WORLD WAR II

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   Books on your topic may be found in the Online Catalog.  Check WebPath Express on the left to find
   already evaluated websites on many of the topics.
   E-books are online editions of print reference books. Information on World War II topics may be found
   in: 

  • Marshall Cavendish: 42 titles on a range of subjects, including animals and plants, geography, health, sciences, social studies, and world cultures.
     

  • ABC-CLIO History Reference Online: 475 titles related to history, politics, pop culture, geograry, science, technology, the environment, and other social studies topics.
     

  • Gale Virtual Reference Library: More than 300 titles on the arts, biography, business, education, the environment, history, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nations and the world, religion, science, and social sciences. You can search all Gale e-books simultaneously with PowerSearch.

  Electronic databases that should prove helpful are found in the Electronic Databases found on the
   media center page:
  

   Subject Directories:

About.Com
www.about.com

Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org

Librarians Index to the Internet
www.lii.org
  

   Evaluated Web Sites:

Decades in 20th Century America
http://www.aclibrary.org/teens/default.asp?topic=Teens&cat=Decadesin20thCenturyAmerica

American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html

Year by Year: 1900-2004
 http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html

Best of History Web Sites: 20th Century
http://www.besthistorysites.net/20thCentury.shtml

U.S. Army Center of Military History   (Includes Primary Sources)
http://www.history.army.mil/

HyperWar: U.S. Marine Corps in World War II  (Includes Primary Sources)
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/

HyperWar:  U.S. Navy in World War II    (Includes Primary Sources)
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/

HyperWar:  U.S. Army Air Force in World War II   (Includes Primary Sources)
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/index.html
  

   Primary Sources may also be found in the databases and:

American Memory
http://www.loc.gov/

Avalon Project
 http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/20th.asp
     

Works Cited

NoodleTools
http://www.noodletools.com

Rosenthal, Joe. Flag Raising on   Iwo Jima. Photograph.National Geographic Society, 2007. N. pag. Pictures/Getty Images. 7 Dec. 1941. 100 Days in
     Photographs. Ed. Nick Yapp, Douglas Brinkley, and Chris Johns. 100 Days in Photographs. 2009. National Geographic Society. 25 Mar. 2009
     <http://images.google.com/ NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/ Photography/Images/Content/pearl-harbor-100days-ga.jpg &imgrefurl=
     http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/ 100-days-phot>. 

Sinking of the U.S.S. West Virginia and Tennessee. 23 Feb. 1945. EyeWitness to History.com. 23Mar. 2009. Ibis Communications. 25 Mar. 2009
    <http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com iwoflag.htm>

 

 

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