History

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Contents 1 New Titles 2 American History 3 World History 4 Wars 5 Magazines and Journals at the Library 6 Databases 7 Web Resources 8 Local History Organizations

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American History

Periods Pre-Columbian America (∞-1492) Colonial Period (1600-1775) Revolutionary Years (1775-1783) The Early Republic (1783-1861) Civil War (1861-1865) Reconstruction (1865-1877) The Progressive Era (1901-1909) The 1920s World War II, the Home Front (1941-1945) The Cold War (1947-1991) The 1950s The 1960s The 1980s The War on Terror (2001- )

Popular Topics African Americans Church and State Civil Rights Movement Discovery and Exploration Great Depression Manifest Destiny Native Americans September 11th Slavery The Space Race Speeches Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade United States Constitution Women's Suffrage

World History

Prehistory Mesopotamia Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Ancient China Celts Vikings

Mongol Empire The Crusades Byzantine Empire Aztecs Incas Medieval Civilizations Ottoman Empire The Black Death Spanish Inquisition

Renaissance Reformation Age of Exploration The Enlightenment French Revolution Industrial Revolution Holocaust The Information Age

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Wars

For additional resources, go to Wars.

Iraq War 2003 - present War in Afghanistan 2001 - present Yugoslav Wars 1991 - 1995 Gulf War 1990 - 1991 Iran-Iraq War 1980 - 1988 Afghan-Soviet War 1979 - 1989 Vietnam War 1961 - 1975 Korean War 1950 - present

The Cold War 1947 - 1991 Arab-Israeli Conflict 1946 - present World War II 1939 - 1945 World War I 1914 - 1918 The Boer War 1899-1902 Spanish-American War 1898 American Civil War 1861-1865 Mexican-American War 1845 - 1848

War of 1812 1812 - 1815 Napoleonic Wars 1799 - 1815 American Revolutionary War 1775 - 1783 French and Indian War 1756 - 1763 Thirty Years War 1618 - 1648 Hundred Years' War 1337 - 1453 The Crusades 1095 - 1291 Peloponnesian War 431 - 404 BCE

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Magazines and Journals at the Library

• The library owns literally thousands of magazines and newspapers in print, microfiche, microfilm, and electronic formats. These magazines are located in the Reading Room, our Youth Services Department, the Grand Rapids History and Special Collections Department, and our Retrieval Desk at the Main library, as well as at each of our branches.

• Search our catalog for specific titles.

• Search our databases for full-text articles and citations from thousands more magazines and newspapers. Check MeL (the Michigan Electronic Library) to find out if a magazine's full-text articles are included in a database.

• Below are lists of the current newspapers and magazines we have in the Reading Room at the Main Library.

American Heritage  (website) American History  (website) British Heritage  (website) Civil War Times  (website) Current History  (website)

Military History  (website) Natural History  (website) Smithsonian  (website) Vietnam  (website) Vital Speeches of the Day

World War II

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Databases

These subscription databases are openly accessible to all patrons from any of our library locations. Home access is limited to Grand Rapids Public Library cardholders only.

History Resource Center: World -- From antiquity to the present, world history is reflected by content from over 2,000 primary sources, 25 reference titles and 110 academic journals.

History Resource Center: United States -- Providing integrated access to over 1,000 primary documents, more than 30,000 reference articles, and over 65 full-text journals covering themes, events, people and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.

Browse a list of all GRPL Databases

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Web Resources

• Archives of Michigan

• Country Studies -- Library of Congress' comprehensive reports on all world countries.

• EyeWitnesses to History

• BBC History

• The History Channel

• National Archives Digital Vaults -- Explore America's history with this great interactive site.

• This Day in History -- Video clips of the leading news stories for any particular day.

Local History Organizations

Ada Historical Society

Alpine Historical Committee

Grand Rapids Historical Society

Grandville Historical Commission

Kentwood Historical Preservation Commission

Lowell Area Historical Museum

Michigan Soldiers Aid Society

Rockford Area Historical Society

Wyoming Michigan Historical Commission