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History Research Guide: World War II

This research guide features resources and strategies for finding information and conducting research related to History.

Introduction

This page is intended to highlight some key library resources that will be helpful in locating primary and secondary information regarding World War II.

Resources

These resources should prove helpful in locating a range of articles and books addressing a range of topics on WWII history in areas such as women in the workforce, race relations during WWII, military history as well as other cultural and social themes.

Primary Source Resources

Primary Source

The following primary source collections are included in the AM Scholar database.

  1. America in World War II
  2. U.S. Declassified Documents Online
  3. World War II Studies

 

Select British Newspaper
These British newspaper collections are included in the Gale Primary Source database and are linked to separately here to highlight these specific resources.

  1. Associated Press Collections Online
  2. British Library Newspapers
  3. The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003
  4. The Times Digital Archive, 1785-2019

 

The following resources are other primary source options that provide unique access to a range of sources related to WWII history.

Book and Ebook Resources

While the library's general book search bar will search across all of the library's ebook holdings, below are some specific collections of physical and e-books that are specific to World War II.

1. ACLS Humanities Ebooks related to World War II

2. Broad search of books in the JFL relating to World War II