TSMIN 434 Pacific War

Getting Started: Reference Sources

Print Sources Available in Tacoma Reference

• Encyclopedia of World War II : a political, social and military history - D740 .E516 2005 v. 1-5

Online Collections of Encyclopedias

• Gale Virtual Reference UW restricted
• Oxford Reference Online UW restricted

Finding Primary Sources on the Web

Images: Advertisements, Photography, Etc.

• Ad Access - Advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955.
  
  
• AP Photo Archive UW restricted - News photographs dating back to 1826, audio sound bytes dating from the 1920's, among other digital resources.
  
  
• LIFE Magazine Photo Archive - Millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today.
  
  
• Dr. Suess WWII-era Political Cartoons - UC San Diego collection of cartoons created by Theodore Suess Geisel between 1941 and 1943.

Films

• Internet Movie Archives: Prelinger Archives - Digitized historical and archival films, with an emphasis on those produced by government agencies.

Newspapers and Magazines

• Los Angeles Times UW restricted - Historical coverage: 1881-1985
  
  
• New York Times UW restricted - Historical coverage:1851-2004
  
  
• Wall Street Journal UW restricted - Historical coverage:1889-1989
  
  
• Reader's Guide Retrospective UW restricted - Citations to American magazine articles, 1890 to 1982

Published Primary Sources

• UW Libraries Catalog - Suggested keyword search ""World War, 1939-1945" combined with one of these:
  
  
  • personal narratives
  • diaries
  • correspondence
  • interviews

Finding Secondary Sources

Finding Journal Articles

• America History & Life UW restricted - American & Canadian history.
  
  
• Historical Abstracts UW restricted - World history from 1450 to present.

Finding Books and Other Materials

• UW Libraries Catalog - books, journals, videos, etc.

Helpful Research Resources

• Ulrich's Periodicals Directory UW restricted - Identifies whether a journal is peer-reviewed
• Citation Guides:
  • Overview of the Chicago manual of style (pdf)
  • Using Chicago Style to Cite and Document (Online) Sources
  • Guide to citing images
• More questions about using the library? Ask us.

Created by Justin Wadland, January 2009
Email: jwadland@u.washington.edu

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