LibGuides: US History: Exploring Demographic Groups in WWII America: Reference Sources

ONLINE REFERENCE DATABASES

African American Experience : The American Mosaic This link opens in a new window
Through primary sources and the lens of prominent scholars, this database gives voice to the African American experience from its African origins to the present day...Through daily content updates, this database keeps pace with the ongoing evolution of the African American story via the most current literature in the field.
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African-American History This link opens in a new window
Overview essays, biographies, primary sources, videos and slideshows, images, timelines, and maps and graphs in African-American history.
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American History This link opens in a new window
Overview essays, biographies, primary sources, images, timelines, and more in American political, military, social, and cultural history.
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American Indian History This link opens in a new window
Overview essays, biographies, events and topics, primary source documents, timelines, maps and charts, images and videos on the history of American Indians.
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Gale in Context: U.S. History This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive collection of reference sources, primary documents, periodicals, maps and multimedia.
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Issues & Controversies in History This link opens in a new window
Examines controversial issues in United States and world history, supported by nearly 2000 primary source documents from antiquity to the present.
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Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History This link opens in a new window
In-depth overview articles written, peer-reviewed, and edited by leading scholars. To cite an article in NoodleTools, choose Database: Original Content in Database.
Salem History This link opens in a new window
Includes the complete content of a number of print reference sets. Search individually or choose any number of these sets to search simultaneously. Sets include: Defining Documents, Great Events from History, Great Lives from History, and Milestone Documents. To cite a reference article, choose Database and Reference Source. On the template page, choose Original print information provided. For the URL, click Copy Permanent Link to article in left sidebar of your article.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600–2000 This link opens in a new window
Thousands of primary source documents and other resources in American women's history.

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REMEMBER: Print Reference books are found in the Reference Collection and are for use in the Library only.

GENERAL REFERENCE SOURCES FOR MULTIPLE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS

Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups
Call Number: Ref E184.A1 H35
ISBN: 0674375122
Publication Date: 1980
NOTE: Find lots of statistics in this source!
Immigrants in American History: Arrival, Adaptation, and Integration
Call Number: Online ebook only
ISBN: 1299104088
Publication Date: 2013
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WORLD WAR II ERA IN AMERICA

American Home Front in World War II Reference Library
Call Number: 4 vols (an online ebook)
ISBN: 0787693855
Publication Date: 2004
Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront This unique, four-volume set explains to students how mobilization for war and how wars themselves have altered the fabric of everyday life. Written by scholars in the fields of history, literature and the arts, sociology, law, political science and psychology, the encyclopedia places major American conflicts -- from the Colonial Wars through the War on Terrorism -- in the context of cultural and social events and conditions on the homefront. Articles include biographies and topics such as civil liberties, media, politics, popular culture, religion, memory and national identity, civic celebrations and monumental art, literature, the roles of women and minorities, veterans, science and technology, humor, and music.
Call Number: Ref 181 .A453 2005 4 vols (also an online ebook)
ISBN: 002865806X
Publication Date: 2004
The Forties in America
Call Number: Ref E174 1940 .N56 2011. 3 vols (also an online ebook)
ISBN: 1587656590
Publication Date: 2010
To cite an article in the ebook, choose Database and Reference Source. Use the ISBN number to cite the book. Choose Salem Press Online from the list of My Library's Databases. For the URL, click Copy Permanent Link to article in left sidebar of your article.
Social History of the United States
Call Number: Ref HN 57 .S622 2009 10 vols (also an online ebook)
ISBN: 1598841270
Publication Date: 2008
Each volume covers one decade of the 20th century: vol. 1 (1900s), vol. 2 (1910s), vol. 3 (1920s), etc.
To cite an article in the ebook, choose Database and Reference Source. On the ebook homepage, click on "Cite this eBook" to find the URL for the book. Use this URL in your citation.
This Is Who We Were: in The 1940s
Call Number: Ref HC106.33 .D47 2015 (also an online ebook)
ISBN: 1619257416
Publication Date: 2015
To cite an article in the ebook, choose Database and Reference Source. Use the ISBN number to cite the book. Choose Salem Press Online from the list of My Library's Databases. For the URL, click Copy Permanent Link to article in left sidebar of your article.

WORLD WAR II generally

History of World War II Encyclopedia
Call Number: REF D743 .H59 2004. 3 vols
ISBN: 0761474838
Publication Date: 2005
The Oxford Companion to World War II
Call Number: Ref D740 .O94 1995
ISBN: 0198662254
World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: Ref D767 .W68 2001
ISBN: 0815318839
Publication Date: 2001
World War II Reference Library
Call Number: 5 vols (an online ebook)
ISBN: 9780787691868
Publication Date: 2006
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World War II: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection
Call Number: D740 .E516 2016 5 vols (also an online ebook)
ISBN: 9781851099689
Publication Date: 2016
To cite an article in the ebook, choose Database and Reference Source. On the ebook homepage, click on "Cite this eBook" to find the URL for the book. Use this URL in your citation.

The Hulbert Taft, Jr. Library

US History: Exploring Demographic Groups in WWII America: Reference Sources

START YOUR RESEARCH WITH REFERENCE SOURCES

THINK ENCYCLOPEDIAS!

This will allow you to better understand where the specific information you find later fits in the bigger picture.

Make note of terms - also called KEYWORDS - relevant to your topic:

Examples: names of people; important dates; relevant legislation; words or expressions unique to your topic.

You can use these keywords when searching for secondary sources (books and journal articles) and primary sources.

Reference sources often contain bibliographies that lead you to secondary and primary sources.

Examples of Reference Sources: Encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, atlases, thesauruses, and indexes.

ONLINE REFERENCE DATABASES

If you have any questions, see
Mr. Previti, Mrs. Lovallo,
or Mr. Padgett

OR email us at

rpreviti@taftschool.org

blovallo@taftschool.org

spadgett@taftschool.org

We're here to help!

Scan pages from books and other print sources

including title page and back side of title page

and email the PDF to your Taft email

with

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PRINT and eBOOK REFERENCE SOURCES

REMEMBER: Print Reference books are found in the Reference Collection and are for use in the Library only.

GENERAL REFERENCE SOURCES FOR MULTIPLE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS

WORLD WAR II ERA IN AMERICA

WORLD WAR II generally

The Hulbert Taft, Jr. Library

US History: Exploring Demographic Groups in WWII America: Reference Sources

START YOUR RESEARCH WITH REFERENCE SOURCES

THINK ENCYCLOPEDIAS!

This will allow you to better understand where the specific information you find later fits in the bigger picture.

Make note of terms - also called KEYWORDS - relevant to your topic:

Examples: names of people; important dates; relevant legislation; words or expressions unique to your topic.

You can use these keywords when searching for secondary sources (books and journal articles) and primary sources.

Reference sources often contain bibliographies that lead you to secondary and primary sources.

Examples of Reference Sources: Encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, atlases, thesauruses, and indexes.

ONLINE REFERENCE DATABASES

If you have any questions, see Mr. Previti, Mrs. Lovallo, or Mr. Padgett

OR email us at

rpreviti@taftschool.org

blovallo@taftschool.org

spadgett@taftschool.org

We're here to help!

Scan pages from books and other print sources

including title page and back side of title page

and email the PDF to your Taft email

with

GENIUS SCAN

Get it from the App Store

PRINT and eBOOK REFERENCE SOURCES

REMEMBER: Print Reference books are found in the Reference Collection and are for use in the Library only.

GENERAL REFERENCE SOURCES FOR MULTIPLE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS

WORLD WAR II ERA IN AMERICA

WORLD WAR II generally

If you have any questions, see
Mr. Previti, Mrs. Lovallo,
or Mr. Padgett