Research Resources for World War I
Dr. Clifford

Table of Contents

Basic Resources

Citing Sources

Subject Headings

Print Indexes and Abstracts

Research Guides

Basic Sources

Find books and other items in the library - including primary documents

• UNF Library Catalog - find books, journals, videos, government documents, etc. in the UNF library.
  There is a huge number of primary documents relating to World War I in the UNF Library. See the guide below.
• Other Online Library Catalogs -- local, state, national and international.
• Find primary sources in the UNF Library using the online catalog. Dr. Clifford has links to major Internet primary documents on World War I in Blackboard.
• Example of UNF Library primary document.
• Google Books -- full text of thousands of books. Many primary documents, books written in the 1800s. Full text of legislative hearings and other government documents.
• Google News Archives --- Information and FAQs
• NetLibrary -- digital copies of over 50,000 print books - many history books - FAQs | sign-up information.
  

Selected list of government documents containing primary documents

• United States Army in the World War 1917-1919 --- D114.8: - 2nd floor documents
• Foreign Relations of the United States -- by year -- S1.1:915 -- 2nd floor documents
• Foreign Relations of the United States, The Lansing Papers, 1914-1920 -- S1.1/c: - 2nd floor documents

Find articles in journals, magazines and newspapers

• Article Databases -- Find articles in journals and magazines -- login to access from off campus. More login information.
• Use America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts to find articles in journals and magazines - not much farther back than the 1960's. Use the Article Linker icon to link to full text or search the catalog for print copies.
• Use JSTOR to find full text articles in journals as far back as the 1800s.
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set -- Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes - 1817 to 1933 (and continuing to grow) -- all primary documents.

Citing Sources

• Clifford's Advice on Doing History Effectively
• Clifford's Advice on Notes
• Use RefWorks to automatically format your bibliography for you. Here are a couple of guides. RefWorks sign up information. UNF RefWorks Import Table. The RefWorks tutorial is excellent and fun.

A copy of Turabian's Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations and the Chicago Manual of Style are kept at the Reference Desk at all times, as well as other style manuals.

Subject Headings in the UNF Library Catalog -- Examples

• World War 1914-1918
• World War 1914-1918--France
• World War 1914-1918--Personal narratives
• World War 1914-1918--Causes
• World War 1914-1918--Trench warfare
• Lloyd George, David
• Wilson, Woodrow

Print Indexes and Abstracts
These cover a longer time span than most of the electronic indexes.

• An index is simply a list (by subject/alphabet) of basic information about articles found in magazines, journals, books, newspapers, etc. The information will include the article title, author, publication title, month/volume, day, page number, etc. That's called a citation.
• An abstract is exactly the same except that there is a short paragraph describing each article -- a summary.
• Once you have the citation, you'll use the library catalog to see if UNF has the journal, book, etc.

Combined Retrospective Index to Journals in History 1838 -1974
D1 .C18 Index/Abstract Collection - 3nd floor

• This multi-volume set covers all history subjects.
• Select your category and scan the alphabetical index. The year, volume and page numbers are immediately evident.
• The journals are listed by code number. The journal codes are found on the front and back inside covers.
• Use the UNF catalog to see if the Library has the journal and the year you need.

International Index: A guide to Periodical Literature in the Social Sciences and Humanities 1907 - 1974
AI3 .R49 Index/Abstract Collection

• This index and Readers' Guide (below) are arranged the same. Both are very easy to use. Authors and subjects are arranged in one alphabet.
• The list of journals indexed is listed on the inside front cover.
• Use the UNF catalog to see if the Library has the journal and the year you need.

19th Century Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature 1890-1899
AI3 . R47 Index/Abstract Collection

• Indexes mostly popular magazines.
• Authors and subjects are arranged in one alphabet.
• The list of periodicals indexed is on the inside front cover.
• Use the UNF catalog to see if the Library has the journal and the year you need.

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature 1900 - current
AI3 .R48 Index/Abstract Collection

• Readers' Guide indexes more popular magazines but it does cover some history journals.
• Authors and subjects are arranged in one alphabet.
• Book reviews are in a separate section after the main section.
• The list of periodicals indexed is on the inside front cover.
• Use the UNF catalog to see if the Library has the journal and the year you need.

Writings on American History 1902 - 1989
E171 .W7

• Use the Table of Contents to find your subject area.
• Use the Contents to find the page of Serials Cited to find the list of journals indexed.
• Use the UNF catalog to see if the Library has the journal and the year you need.

Research Guides

• Evaluating Electronic Resources
• Evaluating Internet Resources
• Finding Primary Sources in the UNF Library using the online catalog
• History Research Links - General information
• History Internet Resources -- Internet primary source links
• How to Find Book Reviews
• How to Find Both Sides of the Story
• How to Find Movie Reviews
• Logging in From Off Campus
• What is a Refereed/peer-reviewed Article?
• What is an Academic/Scholarly Journal?

Problems? Frustrated? Need help? My number is 620-2616 or 620-1532.
Email btuck@unf.edu

Some guides use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to access portable document files (pdf).