Europe 1914-1945: War and Peace (HIST-SS579)

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1 Research Process
2 Gaining an overview with Reference Sources
- 2.1 World War I
- 2.2 The Interwar Years and World War II
3 Delving deeper with Books
- 3.1 Finding books and more at the OWHL
- 3.2 Getting materials from other libraries
4 Finding Articles using Databases
5 Exploring Internet Sources
- 5.1 World War I
- 5.2 The Interwar Years and World War II
6 Citations and Documentation

Research Process

For guidance in the research process, look to the menu on the left hand side.

Gaining an overview with Reference Sources

Reference Sources are a great way to get broad information on a subject or idea. These books can help inform you on putting your ideas into a larger context.

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World War I

Call Number	Title	Helpful Hints
REF 306 EN192	European Encyclopedia of Social History	Consult index under WWI
REF 809 T91 vol. 34	Twentieth Century Literary Criticism	Discusses WWI literature from the perspective of several countries
REF 809.3 En193	The Novel	Consult index under WWI
REF 821.09 C86	Critical Survey of Poetry	Consult entries under individual authors
REF 940.2 N42 vol. 12	New Cambridge Modern History	Contains chapters on the war, economy, social life, science and the arts
REF 940.3 B91a	Almanac of World War I	A day-by-day chronology of events
REF 940.3 En19	Encyclopedia of World War I	Multi-volume set covering all aspects of the war; includes primary source documents
REF 940.3 H622	History of World War I	Covers battles, home fronts, technology, and history
REF 930.3 K61f	First World War Eyewitness History	Contains documents, brief biographies, and thematic chapters on the war
REF 940.3 Un3	United States in the First World War	Focuses on the war from the American perspective
REF 940.3 W89	World War I: A Visual Encyclopedia	Contains photos and text of events in the war
REF 940.4 B33m	Military Atlas of World War I	Contains maps and diagrams
REF 942 Ox2	Oxford Companion to British History	Contains short entries on people and events
REF 942 T375gr	Great Britain a Reference Guide	Contains a historical dictionary and overviews of British history
REF 973.6 R66au	Austria-Hungary a Reference Guide	Contains a historical dictionary and overviews of Austrian and Hungarian history
REF 944 R55f	France a Reference Guide	Contains a historical dictionary and overviews of French history

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The Interwar Years and World War II

Call Number	Title
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 355.02 W37	Weapons and Warfare vol. 2
REF 355.09 En19	Encyclopedia of Warfare
REF 355.09 K82d	Dictionary of Wars
REF 355.0092 Su84	African Americans at War: An Encyclopedia
REF 809 T91	Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (Use 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 940.53 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 940.53 Y8a	Atlas of the Second World War
REF 940.54 En32	Encyclopedia of the Holocaust
REF 940.54 En32	Encyclopedia of World War II: A Political, Social, and Military History
REF 940.54 H742	Holocaust and World War II Almanac
REF 940.55 Eu55	Europe since 1945: An Encyclopedia
REF 940 Gr797	Great Events from History: Modern Europe Series 1900-1969
REF 947 En19	Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe
REF 950 En3	Encyclopedia of Asian History
REF 950 L57e	Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
REF 950 K82	Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan
REF 959 So86	Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia from Angkor Wat to East Timor
REF 967 En19	Encyclopedia of Africa South of the Sahara
REF 973.91 Am35r	American Decades Primary Sources 1920-1929, 1930-1939, 1940-1949, 1950-1959
REF 973.92 T63e	Encyclopedia of Cold War Politics
REF 973 W19	War and American Popular Culture: An Historical Encyclopedia

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.

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Delving deeper with Books

Books offer a more complete look at a subject as well as give good ideas for other resources and references.

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Finding books and more at the OWHL

Most people start with a keyword searchof the library catalog. The computer will look for your words in the book "record" The record contains an item's title, author, subject, and table of contents or item summary.

Choose your keywords carefully!

Subject Searches'' are an even more powerful way to search the catalog. They will focus your search using the exact terminology employed by librarians to describe the book. Subjects can be found by clicking on the "more information" tab in the record

Use the following extensive bibliographies to find book sources at the OWHL on your topic:

World War I Resources
World War II Resources

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Getting materials from other libraries

You may also acquire items from libraries other than the OWHL. If you are not finding what you need / want, please contact a librarian for help with this service!

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Finding Articles using Databases

Article databases contain thousands of articles organized and searchable using keywords, sepcific journal titles, publishing dates, etc... Information contained in articles can be more specific than book information as well as more up to date. The primary method to access articles from magazines and journals is through databases. You can access these databases both on and off campus. If you're off campus, you may be prompted for your "library card number". This is simply your PA ID number, which is on your ID card. Below is a chart of some databases that you may find helpful in this assignment. To see a listing of all the databases to which the library subscribes, visit the Databases A-Z Page.

Title of Database Click on to go to database	About the Database
Christian Science Monitor - Archives (1908 - 1993)	The Christian Science Monitor is an international daily newspaper published Monday through Friday. Access full text articles through the OWHL.
Daily Life Online	Daily Life is a database of full text books in the Daily Life through History series. LEARN MORE
JSTOR	JSTOR includes 1,856,206 full-length articles across 47 disciplines. LEARN MORE
New York Times: Archives 1851 - 2005	Access full-text articles from the New York Times going all the way back to the very first issue in 1851.
Project Muse	Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. LEARN MORE
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 (London)	The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 delivers every page as published from 200 years of The Times (London) to your library. The Times is the "world’s newspaper of record" and covers all major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falkland War. For the first time users are able to search the full-text of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials and advertising.

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Exploring Internet Sources

You will probably find websites helpful for this project. Always remember to evaluate your sources when you are looking at websites. Below is a list of some sites you should find worthwhile for your project.

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