General
Dictionary of the Second World War / REF D 740 W47 1990
Oxford Companion to World War II / REF D 740 O94 1995
Rand McNally Encyclopedia of World War II / REF D 740 R36 1970
World War II in Europe, Africa and the America with General Sources / REF D 743.42 W67 1997
World War II Almanac / REF D 743.5 G64 1982
Encyclopedia of the Third Reich / REF DD 256.5 G76313 1991
Historical Atlas of World War 2 / REF G 1038 P55 1995
Atlas of the Second World War / REF G 1038 Y6 1974
Bibliographies
American Diaries / REF CT 214 A74
Nazi Era, 1919-1945 / REF Z 2241 N27 K43 1982
British Foreign Policy, 1918-1945: A Guide to Research and Research Materials / REF DA 578 A57 1984
British Autobiographies / Ref Z 2027 A9M3 1968
Women in Context: Two Hundred Years of British Women's Autobiographies / REF HQ 1593 A3 K35 1997
English Fiction, 1900-1950 / Ref Z 2014 F4R5
Primary Sources in European Diplomacy, 1914-1945: A Bibliography of Published Memoirs and Diaries / Ref D 443 M395 1987
Women in Western European History: A Select Chronological, Geographical and Topical Bibliography / Ref HQ 1586 F73 1982
Modern England, 1901-1970 (Conference on British Studies Bibliographical Handbooks) / Ref Z 2020 H38
A Guide to the Sources of British Military History / Ref Z 2021 M5 H54
The Second World War and the Atomic Age, 1940-1973 / REF Z 1245 C76
The War Against Japan, 1941-1945 / REF D 767.9 S29 1989
World War II and Its Origins / REF Z 6207 W B58
World War II: The European and Mediterranean Theaters / REF D 756 S573 1984
Selected Bibliography on Modern French History, 1600 to the Present / Ref Z 2176 B68
American Historical Association Guide to Historical Literature / Ref Z 6201 A55
The Third Reich, 1933-1945: A Bibliographic Guide to German National Socialism / REF DD 256.5 S69 1987
Foreign Affairs Bibliography / REF Z 6463 F73 1942/1952
Statistical and Electoral Information
International Historical Statistics Europe, 1750-1988 / Ref HA 1107 M5 1992
Abstract of British Historical Statistics / Ref HA 1135 M5
Monitoring the World Economy, 1820-1992 / Ref HC 54 M255 1995
Economic Statistics, 1900-1983: United Kingdom, United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, Japan / Ref HC 106 L68 1985
British Political Facets, 1800-1994 / Ref JB 231 B8 1994
International Almanac of Electoral History / Ref JF 1001 M17 1991
International Military and Defense Encyclopedia / Ref U 24 I58 1993
Wages of War, 1816-1965: A Statistical Handbook / Ref U 21.2 S57
Guides to British Official Publications
(Note: many of these are at the Alexander Library in New Brunswick and available via Intralibrary Loan)
British Official Publications / Ref Z 2009 P45 1971
A Guide to Parliamentary Papers / Ref Z 2003 A1 F6 1972
Serial Publications in the British Parliamentary Papers, 1900-1968 / Ref Z 2009 R63
Use these subject headings when looking for books in IRIS, the Rutgers Libraries Catalog:
Be aware that items at the Alexander Library in New Brunswick purchased before c. 1970 and not checked out since then are not included in IRIS. We have a copy of their old card catalog from c. 1970 on microfilm. Ask at the Reference Desk for more information.
When using IRIS try using the keyword search option. If your topic does not concern the war itself but something that would have been happening while the war was going on do not use the subject headings above. Instead use your topic as search terms, for example "education women france" or "war correspondents radio."
Two other catalogs may be useful in locating resources for your paper. Both will include some primary sources. You can request items from these catalogs on interlibrary loan.
The library has several journal indexes available. The best index for you will depend on your topic. Some of the general indexes that are likely to be relevant are:
Contemporary Journals and Indexes
To locate primary sources in newspapers or magazines, use the following indexes:
This is a selected list of American journals in the library for relevant years.
This is a selected list of British journals in the library for relevant years; all are on microfilm:
The primary index to U.S. goverment documents in the GPO Index (on INFO). If you wish to browse the government document shelves at Robeson Library you might start with a series, such The US Army in World War II (DOCUS D 114.17). For primary source documents the following indexes may be helpful:
Materials in the U.S. Documents collection do not appear in the IRIS catalog. Use the documents indexes to locate the documents (SUDOC) number for the items you want. Other than census or treaty materials the Robeson Library documents collection has few items printed prior to the 1960's. The law library on campus will have congressional documents. Other documents can be ordered from other Rutgers Libraries or on Interlibrary Loan.
There are some sources in the Robeson Library which may be useful, most especially the following:
Trial of the major war criminals before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946 / KZ 1176 T748 1995 (42 vols)
The law library has legal materials from all of the major powers involved in the war. Legal materials are published in the country's native language. Thus only U.S. and British materials will be in English. If you would like some assistance in finding out what the law library has, talk to a librarian at Robeson or at the law library.
British and American History (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/socsci/hist/amhist.html)
World War II: Rutgers University Class of 1942's Oral History Archives of WWII (http://history.rutgers.edu/oralhistory/orlhom.htm)
WWII docs from Wiretap(gopher://wiretap.spies.com:70/11/Gov/US-History/WWII)
World War II Resources : Primary source materials on the Web. Original documents regarding all aspects of the war. From UNC (http://sunsite.unc.edu/pha/)
WORLD WAR II - Stories from the Last Great War: "The focus of this site is on the historic accounts of the war given by those who
lived through it." This includes military as well as civilians. (http://members.tripod.com/~Memory_WWII/main.html)
World War II-U-Boats, 1939-1945 (http://uboat.net/)
World War II-Japanese Navy in World War II (http://www.skypoint.com/members/jbp/kaigun.htm)
World War II Poster Collection--Northwestern University (http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters/)
World War II Propaganda Posters: American (http://www.openstore.com/posters/)
Pre-World War II Propaganda Posters (http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/propagnd/propagnd.html)
Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters: Exhibit of photographs and articles written by female journalists in Europe during WWII (http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html)
WESSWeb: Western European Studies (http://viva.lib.Virginia.EDU:80/wess)