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AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY
SELECTED RESEARCH RESOURCES
IN THE CAMPBELL LIBRARY, ROWAN UNIVERSITY,
AND ELSEWHERE
Dr. Lee Bruce Kress
Spring 2008
USE THESE DATABASES TO GATHER RESEARCH INFORMATION FOR YOUR TERM
PAPERS
INDICES TO BOOKS, PERIODICALS, PAMPHLETS, WORKS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
AGENCIES
The following bibliographical sources are available both electronically via the Campbell Library on the
Internet and in bound form in the reference areas of the library.
Academic Search Premier
Look under “Databases and Indexes” on the Library web page
http://www.rowan.edu/library//databases/index.htm
This is a multi-disciplinary, full-text database designed specifically for academic
institutions. With a valuable and large collection of peer-reviewed full-text journals,
Academic Search Premier offers critical information from many sources and contains
scholarly collections with full-text coverage for nearly all academic areas of study. There
is also coverage of the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and The Christian
Science Monitor, but these newspapers on this databases are not full-text. The date range
for this database is generally 1975-present so it is not suitable for older materials.
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America: History and Life
Look under “Databases and Indexes” on the Library web page
http://www.rowan.edu/library//databases/index.htm
Excellent source for abstracts of historical writings on the U.S. and Canada from books
and journals in many languages. The databases extends from 1954-present.
Bound volumes of the same material are in Room 218
Historical Abstracts
Look under “Databases and Indexes” on the Library web page
http://www.rowan.edu/library//databases/index.htm
Excellent source for abstracts of historical scholarship in books and journals in many
languages on subjects from 1450 to the present in all areas of the world except the U.S.
and Canada. The databases extends back from 1954-present. Bound volumes of the same
material are in Room 219.
J-Stor
Look under “Databases and Indexes” on the Library web page
http://www.rowan.edu/library//databases/index.htm
This is an electronic archive of scholarly journals and full text articles in history,
archaeology, economics, Asian studies, Latin American studies, Middle Eastern studies.
political science, sociology, and other disciplines. Coverage goes back to the first issue
of each journal, but often does not include the most recent 3-5 years of publication.
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Project Muse
Look under “Databases and Indexes” on the Library web page
http://www.rowan.edu/library//databases/index.htm
This is an electronic archive, primarily of full text articles from humanities journals, but
including some history materials. Coverage goes back to the first issue of each journal up
to the present.
Declassified Documents Reference System
Look under “Databases and Indexes” on the Library web page
http://www.rowan.edu/library//databases/index.htm
This is an electronic archive of recently declassified US government primary source
materials, many of them on American foreign relations, some dating back 50 years or
more.
National Security Archives, Digital
Look under “Databases and Indexes” on the Library web page
http://www.rowan.edu/library//databases/index.htm
The database includes more than 63,000 of the most important declassified documents
regarding critical U.S. policy decisions on a variety of subjects since 1947
Humanities Index
Look under “Databases and Indexes” on the Library web page
http://www.rowan.edu/library//databases/index.htm
Source for scholarship from selected journals on the Humanities. Abstracts and some full
text materials are available electronically from 1974-present. Bound bibliographical
volumes of the same material are in the compact shelving on the first floor.
Social Science Index
Look under “Databases and Indexes” on the Library web page
http://www.rowan.edu/library//databases/index.htm
Sources for scholarship from selected journals on the Social Sciences. Abstracts and
some full text materials are available electronically, 1974-present.
Bound bibliographical volumes of the same material are in Room 219.
International Index, A Guide to Periodical Literature in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Abstracts of materials published 1907-1965. The bound volumes are located in the
compact shelving on the first floor.
Social Sciences and Humanities Index Retro
Look under “Databases and Indexes” on the Library web page
http://www.rowan.edu/library//databases/index.htm
It contains abstracts of materials from 1965-1974. Bound volumes are located in the
compact shelving on the first floor.
Digital Dissertations and Theses
Look under “Databases and Indexes” on the Library web page
http://www.rowan.edu/library//databases/index.htm
Contains more than 1.3 million citations and abstracts of U.S. , Canadian, and European
doctoral dissertations and Master’s theses. Titles published since 1997 are available in
PDF digital full text format by requesting a free download, and 24 page previews are also
available.
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Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin (PAIS)
1945-present, located on the second floor balcony. Contains abstracts of political science
and news materials. Since 1991, it has been called PAIS International. Rowan only has
volumes since 1964.
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature
A source best for general and popular literature, 1890-present. Full text of articles is
available electronically for 1993-present. Bibliographical references for the
years 1890-1983 are in the bound volumes in the section marked Indexes on the compact
shelving on the first floor. Volumes for 1984-present are located in Room 219.
GPO
Look under “Databases and Indexes” on the Library web page
http://www.rowan.edu/library//databases/index.htm
Excellent bibliographical source for U.S government documents issued since 1976.
Many of the actual documents can be fund in the Government Documents Room in the
rear of the second floor or consult the documents librarian.
For earlier government materials, see the Monthly Catalog in the Government Documents
Room.
Writings of American History, 1902-1975.
An author and subject index to books and periodical articles. (Volumes for 1904-05 and
1941-47 were never published.) This is not available at Rowan, but Rutgers-Camden has
most annual issues. (Ref. Z1236.L331)
NEWSPAPERS
The New York Times 1851+ (New York Times Historical)
Look under “Databases and Indexes” on the Library web page
http://www.rowan.edu/library/digital_library.htm
The entire run of this newspaper is now available online. Rowan also has microfilm
copies as well as a printed index to the paper.
The (London) Times, 1785-1980
The Campbell Library has microfilm of this newspaper for the appropriate years. Printed
indices of the newspaper articles are either in Rm. 219 or on the movable shelves on the
ground floor. For the earlier years, it is called Palmer’s Index.
Christian Science Monitor Index, 1987+. (NewsBank)
The Rowan Library has the newspaper itself on microfilm from 1959+. It also is
available electronically on the library NewsBank website. A published index, 19591975, is on the collapsible shelving on Level 1.
Washington Post, 1977+ (NewsBank)
Rowan also has the last few decades of this paper on microfilm.
Wall Street Journal, 1887+ (Wall Street Journal Historical)
The complete run of this paper since its inception is now available online. Rowan also
has the last few decades of this paper on microfilm.
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U. S. GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
The Campbell Library has a fairly good collection of government documents, but you have may
have to consult other depositories for some materials. Rowan has been a government depository since
1968. For earlier periods, the main branch of the Free Library in Philadelphia on the Benjamin Franklin
Parkway may be a better source because it has been an official government depository since the first
decades of the 20th century.
A more detailed list of U.S. government documents is available to you separately on this course
website.
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Ref. CT213.68, 1999, SUPPLEMENT, 2002.
Garraty, John, general editor
American National Biography
24 vols. and 1 supplement. Comprehensive, but only contains deceased
individuals.
Ref. E176.A655
Wilson, James Grant and John Fiske, eds.
Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography
7 vols. Nineteenth century native and naturalized citizens. Individuals are listed
chronologically under family names. This series, which stops in 1900, was not
completely accurate, for some fictionalized biographies slipped in.
Electronically online and printed in Library Room 218
Biography and Genealogy Index
1946+.
Annually.
Contains biographical material including obituaries,
references to collections of letters, diaries, memoirs, and book reviews. It is
indexed by name as well as by profession and occupation.
From 1975 to the present, it is available online under Databases and Indexes.
Ref. E176.D56
Johnson, Allen, and Dumas Malone, eds.
Dictionary of American Biography
22 vols. + supplements. Authoritative and well written, it contains 18,100
sketches of important Americans in all. The series was published from 19281936, with occasional supplements from 1944-1988. No living Americans were
included at the time of publication.
Ref. E176.N281x
National Cyclopedia of American Biography
49 vols. + 7 supplements
The original series contained primarily figures from the nineteenth century and
earlier. The supplements, which began in 1930 and continued to 1964, included
living individuals.
Ref. E176.C993
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans
10 vols. Published at the beginning of the century, it sketches 18th and 19th
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century figures.
Ref. CT100.C8
Current Biography
1940+. Annually. This contains extensive biographical sketches of persons of
various nationalities, professions and occupations who are prominent in their
fields. Cumulative indices are issued from time to time.
Ref. E663.W56
Who’s Who in America
Covers living individuals. Issued annually.
Ref. E663.W55
Who Was Who in America
Vol. 1 covers 1897-1942
Vol. 2
1943-1950
Vol. 3
1951-1960
Historical Vol. 1607-1896
Ref. U52.W4
Webster’s American Military Biographies. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 1978.
This is not in Rowan’s collections, but it is available in the Alexander Library,
Rutgers New Brunswick.
Ref. U52.D53.1984
Spiller, Roger J., Ed., Dictionary of American Military Biography. 3 vols. Westport:
Greenwood Press, 1984.
MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCES ON MILITARY SUBJECTS
Ref. Z6834.H2A4.1963
Albion, Robert G. Naval and Maritime History: An Annotated Bibliography. Mystic:
Munson Institute, 1963.
[A supplement was issued in 1972. Rowan does not possess it.]
Ref. E181.A94 2000
Axelrod, Alan. America’s Wars. New York: John C. Wiley and Sons, 2000
Bayliss, G.M., Bibliographical Guide to the Two World Wars. Ann Arbor: R. R. Bowker,
1977. This is not in the Rowan Library, but it is available at Rutgers Camden Library.
Ref. Z1245.C76
Cronon, E. David, and Theodore D. Rosenof. The Second World War and the Atomic
Age, 1940-1973. Northbrook: AHM, 1975.
History Department Conference Room
Coletta, Paola E. A Bibliography of American Naval History. Annapolis: Naval Institute,
1981. This is not in the Rowan Library.
Govt. Doc. Ref. VA61.A53
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Dept. of the Navy, Naval History Division. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting
Ships. 6 vols. Washington: GPO, 1959-1981.
Ref. D25.A2D8
Dupuy, R. E., and T. N. The Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: Harper,
1970. [Revised editions were issued in 1977 and 1986. An edition in 1993 was entitled
The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History.]
Ref. Z6207.W8E56.1990
Enser, A. G. S. A Subject Bibliography of the Second World War, and Aftermath:
Books in English 1975-1987. Brookfield: Gower, 1990.
Ref. E181.F83 2001
Fredriksen, John C., America’s Military Adversaries: From Colonial Times to the
Present. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2001
Ref. Z1238.G4.1984.
Gephardt, Ronald M., ed. Revolutionary America, 1783-1789: A Bibliography. 2 vols.
Washington: Library of Congress, 1984.
Ref. E468.H47 2005
Heidler, David S., and Jeanne T. Heidler, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War:
A Political, Social, and Military History, 5 vols., Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2000.
Ref. E181.G845,1975
History Department Conference Room
Higham, Robin, ed. A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History. Hamden:
Archeon, 1975. [Supplements were issued in 1981, 1986, 1993, and 1997.] The Rowan
Library only has the 1981 supplement, but all volumes can be found in the History
Department Conference Room.]
Ref. E181.M54.1986
Kinnell, Susan K., ed. Military History of the United States: An Annotated Bibliography.
Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1986.
Knappman, Edward W., ed. South Vietnam: U. S.-Communist Confrontation in Southeast
Asia. 8 vols. New York: Facts on File, 1965-75. Available in Rutgers, Camden.
Ref. U24.B73.1994
Margiotta, Franklin D. Brassey’s Encyclopedia of Military History and Biography.
Washington: Brassey’s, 1994. Not available at Rowan, but can be found in the
Alexander Library at Rutgers, New Brunswick.
Ref. Z1242.N35
Nevins, Allan, James I. Robertson, and Bell I. Wiley. Civil War Books, A Critical
Bibliography. 2 vols. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1969.
Ref. Z6207.E8S3
Schaffer, Ronald. The U. S. in World War I: A Selected Bibliography. Santa Barbara:
ABC-Clio, 1978.
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Ref. Z6207.W8S56
Smith, Myron J., Jr. Air War 1939-1945: English Language Sources.
Manhattan: Kansas State, 1974-82.
Ref. Z1242.S63
Smith, Myron J., Jr.
Scarecrow, 1972.
American Civil War Navies: A Bibliography.
Ref. Z6835.U556 (U562) (U563)
Smith, Myron J., Jr. The American Navy: A Bibliography.
Scarecrow, 1973-75. [Rowan only has 4 of the volumes.]
5 vols.
5 vols.
Metuchen:
Metuchen:
Ref. Z6207.W8S57
Smith, Myron J., Jr. World War II at Sea: A Bibliography of Sources in English. 3 vols.
Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1976.
Ref. D756.S573.1984
Smith, Myron J., Jr. World War II: The European and Mediterranean Theaters. New
York: Garland, 1984.
Ref. E181.E63 2003
Tucker, Spencer C., Encyclopedia of American Military History, 3 vols., New York:
Facts on File, 2003.
Ref. Z1241.T87
Tutorow, Norman E., ed. The Mexican-American War: An Annotated Bibliography.
Westport: Greenwood, 1981.
Ref. DD256.5.G76313.1991
Zentner, Christian, and Friedemann Bedurftig, eds.
Reich. 2 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1991.
Ref. Z6207.W8Z5
Ziegler, Janet. World War II:
Institution, 1971.
The Encyclopedia of the Third
Books in English, 1945-1965.
SELECTED WEBSITES
http://vlib.iue.it/history/mil/index.html
WWW-VL: HISTORY: MILITARY HISTORY
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/
United States Army Military History Institute
http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/military.html
Jensen’s Web Sources for Military History
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/
U.S. Army Center for Military History
Stanford: Hoover
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http://www.history.navy.mil/nhc5.htm
Navy History Bibliographies
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/bibs/bib97.htm
Air University Library Bibliographies
http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu
The American Revolution
http://www.militaryheritage.com/1812.htm
War of 1812 Website
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu
US Civil War Center
http://www.worldwar1.com/index.html
World War I: Trenches on the Web
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/
Hyperwar: A Hypertext History of the Second World War
http://www.korean-war.com
The Korean War
http://www.multied.com/Vietnam/index.html
The Vietnam War
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/
War in Iraq
There are many other good websites devoted to particular wars or other military issues and
matters.