The War to End All Wars |
Scope: This guide is intended to help anyone interested in learning more about World War I. It is based upon items that are owned by the Metropolitan Library System. There are many resources available to help start the research process: books, periodicals, videos, vertical files and Internet sources. To aid in your search, log on to CyberMars with your library card to reserve any titles that interest you, or ask a librarian for assistance. To return to the Research Guide page, click here.
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| A. Introduction |
As anyone can see by the subject headings listed below, World War I is a broad and diverse topic. From the underlying causes of imperialism to tanks and trenches, planes and poison gas to the treaty of Versailles and the causes of World War II, just about anyone can find an aspect of World War I to fit their interests.
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| B. Subject Headings and Shelf Numbers |
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918 - Aerial Operations
- World War, 1914-1918 - African Americans
- World War, 1914-1918 - Armistices
- World War, 1914-1918 - Atrocities
- World War, 1914-1918 - Biography
- World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns
- World War, 1914-1918 - Causes
- World War, 1914-1918 - France - Art and the War
- World War, 1914-1918 - Germany
- World War, 1914-1918 - Naval Operations
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- World War, 1914-1918 - Personal Narratives
- World War, 1914-1918 - Pictorial Works
- World War, 1914-1918 - Posters
- World War, 1914-1918 - Soviet Union
- World War, 1914-1918 - Supplies
- World War, 1914-1918 - Trench Warfare
- World War, 1914-1918 - United States
- World War, 1914-1918 - Video Recordings
- World War, 1914-1918 - Women
- Browse Call Numbers - 940.3 - 940.5
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| C. Frequently Mentioned Texts |
- The World Crisis: an Abridgment of the Classic 4-volume History of World War I by Sir Winston Churchill
- An illustrated history of the First World War by John Keegan
- The First Air War by Lee Kennett
- Harlem 's Hell Fighters by Stephen Harris
- Great Battles of World War I by Anthony Livesay
- The Road to Verdun by Ian Ousby
- The Doughboys: America and the First World War by Gary Mead
- Bohemian Paris : Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and the Birth of Modern Art by Dan Franck
- The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
- Great Poets of World War I: Poetry from the Great War by Jon Stallworthy
- A Naval History of World War I by Paul Halpern
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| D. General References, e.g. Guides, Encyclopedia, or Dictionaries |
- Almanac of World War I
- A Military Atlas of the First World War
- The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War I
- World War I: a Visual Encyclopedia
- Collier's Photographic History of the European War: Including Sketches and Drawings Made on the Battlefields
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| E. Magazines or Newspapers |
- Newspapers from 1914-1918 on microfilm. The Downtown Library has the New York Times and Daily Oklahoma from this time period.
- Magazines from the time period. The Downtown Library has Harper's, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and Ladies Home Journal from this time period.
- Search the EBSCO Host database for pictures and articles about World War I.
- Vertical files that contain newspaper clippings and other items. Search for the subject heading World War One.
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| F. Internet Resources |
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| G. Other Media, e.g. Video, Audio |
- "Great War, World War I" (6 Video Series) Includes the videos
- Aftermath
- By Air and By Sea
- From Mons to the Somme
- Military command
- Prelude to Battle
- Tide Turns
- "The Doughboys: Heroes of WWI" (Video)
The history of World War I and the American involvement in it, through rare film footage found in government archives.
- "The Great War: Classical and Popular Selections from the Time of World War I" (Sound Recording)
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S. Williamson |
November 2004 |