WEB SITES
Four web sites are listed first, followed by an A to Z list of additional sites.
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An annotated list of web sites on World War II. Be sure to check these sites if the web sites listed below do not cover your topic in enough detail. |
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From the Smithsonian Institute, select WW II from the menu. |
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A site "dedicated to World War II veterans and wives who served our country during the age that we now know as the World War II era. Many veterans and wives donated their time, stories, and artifacts to help create this interactive museum. Among those interviewed are Former Senator Bob Dole and nationally renowned historian Stephen Ambrose. This web-site is an effort to preserve untold stories of those who lived during the World War II era. It is our goal to preserve these oral histories before they are lost to the world forever.”
Includes timelines, interviews and photos of materials (including letters, telegrams, and World War II weaponry) submitted by veterans. |
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From the Avalon Project at Yale University: presents primary source documents on the war, including the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor: the U.S. Declarations of a State of War with Japan, Germany and Italy |
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Web Sites, A to Z |
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Among the materials at this Library of Congress site, are After the Day of Infamy (audio interviews with ordinary Americans after the Pearl Harbor attack) and World War II Military Situation Maps. |
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From the University of Washington: “ In the spring of 1942, just months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, more than 100,000 residents of Japanese ancestry were forcefully evicted by the army from their homes in Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona and Alaska, and sent to nearby temporary assembly centers. From there they were sent by trains to American-style concentration camps at remote inland sites where many people spent the remainder of the war. This exhibit tells the story of Seattle 's Japanese American community in the spring and summer of 1942 and their four month sojourn at the Puyallup Assembly Center known as " Camp Harmony ."
If you have difficulty connecting, type "Camp Harmony" in the search box . |
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The web site for PBS's American Experience Program: includes letters from home as well as accounts from men who landed on the beaches and the German soldiers who fought against them. |
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From the United Kingdom Imperial War Museum. “Find out about codes in wartime, how they were used and how the German Enigma code was broken during the Second World War." |
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This is the web site for a PBS Documentary about the 40,000 conscientious objectors who refused to fight in World War II. |
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The primary focus is the military history of the war. |
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This web site from the United Kingdom Imperial War Museum has a U.K focus. The exhibit " examines the use of propaganda during the main conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries.” |
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This web site from the Library of Congress features eight outstanding women reporting the war, including Dorothea Lange, Janet Flanner, and Claire Boothe Luce. |
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Reprinted from American Military History, Army Historical Series. |
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Books |
There is a preselected list of titles in the DHS Library on "World War II," see the DHS Library Catalog >click "Resources" in the left sidebar> choose "Public Lists" from the top right tab. Select "U.S. History--World War II." The list is also viewable under the "Categories" tab at the top of the catalog: click "U.S. History--World War II."
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ESSENTIAL SOURCES :
- REF 940.53 ONE World War II : A Student Companion, 1999.
Oxford Press: " includes biographical portraits of notable military and political leaders, analyses of significant battles and political events, details on military organizations, articles on war-related issues, and profiles of the key participating countries."
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FURTHER REFERENCE SOURCES
Titles are listed in Dewey Decimal Order and the most important are coded ***.
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- REF 305.4097 GOU Rosie and Mrs. America : Perceptions of Women in the 1930s and 1940s,
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REF 306.0973 BEA Beacham's Encyclopedia of Social Change : America in the Twentieth Century , 2001. ****
Focuses on more than forty social topics, arranged A to Z by topic, with a timeline and a chronological essay of changes over time. For each topic, there is information about what was happening during specific time periods. There is a detailed timeline in the back of the 3rd volume, plus a detailed index
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Arranged year by year, with essays on important events and developments. Consult the keyword index.
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Check the index and table of contents for topics.
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Consult the index in the back.
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Primary source information; the volumes are arranged chronologically.
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A pictorial history, each volume is devoted to a different period in American history.
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Primary source information; the volumes are arranged chronologically.
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Each volume is devoted to a different period in American history.
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- **** REF 973 ENC Encyclopedia of American History: , 2003.
Each volume covers a different time period, and the arrangment within each volume is A to Z for articles and biographies, with a chronology at the end of the volume.
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Databases |
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To see the main article, type " World War II " in the advanced search box to view the encyclopedia article.
See the sidebar on the left to navigate through the subtopics of the main article. The article includes some photos, videos and maps.
See the sidebar on the right to link to web sites, several other articles in World Book, magazine articles on the war, and more.
To access from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click HERE FOR OUT OF SCHOOL ACCESS . |
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Intended for research on most subjects at the high school level, with over 1100 periodical titles and a limited number of electronic books. Many of the articles include pictures and illustrations.
Not all the articles are "full-text," so check the box to limit articles to "full-text" only.
To access this database from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click here for HOME ACCESS. You will need to select Infotrac Student Edition Database from the database list, once you are logged in. |
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- Think of terms to use as keywords for your topic: "World War II ," "Internment Camps," " Homefront," "'D-Day" etc.
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- Explore subjects and subcategories by clicking the SUBJECT TAB at the top of the search page to "browse" a subject and explore its subheadings and related terms.
- Improvise as you go: look for new keywords or subject tags in the articles you find. You may find it helpful to look for keywords to describe your topic in the books on the period listed above..
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- Not all the articles in this database are "full-text," so check the box to limit articles to "full-text" only.
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- Be patient : if the first few results don't look of interest, keep reading down the page!
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- Layout, help with searching: see HELP BOX at top of page + watch for TABS at the top of the page + DROP-DOWN MENUS next to SEARCH BOXES + SIDEBAR SEARCH SUGGESTIONS next to RESULTS.
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- USE TABS WHEN RESULTS COME BACK : Articles are grouped by type of material; use the tabs to move from one type of material to another.
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- MAGAZINES TAB > articles from general interest magazines.
- NEWS TAB >articles from many newspapers and newswires (but not all the articles in the New York Times or any articles in the Boston Globe , which must be searched separately in other DHS databases).
- MULTIMEDIA TAB >includes transcripts and podcasts, usually from National Public Radio.
- ACADEMIC JOURNALS TAB >includes articles from peer-reviewed and academic journals.
- BOOKS TAB >may also have material of interest,including reference material.
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To search for a specific person, bullet "Start of Last Name." Type last name FIRST in the search box. Click tabs to move from reference book material to magazines or web sites. Click over citations retrieved to open to full-text.
Use the TABS to move between result types: the "Biographies" tab contains full-text excerpts from reference sources; there are often web site suggestions and periodical articles under the "Websites" and ""Magazine Articles" tabs.
An Infotrac database. To access from home, have your Dedham Public Library card handy, and click HERE FOR OUT OF SCHOOL ACCESS . |
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Last Updated 3/28/08/L.Davies
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