WORLD WAR II -- HIS 4565
RESEARCH RESOURCES

General

• Everyday Writer (MLA & APA citation styles)   [Rdy. Ref. PE1408 .L86 2002]

• Going to the Sources: A Guide to Historical Research and Writing   [Ref. D16 .B893 2002]

Atlases & Pictorial Histories

• Album of American History (especially v.5)  [Ref. E178.5 .A48 v.1-v.6 + Suppl.]
• Atlas of American Military History   [Ref. E181 .A85 2003]
• Atlas of American Wars   [Ref. E181 .K52 1986]
• Atlas of the 20th Century   [Ref. D426 .N38 1982]
• Atlas of the Second World War   [Maps/Atlases D743.2 .A85 1985 v.1-v.2]
• Mapping America's Past: A Historical Atlas   [Ref. E179.5 .C37 1996]

Bibliographies and "Webography"

• Critical Bibliography of Writings on Judaism (see v.2, Chapter 1 on Holocaust)   [Ref. Z6370 .G75 1988 v.1-v.2]
• Harvard Guide to American History   [Ref. Z1236 .F77 1974 v.1-v.2]
• Holocaust: An Annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide   [Ref. Z6374.H6 H65 1985]
• Japanese American Internment During World War II: A History and Reference Guide   [Ref. D769.8.A6 N4 2002]
• Study of Judaism: Bibliographical Essays (last chapter on Holocaust)   [Ref. Z6370 .S8]
• World War II on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites   [Ref. D743 .S55 2003 + Circ/Reserves D743 .S55 2003 CD ROM]
• Writings on World War II   [Ref. Z6207.W8 M58]

Biographies

• Abridged Biography and Genealogy Master Index   [Ref. CT214 .B572 1988 v.1-v.3]
• American National Biography
  [Ref. CT213 .A68 1999 v.1-v.24 + Ref. CT213 .A68 2002 Suppl.1]

Chronologies

• America in Time   [Ref. E174.5 .J46]
• American Chronicle: Year by Year Through the Twentieth Century   [Ref. E169.1 .G664 1999]
• Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates   [Ref. E174.5 .C3 1997]
• Encyclopedia of American History   [Ref. E174.5 .E52 1996]
• People's Chronology   [Ref. D11 .T83 1992]
• Timetables of American History   [Ref. E18.5 .T553 2001]
• World War II: Day by Day   [Ref. D743.5 .W68 2001]

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

• Dictionary of American History   [Ref. E174 .D52 2003 v.1-v.10]
• Dictionary of the Holocaust: Biography, Geography, and Terminology   [Ref. D804.25 .E67 1997]
• Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century
  [Ref. E740.7 .E53 1996 v.1-v.4]
• Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations   [Ref. E183.7 .E53 1997 v.1-v.4]
• Historical Encyclopedia of World War II   [Ref. D740 .E5213 1989]
• Holocaust Encyclopedia   [Ref. D804.25 .H66 2001]
• Oxford Companion to American Military History   [Ref. E181 .O94 1999]
• Oxford Companion to World War II   [Ref. D740 .O94 1995]
• St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture   [Ref. E169.1 .S764 2000 v.1-v.5]
• World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia   [Ref. D740 .W67 1999 v.1-v.2]

Primary Documents/Sources

• American Decades Primary Sources   [Ref. E169.1 .A471977 2004 v.1-v.10]
• Annals of America (especially v.16)   [Ref. E173 .A793 v.1-v.21]
• Documents of American History (especially v.2)   [Ref. E173 .D59 1988 v.1-v.2]
• Handbook of American Popular Culture   [Ref. E169.1 .H2643 1989 v.1-v.3]
• Our Nation's Archive: The History of the United States in Documents   [Ref. E173 .O77 1999]

General Collection & Videos

• For materials that can be checked out, look in the SPU Library Catalog using a keyword search such as:
  • <world war 1939-1945>
  • <world war 1939-1945 and pacific>
  • <world war 1939-1945 and campaigns>
• May want to limit keyword search by: (1) Location: Reference; or (2) Material Type: Video/DVD/Film.
• Look for applicable subject headings in the cataloging records to which you might want to link.

Periodical Indexes & Image/Full Text

• SPU -- paper periodical indexes (also see listing below for "University of Washington" under the heading "Obtaining Resources from Other Libraries")

  • America, History and Life   [1954-1981; Index Shelf on wall next to Library Instructional Classroom]

  • Historical Abstracts   [1955-1982; Index Shelf on wall next to Library Instructional Classroom]

• Off-campus login required from SPU Databases web page.
• EBSCOhost databases:
  • Military & Government Collection (all branches of the military & government) -- indexing & abstracts; some image/full text.
  • Academic Search Premier (general) -- indexing & abstracts; some image/full text.
• ProQuest database:
  • Research Library Complete (general) -- indexing & abstracts; some image/full text.
• JSTOR (journal storage; image articles of some history & political science titles; moving wall excludes most recent 2-5 years).
• E-Journal Portal (direct access to SPU's image/full text periodical collection; indirect access through databases).

Obtaining Resources from Other Libraries

• Summit Borrowing -- obtain books through Orbis Cascade Alliance library consortium within 3 working days. Access through SPU catalog or directly through consortium Summit union catalog.  Borrow only books with Summit Borrowing.
• WorldCat -- an SPU database showing the books held in library collections throughout the U.S.  Borrow only books with WorldCat.
• Interlibrary Loan ("ILL") -- use if no other ILL requesting feature available.  Borrow both books and photocopies of periodical articles from libraries in U.S.
• University of Washington -- books available through Summit Borrowing; books available for check out with current SPU ID card at UW Libraries; periodicals available for use at UW Libraries; periodical databases available for use on public-access terminals at UW Libraries (e.g., America, History and Life and Historical Abstracts).