The following
selective list of print and online resources has been compiled
by McGovern Library staff as a starting point for research on the
World War I. It is not a complete listing of related materials
held by McGovern Library or available online, but is intended to
serve as a guide to some of the Library's resources, and as a
pointer to a variety of electronic resources.
Encyclopedias And Reference Sources
Print sources
available in McGovern Library:
- Almanac of World War I
REF. D522.5 .B87 1998
-
Annals of America REF E173 .A793 Vol. 14
- Documents
of American History REF E173 .C66 1948
-
Encyclopedia of U.S. Foreign Relations REF E183 .R96
1994
-
Encyclopedia of Prisoners of War and Internment
REF UB800 .E53 2000
- The
European Powers in the First World War REF D510. E97
1999
- The
United States in the First World War REF D510 .U65
1995
- World War I Aviation : a bibliography... REF D600 .N64 1997
Online Resources
Indexes
Print* indexes
available in McGovern Library:
- Essay
and General Literature Index
- Use
for political position speeches, background, etc.
- v.
1 (1900-) - v. 9 (-1979) see "European War, 1914-1918"
or "Reconstruction, 1914-"
- v.
10 (1980-)- see "World War, 1914-1918"
- Reader's
Guide to Periodical Literature
- v.
4 (1915-1918) use "European War"
- v.
5 (1919-) - v. 36 (-Feb. 1977) use "European War,
1914-1918"
- v.
37 (Mar. 1977-) - use "World War, 1914-1918"
- Social
Sciences Index
- v.
1 (Apr. 1974-) - v. 8 (-Mar. 1982) use "European
War, 1914-1918"
- v.
9 (Apr. 1983-) - see "World War, 1914-1918"
*Note:
Contemporary print indexes will be especially useful in locating
articles on this topic. Print
indexes are shelved upstairs on the Mezzanine against the
front railing.
Online Indexes
-
EBSCO
Fulltext Databases: abstracts, citations and full
text articles
-
Search the Subjects and select from headings such as "World
War 1914-1918,"
and "Treaty of Versailles,"
- Use
the People Index to locate articles on "Wilson,
Woodrow," "Pershing, John J,"
etc.
-
Combine Index and Subject searches using the Search
History tab..
-
LexisNexis
Primary Sources in U.S. History
- Subject
term searches of full-text documents in U.S. Presidential
history. Search for "World War I"
in combination with specific issues -- use the Subject
List feature to locate appropriate headings.
-
Proquest: abstracts, citations and full text articles
- Topic
searches for "World War I" limited with
specific places and/or topics such as "Gallipoli,"
or "women," etc.
Periodicals
Print journals
available in McGovern Library (some may be on microfiche)
Videos
- All
Quiet on the Western Front
VT 204
-
The Century DVD121
- Gallipoli
VT 1103
- The
Great War 1918
VT 734/VT1719
- The
Guns of August VT 1135
-
Men of Bronze DVD122
- Lawrence
of Arabia DVD 006
-
Lost Peace, 1919 VT1721
-
Return to Isolationism VT 1720
- Up
South DVD123
-
Woodrow Wilson DVD120
Searching the Library
Catalog
- Subject
searches: "World War 1914-1918," "Argonne,"
"Versailles treaty of," or "narrative,"
"Reconstruction, 1914," "Lusitania,"
"German Occupation 1914" etc.
- Keyword
searches combining "1914-1918" with locations
or terms such as "France" or "Great
Britain" with "prisoners," "peace,"
"campaigns," "social conditions,"
etc.
- Limit
by publication year to see the most recently published or
contemporary sources.
Online Books/Documents/Recordings
Statistics
Australia in WWI (Battle of Gallipoli)
Armenia in WWI
Canada
in WWI
Websites
Military Sources:
Archives, Museums, etc.
Associations,
Archives, and Libraries
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