World War II and the Literary Experience Research Guide

Selected titles on the Holocaust and World War II

E-reference resources

Start at the library home page.

Select E-reference books by Title. Those listed below are recommended titles but additonal helpful online encyclopedias can be found under E-Reference Resources / History or Military History.

• A Dictionary of World History

• Encyclopaedia Judaica

• Oxford Companion to World War II

• Dictionary of Contemporary World History

• Dictionary of the Holocaust

Print books in reference collection (browse shelves for other titles)

• The encyclopedia of Jewish life before and during the Holocaust. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem; New York : New York University Press, 2001.

  Reference DS135.E8 E45 2001

• The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust / Israel Gutman, editor in chief. New York : Macmillan, 1990.

  Reference D804.3.E53 1990

Searching newspapers and magazines

Historical-- Articles from that era

• The Times Archives 1785-1985:  The London Times covers all major international historical events from the French Revolution to the Falkland War. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.

• Historical New York Times: a full-image archive that brings you the entire historical run of The New York Times, in-depth coverage of science and politics. It offers complete coverage from 1851 to the present with the exception of the most current two years.

• Readers' Guide Retrospective: Provides citations to most general-interest magazines published in the United States from the 1900s to 1970s.

Current -- Contemporary articles

• Academic OneFile (Gale) A good source for full-text articles, and abstracts and citations, from the world's leading journals, newspapers and magazines.With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.

• ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) Magazine, journal and newspaper articles.

Biography of literary writers

• Literature Online  Browse the Author Index, A to Z list.

• Literature Resource Center   Look for Dictionary of Literary Biography entries.