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World War I Subject Guide
A pathfinder designed to educate people about World War One.
Electronic Resources
American History Online
American History Online provides comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the history of America and its people. American History Online is the ideal source for research on U.S. history, including its participation in World War I.
History Resource Center: World
Remote Access (use library card number)
History Resource Center: World seamlessly integrates 17 reference sources from Gale, Macmillan and Scribner, along with full-text articles from over 100 academic journals. Over 1,500 primary source documents, including some native language documents with new translations, from Primary Source Microfilm Collections are included, with a high percentage that never have been available electronically in the United States before. Historical news sources, 500 maps, 1,000 images, and statistical information.
World Wide Web Resources
First World War
http://www.firstworldwar.com/
The purpose of the First World War.com website is to provide an overview of the First World War. Material is general and the site itself is quite intuitive. Key topics such as major battles and participants are given ample coverage.
The Great War from PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/
“This is the companion site to PBS' program on World War One, it features an interactive timeline and maps and locations.”
The World War I Document Archive
http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/
“The document archive includes documents organized by year, a biographical dictionary, and an image archive.”
World War I: Trenches on the Web
http://www.worldwar1.com/
“World War I: Trenches on the Web is a very comprehensive site on the First World War. It features a rich online library and focuses primarily on the military aspects of the War.”
Print Resources
Reference
History of World War I Tarrytown, NY : Marshall Cavendish, c2002. Call # R 940.3 HIS
Pendergast, Tom World War I almanac Detroit, MI : U.X.L., c2002. Call # YA R 940.3 PE
Pendergast, Tom World War I primary sources Detroit, MI : U.X.L., c2001. Call # YA R 940.3 PE
World War I cumulative index / Allison McNeill, index coordinator Detroit, MI : U.X.L., c2002. Call # YA R 940.3 WO
Non Fiction
Bosco, Peter I. World War I New York, NY : Facts on File, c2003. Call # 940.3 BO
Fromkin, David Europe's last summer : who started the Great War in 1914? New York, NY : Alfred A. Knopf, c2004. Call # 940.311 FR
Massie, Robert K. Castles of steel : Britain, Germany, and the winning of the Great War at sea New York, NY : Random House, c2003. Call # 940.4594 MA
Meyer, G. J. A world undone : the story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918 New York, NY : Delacorte Press, c2006. Call # 940.3 ME
Pendergast, Tom World War I biographies Detroit, MI : U.X.L., c2002. Call # 940.3 PE
Preston, Diana Lusitania : an epic tragedy New York, NY : Walker & Company, c2002. Call # 940.451 PRE
World War I : opposing viewpoints / William Dudley, book editor San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1998. Call # 940.3 DU
Fiction
Boyden, Joseph Three day road : a novel New York, NY : Viking, c2005. Call # F BOY
Hemingway, Ernest A farewell to arms New York, NY : Scribner Paperback Fiction, c1995. Call # F HEM
Perry, Anne No graves as yet : a novel of World War I New York, NY : Ballantine Books, c2003. Call # F PER
Remarque, Erich Maria All quiet on the western front New York, NY : Fawcett Crest, c1958. Call # F REM
Shaara, Jeff To the last man : a novel of the First World War New York, NY : Ballantine Books, c2004. Call # F SHA
Turtledove, Harry The great war : American front New York, NY : Ballantine Pub. Group, c1998. Call # F TUR
Turtledove, Harry The great war : breakthroughs New York, NY : Ballantine Pub. Group, c2000. Call # F TUR
Educational Videos
The First World War 1914 - 1918 [videorecording] West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, c2008. Call # DVD 940.3 FIR
Sinking of the Lusitania [videorecording] : terror at sea Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, c2008. Call # DVD 940.451 SIN
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