Pathfinder: World War II

Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications|Videos

SCOPE: When the Japanese attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, a four-year battle had begun. President Harry Truman declared war on August 6, 1945 when an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for the student in locating library resources that will provide an in-depth analysis of this topic.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Books dealing with World War II are listed in the Baddour Library's on-line catalog under the following subject headings:

World War, 1939-1945
History, Modern, 20th century

OVERVIEW SOURCES

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

REF E 174.P87 1995 A Dictionary of American History

REF E 740.7.E53 1996 Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century

REF E 174.094 2001 The Oxford Companion to United States History

REF G1038.F6 2004 The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Second World War

REF E 174.R43 1991 The Readers Companion to American History

REF D 743.5.P57 1996 World War II: The Encyclopedia of the War Years 1941-1945

CIRCULATING COLLECTION

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection are:

Boyne, Walter J. Clash of Wings: Air Power in World War II. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.

Broughton, Irv. Forever Remembered: The Fliers of World War II: Interviews. Spokane: Eastern Washington University Press, 2001.

Campbell, Richard H. The Silverplate Bombers: A History and Registry of the Enola Gay and Other B-29s Configured to Carry Atomic Bombs. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland
& Company, 2005.

Lee, Bruce. Marching Orders: The Untold Story of World War II. New York: Crown Publishers, 1995.

Ng, Wendy. Japanese American Internment During World War II: A History and Reference Guide. Westport, Ct: Greenwood Press, 2002.

Tanaka, Toshiyuki. Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes in World War II. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press, 1996.

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Click the link for a list of full text journals available through our databases in:

• History - United States - General

VIDEOS

D 790 .A37 1995 African-Americans in WWII
D805.G3 N3 1993 Nazi Concentration Camps
D422 .P46 1998 v.10 People's Century: 1939, Total War
D767.2 .H6 A Tale of Two Cities
D 810 .W7 W74 1993 Women of Courage: The Story of the Women Pilots of World War II
E17 .B56 2000 A Biography of America Pt. 22 World War II: Total War

Updated 02/08/2007