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
Day by Day: The NinetiesCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- D 856 .A93 2004
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+)
- News Collectionsincludes information about "Day by Day" series and other chronological sets
Literature and Its Times
Literature and Its Times: profiles of 300 notable literary works and the historical events that influenced themCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- PN50.L574 1997Volume 5: Civil Rights Movements to Future Times (1960-2000) is available online.
ch4ck availability of print version of all volumes in set
Information about the historical background of over 300 often-studied literary works from around the world. This five-volume set is arranged chronologically by major historical periods, offering students contexts and connections to enhance the learning experience. Entries feature: a brief introduction to the work; discussion of the work's historical setting; an overview of the events of the time that the work was written; and the work in focus.
- v. 1. Ancient times to the American & French Revolutions (pre-history to 1790s)
- v. 2. Civil wars to frontier societies (1800-1880s)
- v. 3. Growth of empires to the Great Depression (1890-1930s)
- v. 4. World War II to the affluent fifties (1940-1950s)
- v. 5. Civil rights movements to future times (1960-2000)
old ebook link- Literature and Its Times. SupplementCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- PN50 .L574ch4ck availability
2-volume supplement covering another 100 works 
British and Irish Literature and Its Times: Celtic Migrations to the Reform Bill (beginnings-1830s)Call Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- PR25.M67 2001
Latin American Literature and Its TimesCall Number: UCF Main Library Reference -- PQ7081.M625 1999ch4ck availability
This volume focuses on major fiction, poetry and non-fiction from Latin America. Organized by title, it discusses 50 works through detailed essays.
Other volumes in the series (not available at UCF):
- African literature & its times (USF)
- British and Irish literature and its times : the Victorian era to the present (1837- ) (USF)
- Classical literature & its times (Valencia East and USF)
- Italian literature & its times (USF)
- Middle Eastern literatures & their times (USF)
- Spanish & Portuguese literatures & their times : The Iberian peninsula (Eastern Florida Cocoa and USF)