American Cultural History: The 20th Century excellent links, decade by decade
A Classification of American Wealth (Raken Web Site)Answers.Com on the Guilded Age (Wikipedia)Robber Barons (Professor at Berkeley)Famous Philanthropists (Planned Legacy)
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage (Scholastic site)Famous Americans (links to many sites)Famous Arab Americans (Arab American Institute site)From Revolution to Reconstruction (Biographies, documents, essays and more!)Meet Amazing Americans (Library of Congress site)Native American History and Culture (many great links)
People: Influential People Around the World (Return to the Social Science)
Pioneering Cartoonists of Color (this site may or may not have actual political cartoons)
FedStats (statistics)Food and Drug Administration (U.S. government site)Homework Center: Social Issues (provided by Multnomah Public Library)Human Rights Resources Page (Chico HS Library)Internet Public Library:Teen Space (great teen social issues topics)Documents in the News (Issues affecting the government)
FedWorld (case search or keyword search)
Supreme Court Decisions (1937-1975)
Timeline of the Enlightenment Period
WorldHistory.Com's Age of Enlightenment
Atomic Bomb
The Atomic Bomb and the End of WWII (National Security Archive)
Debate Over How to Use the Bomb (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb (Truman Library)
Atomic Bomb (Grolier Encyclopedia article)
The Nagasaki Peace Declaration
Reference Books in the Helix Library
General Encyclopedias are located at the back of the Library in the Reference Area.
To learn about people, places and events of the Enlightenment Period, look at the various historical chronicles like Timetables of History (REF 902.02 Gru) and Annals of America (REF 973), as well other subject-specific reference books.
You could use the Library Online Catalog to find specific books in the nonfiction or reference collection.