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HISTORY 350 / 536:
World Wars
To help you with your research projects in this class, below is a checklist of library resources. The print (listed in call
number order) and online reference titles contain background and overview information on the historical, military,
political, social and economic aspects of World Wars I and II, as well as bibliographies or suggestions for further reading.
It’s a good way to jump start your research.
Great Events from History: 20th Century 1907-1940 series and 1941-1970 series) REF D 421 .G629 2007
Encyclopedia of World War I REF D 510 .E53 2005
Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II REFD 523 .H65 2007
Paris Peace Conference Selected Documents REF D 644 .U6 1946
Oxford Companion to World War I REF D 740 .O97 1995
Encyclopedia of World War II REF D 740 .E516 2005
Historical Encyclopedia of World War II REF D 740 .E5213 1977
World War II from and American Perspective: A Bibliography REF D 743 .W67 1983
World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia REF D 767 .W68 2001
Holocaust and World War II Almanac REF D 804.17 .H65 2001
Holocaust Encyclopedia REF D 604.25 .H66 2001
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust REF D 804 .E53 1990
Columbia Guide to the Holocaust REF D 804.3 .N54
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933-45 REF D 805 .A2 U55 2009
Lost Treasures of Europe REF D 810 .A763 1946
Encyclopedia of the Cold War REF D 840 .E63 2008
20th Century Britain: An Encyclopedia REF DA 566 .T835
Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture 1871-1970 REF DD 14 .M64 1998
Who Was Who in Nazi Germany REF DD 256.5 .W568 1997
Encyclopedia of the Third Reich REF DD 256/5 /S02 1090
Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe from the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism REF DJK 6 .E53 2002
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia REF DS 4 .L48 2002
Salem Decades: The Forties in America REF E 169.12 .S2519 2011
World Fascism: A Historical Encyclopedia REF JC 481 .W67 2006
Credo
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Oxford Reference Online
Holston Associated Libraries catalog (HAL)
--Holdings of four libraries—E&H, King University, Washington Co. (VA) and Tazewell Co. PL
--All material formats included—books, e-books, DVDs, CDs, maps, etc.
--Can borrow HAL libraries’ materials through catalog and have delivered to Kelly Library
--Can keep track of your account through My Account link
--Hint: the proper subject headings for World Wars I and II are: World War, 1914-1918 and World War, 1939-1945
The following periodical databases should help you find relevant materials, both print and online.
Academic Search Complete
America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts
Health Source: Nursing / Academic Edition
Humanities International Complete
JSTOR
Military & Government Collection
Project Muse
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Full Text
Women’s Studies International
World Catalog (a bibliographic database, not a periodical database—good for identifying material on your subject).
Don’t forget to check the E-Journals by Title list if a periodical title is not full-text in a database—it may be full-text in
some other database Kelly Library subscribes to.
Also, note that Kelly Library has the New York Times on microfilm for the WWI and WWII years, and paper issues in
Bound Periodicals of Life, Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News & World Report covering WWII.
Internet
--Try Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/) for scholarly literature, preprints, grey literature.
--Take a look at The History Highway: A 21st Century Guide to Internet Resources (REF/D/16.117/.H55/2006).
--Look at Internet Resources under History on the Subject Resources link.
Interlibrary Loan
--Must register for the online ILL ordering system, ILLiad.
--If you’ve registered and forgotten your password, please don’t register a 2nd time.
--Allow 5-7 working days for materials to arrive (especially books).
--Limit requests for returnable materials to 10 requests at one time.
--Check the catalog and the E-Journals by Title list to make sure the material isn’t already available.
Documentation
--Must give credit to the author when using direct quotes or paraphrasing unique ideas to avoid plagiarism.
--Kelly Library has copies of both Turabian’s Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations and
The Chicago Manual of Style on permanent reserve. Ask for these at the Circulation Desk.
--Take a look at Documentation under the Research Tips link on the library web page.
----The Chicago Style Quick Guide, the OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue, and the Diana Hacker website are good.
Remember: We’re here to help you with your information needs. Please don’t hesitate to ask us for help. You can
reach us by calling the Circulation Desk at ext. 6208, emailing askalibrarian@ehc.edu, or visiting the library in person.
Librarians: Jane Caldwell, Patty Greany, Jody Hanshew, and Janet Kirby; Archivist: Robert Vejnar
Circulation staff: Adam Alley, Jennifer Bassett, David Lyons, Holly McCormick and Janice Snead
Library Director and CIO: Lorraine Abraham
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