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 History by Country 8 Web Resources 9 Local History Organizations

New Titles

American History

Periods Pre-Columbian Exploration Colonial Period (1600-1775) Revolutionary Years (1775-1783) The Early Republic (1783-1861) Civil War (1861-1865) Reconstruction and the Gilded Age (1865-1900) The Progressive Era and World War I (1901-1921) The 1920s & 30s World War II (1939-1945) Post-War America (1945-1960) Vietnam War and the 1960s The 1970s and 80s Gulf War (1991) Iraq War (2003- )

Popular Topics African Americans Church and State Civil Rights Movement Great Depression Native Americans Slavery and Abolition Speeches Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade United States Constitution Westward Expansion Women's Suffrage

World History

Prehistory Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Mesopotamia Vikings Mongol Empire

The Crusades Byzantine Empire Aztecs Incas Medieval Civilizations Ottoman Empire Spanish Inquisition

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

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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 or browse a more comprehensive A to Z list. Our catalog will tell you the dates we own, the most recent issues we've received, and which locations hold these magazines and newspapers.

• 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. For a list of all magazines included in our databases, either as full-text or as a brief citation, search here.

• Below are links to the catalog for current subscriptions in specific subject areas as well as links to these titles' websites.

American History American History Illustrated British Heritage Civil War Times Current History

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History Today Military History National Geographic Natural History

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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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History by Country

The library has resources specific to many other countries. Below are popular countries with their call numbers.

Brazil Canada China Cuba Czech Republic Egypt France Germany Great Britain England Scotland Greece India Iran

981 971 951 972.91 943.7 932.962 944 943 941 942 941.1 949.5 954.954 955

Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Japan Korea North Korea Mexico The Netherlands Russia Spain South Africa Turkey United States

956.7 941.4 956.94 945 952 951.9 951.53 972 949.2 947 946 968 956.1 973

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Web Resources

• 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

Michigan Soldiers Aid Society