Genocide Research                              Spring 2009

Getting Started:

• Select high quality resources. Evaluate all for authority, accuracy, audience/agenda, and currency.
• When using the databases or catalogs try to determine the subject headings assigned to the holocaust (such as 'World War, 1939 - 1945', 'Holocaust survivors', 'Jewish resistance').  Try the term Holocaust as a subject heading and look for subtopics or subdivisions for your particular example.

Books:

• Look for books in Destiny (Library Catalog). A keyword search on 'Holocaust' will result in over 200 books. You may want to try specific topics such as the names of camps, Nazi leaders, Kindertransport, etc.  Or try a power search and combine United States AND Holocaust. Please share, only one book per student.

• Write down call number and title to locate book on shelves. Check availability before walking to the shelves.

Databases:

(login using the username and password on the back of your ID card unless otherwise noted)

• Proquest (Our History database publisher)

  • Remember to click on the orange My Products bar after entring the login and password. 

  • In History Study Center try the Study Unit on the Holocaust.

  • In Historical Newspapers go to Topics tab, then 'World War II', then 'The Holocaust' for primary source newspaper articles.

• Points of View Reference Center (an EBSCO database) - includes full text book, periodical, newspapers, primary sources, radio and tv broadcasts.

• Gale Databases 
  • Try Powersearching across all the databases.
  • Do a subject guide search on Holocaust to see related keywords and subdivisions.
  • Remember to click across tabs for all information.  The Books tab is a good place to start. 
  • Try the Biography Resource Center for information about people.

• United Streaming - Videos, images, clipart, sound effects for presentations.Username: phs.lrc Password: phs.lrc

Internet Resources:

•  netTrekker is an educational search engine that has many evaluated internet sites. You login with the username and password on the back of your ID card.

Recommended Internet Resources (please feel free to add to these in the comments section below)

• US Holocaust Memorial Museum premiere US site   

Holocaust Research Review Quiz