (indexing 1986+; full text 1997+)
- - New York Times Magazine (indexing 1986+; full text 1997+)
- Wall Street Journal (1984+)
- Washington Post (1987+) - Access World News This link opens in a new windowAccess World News Research Collection contains:
- Current Orlando Sentinel
-12,000+ full text news sources from over 200 countries
-300+ Florida news sources
-Full color PDF versions of many national and international newspapers, same day delivery
-Plus video, audio, web only, trade journals, broadcast transcripts and other media types
- ProQuest Congressional (1789+) This link opens in a new windowThe Appendix for the Congressional Record includes a selection of newspaper editorials and articles submitted by members of Congress
Images and Videos
- American History in Video (Alexander Street) This link opens in a new window"allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries."
- Flickr: The Commonsprovides links to images & rights statements from over 100 institutions such as the Library of Congress, Brooklyn Museum, Bibliotheque de Toulouse, etc.
- Google Image SearchUsing Google Images' advanced search, use the "Usage Rights" field to search for Creative Commons images.
- HistoryNet This link opens in a new window"HistoryNet.com is brought to you by the world’s largest publisher of history magazines. HistoryNet.com contains daily features, photo galleries and over 5,000 articles originally published in our various magazines."
- Stanford Cable TV News Analyzer This link opens in a new windowThe dataset includes near 24-7 recordings of CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC between January 1, 2010 and current broadcasts (as of September 2024).
- Television Archive (Internet Archive) This link opens in a new window"The programs allow users to search across a collection of television news programs dating back to 2009 for research and educational purposes such as fact checking. Users may view short clips, share links to customized short quotes, embed customized short quotes, or borrow a copy of the full program."
