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Date of Birth Information in the OC Library

Reference Books New York Times
Newspaper Databases Web Sites
Article Databases


*All books are in reference section unless otherwise noted.


Examples of Reference Books:

Chronicle of America (E 174.5 C5 1993)

Chronicle of the 20th Century (D 410 C44 1992)

Chronicle of the World (D 11 C 56 1990)

World Almanac & Book of Facts (AY 67 N5 W7)

 

Newspaper Databases:

To access the newspaper databases:
  1. Go to the Library’s Web site (www.oc.edu/library)
  2. Click on Find Articles
  3. Click on Newspapers

Newspapers available online:
  1. Daily Oklahoman (1982 to present)
  2. Dallas Morning News (1984 to present)
  3. Washington Post (1977 to present)
  4. Newsbank (Newspapers from every state but the start year varies by newspaper)

Note: The library also has the New York Times newspaper on microfilm on the 3rd floor of the library.

 

Article Databases:

Academic Search (includes articles from magazines like Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, etc.)
To access Academic Search:
  1. Go to the Library’s Web site (www.oc.edu/library)
  2. Click on Academic Search (listed under Find Articles)
MasterFile Premier (articles from periodicals and reference books from 1975 to current)
To access MasterFile Premier:
  1. Go to the Library’s Web site ((www.oc.edu/library)
  2. Click on Find Articles
  3. Click on H-M in alphabetical list
  4. Click on MasterFile Premier


New York Times Newspaper:
Available on microfilm on the 3rd floor of the library in the microfilm cabinets


Web Sites:
The library has provided links to Web sites that tell you the events that took place on a specific day in history.
To access them:
  1. Go to the Library's Web site (www.oc.edu/library)
  2. Select: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Etc. (under Find Web Sites)
  3. Select: This Day in History
Examples:

American Memory Project: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/

dMarie Time Capsule http://dmarie.com/timecap/

The History Channel: http://www.history.com/tdih.do

On-This-Day.com: http://www.on-this-day.com/

Scopes Systems: http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/



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