Europe in Turmoil: The Interwar Years and the Second World War (HIST-SS577B)
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Reference Sources
Here's a list of selected specialized reference books (available in the Garver Room) you may want to consider:
Ref 303.3 C89p Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: An Historical Encyclopedia
Ref 303.3 En19 Encyclopedia of Propaganda
Ref 305.89 An75 Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution
Ref 306 En192 Encyclopedia of European Social History
Ref 341.2 P54e Encyclopedia of Historical Treaties and Alliances
Ref 355.0092 Su84 African Americans at War: An Encyclopedia
Ref 809 T91 Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (use subject index)
Ref 820.9 B77 British Writers vol. 7: Sean O’Casey to Poets of World War II
Ref 909.09 C67 The Cold War 1945-1991
Ref 909.82 G91e Encyclopedia of the Interwar Years
Ref 940.3 Sh26w World in Conflict 1914-45
Ref 940.54 En32 Encyclopedia of the Holocaust
Ref 940.54 H742 Holocaust and World War II Almanac
Ref 950 L57e Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
Ref 940 Gr797 Great Events from History: Modern Europe Series 1900-1969
Ref 940.53 M56j Japanese American Internment during World War II
Ref 940.53 P76w World War II: The Encyclopedia of the War Years
Ref 940.53 R15 Rand McNally Encyclopedia of World War II
Ref 940.53 Si5 Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of World War II
Ref 540.53 Y8a Atlas of the Second World War
Ref 940.54 En32 Encyclopedia of World War II: A Political, Social, and Military History
Ref 940.55 Eu55 Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia
Ref 973 W19 War and American Popular Culture: An Historical Encyclopedia
Ref 973.91 Am35r American Decades: Primary Sources 1920-1929, 1930-1939, 1940-1949
Ref 973.92 T63e Encyclopedia of Cold War Politics
The reference books will give you an overview of your subject; check the bibliographies for further information. Remember to use cross references, indexes, and tables of contents to help you locate information.
Catalog / Suggested Subjects / Keywords
Library Catalog
Desk Reserve Books
Other Library Catalogs
Recommended Databases
America: History and Life Detailed abstracts of American and Canadian history from over 2,000 journals. Prehistory to present.
Historical Newspapers Searches 4 newspapers; Christian Science Monitor (1908-1991), New York Times (1851-2001), Wall Street Journal (1889-1987), and the Washington Post (1877-1988).
JStor A full text collection of scholarly journals, many going back to the first issue.
Readers Guide Retrospective An electronic version of the Readers' Guide Index to Periodical Literature. Indexes several hundred periodicals, from 1900 to 1982.
Note that the library also has a print collection of the London Times newspaper from 1893 to 1963. The bound volumes do not include indexing, but can be searched by date. Check with a librarian about accessing and using this resource.
Selected Internet Resources
World War II: The People's War The BBC asked the public to contribute their memories of World War Two to a website between June 2003 and January 2006. This archive of 47,000 stories and 15,000 images is the result. There are 64 categories of stories including bombings, working life, domestic life, volunteers, military, and internment.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook - World War 2
Documents of the Interwar Period
Documents of World War II
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
