Earthstation1: the internet's #1 audio/visual archive. Look here for:
Historical Sights and Sounds, WWII Sights and Sounds, Iva Toguri ("Tokyo Rose") Broadcasts, Winston Churchill's Wartime Broadcasts, Radio Propaganda Broadcasts , Propaganda Poster Pictures
and many more!

US Army Center for Military History; a searchable website covering many different aspects of the US Army

Dictionaries, Atlases etc

Browse in the Reference Collection at 355, 903 and 904.7
for reference tools dealing with general history, warfare, battles etc. A few examples are:

Ref 904.7 C455d
Chandler, D. Dictionary of battles: the world's key battles from 405 BC to today. 1987.

Ref 909.8G624w
Goldstein, E.Wars and peace treaties 1816-1991. 1991.

Ref/904.703/L163b
Laffin, J. Brassey's battles: 3,500 years of conflict, campaigns and wars from A-Z. 1986.

Ref /909.8203 P173p.4 (also in Main Collection )
Palmer, A. The Penguin dictionary of twentieth-century history. 4th ed. 1992.

355.009 P239c
Parker, G. Cambridge illustrated history of warfare: the triumph of the West. 1995

Ref/355.03/P248e
Parkinson, R. Encyclopedia of modern war. 1977.

Ref/904.709403 S974d
Sweetman, J. A dictionary of European land battles from the earliest times to 1945. 1984.

Ref /306.03 S799e
Encyclopedia of social history. ed. P. Stearns. 1994

Searching for journal articles

The following electronic data bases are available behind the Infromation desk.
Some are also available via the Internet, via the Library's Electronic Reference Library (ERL),
or to PC users via Dewey.

Ref/905/H5
Historical abstracts. 1955- Part B 1914-
Does not include the USA.

Expanded Academic Index 1980-
Broad interdisciplinary index, some article with full text. Good for book and film reviews

PCI (Periodicals contents index ) 1800-1990
Good for contemporary coverage of wars, reviews of books and films, etc

APAIS : Australian Public affairs information service. 1978-
Included in the AUSTROM database.

The following very important indexes are still only available in paper form in the
REFERENCE COLLECTION.

Ref 973.05 A512
America: history and life 1964-

Ref 791.405 F487
Film literature index. 1973-

Bibliographies

Ref 943.0016/S559g
Showalter, D.E. German military history, 1648-1982: a critical bibliography.1984.

Ref/355.0942/H638g
Guide to the sources of British military history. ed. R. Higham. 1972.
Ref 355.0942/H638g/suppl 1
Jordan, G. British military history ; a supplement to Robin Higham's Guide to the sources. 1988.

Ref 901.6 B628r
Revolutions and revolutionaries: a comprehensive guide to the literature. 1982.

World war 1914-1918

There are a large number of WWI reference tools to be found at Ref/ 940.3. Have a browse! A few examples are:

Ref 940.3
B886i Bruce, A. An illustrated companion to the first World War. 1989

Ref 920 H565b
Herwig, H.H. Biographical dictionary of World War I. 1982.

Ref/940.3016/E59s
Enser, A. G. S. Subject bibliography of the First World War: books in English 1914-1978. 1979.

Ref/940.3016/F16/1989
Falls, C. War books: an annotated bibliography of books about the Great War. new ed. 1989.

WWW resources

Trenches on the web

World War I Document Archive

Great War

French Posters from World War I: A collection of posters held in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. The database contains 284 posters created by French artists to support the war effort in World War I, and is organised by subject with detailed descriptions of each image.
Electronic Data Base. Behind Infornmation desk.

World War 1939-1945

There are a large number of WWII reference tools to be found at Ref/ 940.53. Have a browse!

Also have a look at my web pages for
Fascism and National Socialism and
The Holocaust

Ref/940.53/E56
Historical encyclopedia of World War II. 1977.

Ref 940.53016 E59sub
Enser, A. G. S. A subject bibliography of the Second World War, and aftermath: books in English, 1975-1987 c1990

Ref/920/W6299
Who was who in World War II. 1978.

WWW resources

WW II Propaganda posters

Oral history archives of World war II

Mississippi State University Historical Text Archive: World War II

Cold War and Korean War

Ref/327.73047/B627o
Black, J. L. Origins, evolution and nature of the Cold War: an annotated bibliographic guide. 1986.

Ref 327.09 F829c
The Cold War, 1945-1991, ed. Benjamin Frankel 3 vols.1992.

Ref/951.9042016 M143k
McFarland, K. D.The Korean War, an annotated bibliography, 1986

WWW resources

Korean War Project

David Price's Cold War hot links

In from the cold: DoD Cold war cultural newsletter

Vietnamese Conflict

Browse thoroughly at Ref/959.704

Ref/959.704016/B967a
Burns, R. D The wars in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, 1945-1982: a bibliographic guide. 1984.

Ref 959.704 O52v
The Vietnam War: handbook of the literature and research. 1993.

Ref and main collection 071.3 W114v
Voices from the underground. ed. K. Wachsberger. 2 vols. 1993

Ref 810.9 B985a
Butler, D. A. American women writers on Vietnam : unheard voices : a selected annotated bibliography 1990

on order for Ref
Tucker, S. C. Encyclopedia of the Vietnam war : a political, social and miliatary history. .1998

WWW resources

Vietnam War Research Page

Japan

Ref/952.003 K76j
Japan : an illustrated encyclopedia [compiled by Kodansha] 1993.

WWW resources

A-Bomb WWW Museum

Peace

Ref/327.17203/P328w
World encyclopedia of peace. ed. L. Pauling. 4 vols. 1986.
Volumes 1-2 have entries on individuals, events and concepts.
Vol.3 contains the text of 39 treaties concluded between 1919 and 1981.

Ref/327.1720922.J83b
Biographical dictionary of modern peace leaders. ed. H. Josephson. 1985.

Ref/327.174/B967a
Burns, R. D. Arms control and disarmament: a bibliography. 1977.

ART

General dictionaries and encyclopedias of art will be found at Ref 703. e.g.

Ref/703 T948d
Dictionary of art. ed Jane Turner.34 v.1996.

Ref/703/E56
Encyclopedia of World art. 15 vols. 1959.

Indexes

Art Index 1984-
Ref/705/A776 Art Index. 1929-

JOURNALISM

Ref/920/M157b
Biographical dictionary of American journalism. ed. J.P. McKerns
(see list of war correspondents p781-782)

Ref/920/D548
Dictionary of literary biography
v.25 American newspaper journalists 1901-1925. ed. P.J. Ashley 1984.
v 29 American newspaper journalists 1926-1950. ed. P.J. Ashley1984.
v.91 American magazine journalisrts, 1900-1960.
v.137 American magazine journalisrts, 1900-1960.

Ref/05/N53y
New York Times Index. 1851-

Ref/05/T58a
Times index. 1785-
Electronic data base Palmer's index to the Times 1790-1905
Electronic data base BNI : British newspaper index 1990-

WWW resources

Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II.
An online exhibition at the Library of Congress

LITERATURE

A few Reference bibliographies are listed below.
Additional works can be located by using the catalogue.
A particularly useful way to search is by using Option 6 to search the terms war and literature .

General

Ref/808.0358/D731w
Dougall, L. War and peace in literature: prose, drama and poetry which illuminate the problem of war. c1982.

Ref/808.83/H333t
Hartman, D. K. Themes and settings in fiction: a bibliography of bibliographies. 1988.

823.09/B849n
Brians, P. Nuclear holocausts: atomic war in fiction 1895-1984. 1987.

World War I

Ref/823.09/H144n
Hager, P.E. The novels of World War I: an annotated bibliography. 1981.

Ref/821.9109/R362e
Reilly, C.W. English poetry of the First World War: a bibliography. 1978.

World War II

Ref 823.09 T239n
Taylor, Desmond The novels of World War II: an annotated bibliography. 1993.

Ref/821.9109/R362es
Reilly, C.W. English poetry of the Second World War: a biobibliography. 1986.

Vietnam

Ref/810.9/N553v
Newman, J. Vietnam War literature: and annotated bibliography of imaginative works about Americans fighting in Vietnam. 1982.

Ref 810.9/W832w
Wittman, S.M. Writing about Vietnam: a bibliography of the literature of the Vietnam conflict. c1989.

Ref/810.9 J39v
Jason, Philip K. Vietnam War in literature: an annotated bibliography of criticism. 1992

810.9 B985a
Butler, Deborah A. American women writers on Vietnam: unheard voices : a selected annotated bibliography 1990

Ref/071.3
Wachsberger, K. Voices from the underground: A directory or resources and sources on the Vietnam era underground press.
(vol. 2) 1993. Vol. 1: Insider histories of the Vietnam era underground press is in main collection

on order for Ref
Hillstrom, K. The Vietnam experience : a concise encyclopedia of American literature, songs, and films 1998

Indexes and Abstracts

MLA International bibliography 1963-
Brilliant for searching for combined concepts such as
women / war / literature or peace / literature / Germany

MOTION PICTURES

Reference books on films will be found at Ref 791.4... The most useful are listed below.

Ref 791.4303/M167
Macmillan dictionary of films and filmmakers. 5v. 1984-87.
Articles in vol.1, Films, include a synopsis of the film with credits and cast and extensive references to articles about the work : in vol.2, Film-makers, include biography, list of films and references to articles about the person.
Vol.5 is a title index to the articles in vols 2-4 (a bold entry means there is also an individual entry for the film in volume 1). Most of the films/directors covered in this course, with the exception of the most recent, are mentioned.

Ref 791.43092/W149w
Wakeman, John World film directors. 1987-88. 2v.
Biographical articles, include appraisal of films followed by a list of films and of articles about them.

Ref 791.4309 K96w
Kuhn, A. Women in film: an international guide. 1990.

Ref 791.4016 M268f
Manchel, F. Film study : an analytical bibliography. v1. - 1990-

Ref 791.4016/W439l
Welch, J.E. Literature and film: an annotated bibliography, 1909-1977. 1981.

Ref 791.4365803/L284e
Langman, L. Encyclopedia of American war films. 1989.
Gives a synopsis of the films but no references to articles about them.

Finding journal articlesRef/ 791.405 F487

Ref/ 791.405 F487
Film literature index .1973-
This provides the only comprehensive coverage of film journals.

MUSIC

Discs, printed music, reference tools, data bases, books and journals about music and musicians are located in the
Performing Arts Library on Kintore Avenue. Holdings are indicated in the computer catalogue.
However, the BSL still holds a copy of:

Ref 780.3/G88n
New Grove dictionary of music and musicians. ed. S. Sadie. 20v. 1980.

Performing Arts Reference 718.599 A752
Arnold, B. Music and war : a research and information guide. 1993

PHILOSOPHICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS ASPECTS

Ref/901.03/D554
Dictionary of the history of ideas. 5 vols. 1973.

Ref/303/E56
Encyclopaedia of the social sciences. 15v. 1930-35.

Ref/303/I61
International encyclopedia of the social sciences. 18 vols. 1968.

Ref/103/E56
Encyclopedia of philosophy. 8 vols. 1967.

Ref/282.03 N532
New Catholic encyclopedia. 15 vols. 1967

Ref/291.03 E42e
Encyclopedia of religion. 16 vols. 1987.

Searching for journal articles

Ref/105/P5675
Philosopher's index.
Also availble as an Electronic Data Base behind the Information desk.
Useful for searching combined subjects such as war / ethicsor a particular philosopher's thoughts on war.

WOMEN

Ref/305.4016//F893w
Frey, L. Women in Western European history.
v2. Nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
and Ref/305.4016/F893w/suppl First supplement

Ref/940.3150304.2/W388w
Wedborn, H. Women in the First and Second World Wars: a checklist of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace. 1988.

WWW Resources

H-Minerva Women and the military, women and war

BOOK REVIEWS

For more detail see Chris Smith's Guide to Finding Book Reviews on the LIS.

PCI (Periodical Contents Index) 1800-1980

Expanded Academic Index 1980-

Ref/011.05/B72
Book review digest. 1927-

Ref/011.05/B72
Book review index. 1965-

Ref/028.1/F219c
Combined retrospective index to book reviews in scholarly journals 1886-1974. ed. E. I. Farber. 15 vols. 1979-82.

USEFUL CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS FOR BROWSING IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION

100 Philosophy
305.4 Women
320 Politics
327 Foreign relations (including peace etc)
355 Military science
703 and 709 Art
791.4 Motion pictures
809 General literary history and criticism
810-819 American literature
820-829 English literature
911 Historical atlases
920 Biography
940.3 World War I
940.53 World War II
943 Germany
959.704 Vietnam War
973 American History

USING THE CATALOGUE

The library holds some very useful materials for your various tutorial discussions and other pieces of research.
The catalogue is your key to these riches.

Option 6 is a very efficient means of searching. Try combinations of terms such as:
WAR PERSONAL NARRATIVES (add another term if you want a specific war. Even a date such as 1914 or 1945 will narrow the search very effectively)
WAR SOCIAL ASPECTS
WAR WOMEN
WAR ART
WAR LITERATURE
WAR MOTION PICTURES
EUROPE HISTORY MILITARY

Option 7 is for LC subject headings.
Useful ones to remember are
MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE
WAR -- PHILOSOPHY
and headings for specific wars, events and periods

Use Option 5 for very specific keyword searches.