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World War II Research Guide
Finding Books
Reference Books
Audio/Visual
Periodical Search
Databases & Electronic Journals
Webliography
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Prepared by:
Alice Abbott-Moore, Richard Powell, Chet Watson,
and John Watts |
Library Liaison:
Belinda Yff
(502) 456-6773
libsul@sullivan.edu
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Updated
October 2008 |
Finding Books:
Search the library catalog using a specific
topic,
such as marketing or sales,
or browse the following subject areas below.
To retrieve a
listing of items within the Sullivan University library
online catalog, click on the appropriate Library of
Congress Subject Heading with the corresponding Dewey
Decimal number(s), in the box below, then click GO!
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Bombardment—Germany—Moral and ethical aspects |
940.54 |
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Bombardment—Japan—Moral and ethical aspects |
940.54 |
| Film
noir—United States—History and criticism |
791.43,
791.436 |
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Genocide |
364.151 |
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Holocaust, 1933-1945—Biography |
940.5318 |
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |
940.5318 |
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Japanese Americans—Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 |
740.08 |
| World
War, 1939-1945 |
940.53,
940.54 |
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World War,
1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Moral and ethical
aspects. |
917-917.9493 |
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World War,
1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British -- Moral and ethical
aspects. |
649.1 |
| World
War, 1939-1945—Casualities—Germany |
940.54 |
| World
War, 1939-1945—Casualties—Japan |
940.54 |
| World
War, 1939-1945—Concentration Camps—Germany |
940.53185 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Dictionaries |
940.53 |
| World
War, 1939-1945—Germany |
940.542 |
| World
War, 1939-1945—Great Britain |
940.53 |
| World
War, 1939-1945—Jews |
940.5318 |
| World
War, 1939-1945—Moral and ethical aspects |
940.54 |
| World
War, 1939-1945—Motion pictures and the war |
791.436 |
| World
War, 1939-1945—Participation, African American |
940.54 |
| World
War, 1939-1945—Personal narratives, American |
940.542 |
| World
War, 1939-1945—Personal narratives, Dutch |
940.53 |
| World
War, 1939-1945—Personal narratives, French |
940.5421,
940.548 |
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World War,
1939-1945--Ukraine--ZHytomyrs'ka oblast' |
940.53 |
| World
War, 1939-1945—United States |
973.9
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Reference
Books:

Audio/Visual:

Periodical Search:
Use the
periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find
periodical titles indexed in our databases. For example, if you
have a citation to an article and want to see if it is available
full-text in our databases, search for the journal title, and the system
will lead you to the correct database.
Use the
periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find relevant
"Country Monitor" and "Economic Studies" reports for a country. In
the "title begins with" search box, type your country name, e.g.
"France." The results list will show all titles beginning with
that word. In this case, "France Country Monitor" and "France
Economic Studies" are listed. Click the link to the Business
Source Premier database, click the most recent publication listed, and
the table of contents of the issue will appear.
Periodicals: the following paper-format
periodicals in the Sullivan University Library may be searched for
articles in this subject area:
Journal of Social Psychology
Christian Century

Databases &
Electronic Journals:
| If you are
accessing these databases from off campus, please go to the
Remote
Access Page tab under the Databases menu.
NOTE: You MUST enter
your Sullivan username and password to access the remote database
passwords. Click here
for more help logging in, or check with library staff for more
information. |
Academic Search Premier
The world’s largest
academic
multi-disciplinary
database, Academic
Search Premier
provides full text for
nearly 4,700
publications, including
full text for more than
3,600 peer-reviewed
journals. PDF backfiles
to 1975 or further are
available for well over
one hundred journals,
and searchable cited
references are provided
for more than 1,000
titles. This database is
updated on a daily basis
via EBSCOhost.
Relevant journals in
this database:
American
Historical
Review
Christian Century
Human Rights
Quarterly
Jewish
Quarterly
Review
Journal of
Genocide Research
Journal of Social
Psychology
Multicultural
Perspectives
Reviews in
Religion & Theology
Shofar: An
Interdisciplinary
Journal of Jewish
Studies
Humanities International
Complete
Humanities International
Complete
is a comprehensive
database of humanities
content, providing full
text of hundreds of
journals, books and
other published sources
from around the world.
Produced by Whitston
Publishing,
Humanities International
Complete provides
cover-to-cover indexing
and abstracting for over
1,700 journals and
contains more than 1.5
million records.
Relevant journals in
this database:
History & Memory
History of the Human
Sciences
Modern Fiction Studies
MasterFILE Premier:
An EBSCOhost® database
primarily designed
as a general reference
tool for public
libraries, this database
provides full-text
articles from reference
sources including
magazines, books,
biographies, primary
documents, photos, maps
and flags. Updated
daily.
Relevant journals in
this database:
Christian Century
Journal of Social
Psychology
Psychology and
Behavioral Sciences
Collection
This database provides
nearly 575 full text
publications, including
550 peer-reviewed
titles. Psychology &
Behavioral Sciences
Collection covers
topics such as emotional
and behavioral
characteristics,
psychiatry & psychology,
mental processes,
anthropology, and
observational and
experimental methods.
Nearly every full text
title included in this
database is indexed in
PsycINFO. This
database is updated
daily via EBSCOhost.
Relevant journals in
this database:
Jewish Social Studies
Journal of
Education
Journal of
Social Psychology
Sociological Collection
This database provides
coverage of more than
500 full text journals,
including nearly 500
peer-reviewed titles.
Sociological Collection
offers information in
all areas of sociology,
including social
behavior, human
tendencies, interaction,
relationships, community
development, culture and
social structure. This
database is updated
daily via EBSCOhost.
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Webliography
(Internet Resources):
BBC--World War II: A comprehensive collection of articles on the war
including analyses of various related topics from historians,
journalists and political scientists.
Elie Wiesel and the Holocaust: A related research guide created by
the library staff of Sullivan University.
Eyewitness to History--World War Two: A collection of articles on
many topics related to the war. All of the articles were written when
the events happened, many are eyewitness accounts.
In the First
Person: Includes oral histories from World War II
Second World War Encyclopedia: A comprehensive encyclopedia of the
war produced in Britain. Sections include Major Offensives, Military
Leaders, Political Leaders, The Holocaust, and Nazi Germany.
Second World War Experience Centre: Webpage of the Centre whose
mission is “to collect, preserve, exhibit, and encourage access to the
surviving material evidence” of the participants in World War II. The
site contains information about history, research, and links.
World War II--Answers.com: Materials on the war from various sources
along with links to numerous other websites.
World War II Remembered: Site dedicated to veterans which contains
interviews, timelines, newspaper articles and photographs related to the
war.
World War Two in Europe--Timeline and Photos: Presents a detailed
timeline of important events both before and during the war. The years
between 1939 and 1945 contain several entries from each month.
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