Books
For general books about World War II, search World War 1939-1945 as the subject:
Search using the last names for famous people.
Search for battles by keyword or try typing: World War 1939-1945 battles and hit enter.
To find a book on the shelf note availability, call number and title. The nonfiction books are in the room closest to the quad.
Reference Books:
A great place for ABC book creators to start their research is with one of our World War II encyclopedias (these list WWII events in ABC order). These encyclopedias are in the Reference room starting at call number REF 940.53
Databases
First, you will need to login to the subscription databases using the username and password on the back of your ID card.
You might consider using World Book Online for its authoritative signed articles complete with citations. Most articles also have photos. World Book is also includes many primary sources, look at the right sidebar after searching for your topic.
Good starting place for sensory figures and Children's books. For the ABC book assignment it might help to search for World War II and then click under the Related Information, Encyclopedia Articles to get an ABC listing of related WWII articles. See example below.
Proquest includes The History Study Center and SIRS Decades, two of our best history resources . Much of the information is primary source.
After entering the username and password to login, click on the either database to begin your research.
SIRS Decades does not provide preformatted citations. Here is an example of a cited work from SIRS Decades.
Truman, Harry S. "Truman Recalls MacArthur." National Archives and Records Administration,
11 Apr. 1951. ProQuest SIRS Decades.
In History Study Center, look for "Cite This" at the top of your document; you may need to do some editing but the citation information is there and in the correct order.
Salem Press, a book publisher has made many of it's reference books available online. Once you are at the site, click on the Remote Login tab and enter the PHS database password. MLA citation information available. You will need to register to send or save articles but this is a quick and easy process.
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