World War, 1914-1918
European Powers in the First World War:  An Encyclopedia.  R.R. D 510 .E97 1996
Historical Dictionary of World War I.  R.R. D 510 .H65 1998
Almanac of World War I.  R.R. D 522.5 .B87 1998
Dictionary of the First World War.  R.R. D 510 .P66 1995
Biographical Dictionary of World War I.  R.R. D 507 .H47 1982

By Country
Historical Dictionary of the Third French Republic, 1870-1940.  R.R. DC 337 .H57 1986
Dictionary of Modern Italian History.  R.R. DG 545 .D53
Modern Encyclopedia Russian and Soviet History. R.R. DK 14 .M6
Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism.  R.R. D 217 .H57 1991
Modern Germany.  R.R. DD 14 .M64 1998

Topical
Dictionary of Art.  R.R. N 31 .D5 1996
New Grove dictionary of music and musicians.  Music Lib Ref ML 100 .N48 2001in paper as well.
Companion encyclopedia of the history of medicine. R.R. R 133 .E5 1993
Women in West European History:  Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries [a bibliogrpahy].  R.R. HQ 1587 .F7 v.2, 1914-1945.  You'll need to tease out appropriate items; does cover medicine, work, etc.
Women in World History [a biographical dictionary]. R.R. HQ 1115 .W62
International Historical Statistics, 1750-1993. R.R. HA 1107 .M5 1998
 

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B. To identify books, videos, journals, etc. owned by St. Olaf and Carleton, consult:

Sage and Muse

Once you have relevant subject headings identified, search Sage or Muse by subject to find the holdings on your topic in Northfield. Alternatively, if you know of a book on your topic, you can look it up in Sage by title or author, see under which subject headings it's listed, and then use those for a subject search.

 C.  For subject access to journals and newspapers, consult:

 Given the plethora of on-line, cdrom and paper indexes, it is critical that you carefully target an index which is likely to cover the appropriate journals which publish material on your topic. Additionally, you need to consider whether you want broad, general indexes which will give you a sampling of materials appearing in mainstream publications, or specialized indexes which will be comprehensive and focused. Listed below are a sample of the indexes to be found in the St. Olaf Libraries. If you can't find the type of materials you need, please consult a reference librarian to help you find your way through the maze.

• Expanded Academic ASAP Indexes articles in both popular magazines and academic journals, although the default is only for scholarly materials. Covers 1500 core titles, many back to the mid to late 1980s. Full text of articles often an option.

A complete list of indexes and databases is available through the Libraries' home page.   This includes online databases, CD-ROM products and indexes published in paper format. I have included a sampling here so that you can get an idea of the breadth available and because I believe they may be the most useful for your research.

• Historical Abstracts   The main starting point for historical research for the world except for  America and Canada. Don't skip this source. [The other option, when you get there, is America History and Life which covers the U.S and Canada.] I suggest you click on Advanced Search -- basic is so basic you'll miss things. The thesaurus is only available from the advanced site.
• Public Affairs Information Service [PAIS].   Indexes materials on contemporary public policy issues, ranging from global warming to human rights. Online version covers 1972 to date; paper version [R.R. H 96 .P8] begins in 1915.
• MLA International Bibliography   The major index to literature journals. Also covers articles in books. Subjects include literature, folklore, languages, and linguistics.
• Art Index   Indexes English-language art periodicals, plus museum bulletins, bibliographies, film reviews, and conference reports. Covers 1984 to the present.
• International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP), 1874 - present.
Indexes a wide variety of international music periodicals, some back to the late 1800s.
• Music Index  The major index to periodical literature in the field of music. Does not include abstracts. Online database covers 1979 - present.
•  JSTOR is an online, full-text database of scholarly articles.    It's great if articles appear here, but there is a 3-5 year lag before they do.  Rather than searching by keyword in this database, it is better to search a topical subject index (e.g. Historical Abstracts)  and then connect to JSTOR for the article if it appears there.  For HA, there are hotlinks to the specific article in JSTOR.  Project Muse is similar, although the time lag is not as great.

For St. Olaf holdings, check the Periodicals Title List ;  for Carleton holdings check Muse.  If the items are available at Carleton they may be requested electronically through the "request button" on the page); if at neither St. Olaf or Carleton, please order through the Library's home page and the  ILL form  available there.
 

To find authoritative websites, it is best to first launch a search from known sites.
As always, you must take care to evaluate your material. Who wrote/posted it? What are their credentials? Is the material from an academic source (scholarly publisher or .edu site on the web) or proprietary source (commercial publisher or .com site)? Is the material current for the topic? If a website, when was it last updated? Is that important? Etc. For more suggestions for evaluating websites, consult the list on the libraries' page:  Evaluating Web Sites

Scout Report     http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/archives
    Reviews of websites for academic purposes.  Searchable by keyword AND by Library of Congress Subject Headings!  A sample entry:
      The Aerodrome: Aces and Aircraft of World War I   http://www.theaerodrome.com/
                 This handsome site is a WWI aviation buff's dream. Users will find biographical information on all the major aces of
                the  war, organized by nationality. This includes rank, squadrons, victories, medals awarded, a photo, and a short
                account of  their war service. The other major portion of the site is the listing of aircraft used in the war, organized by
                country of origin. Plane information includes specifications, a short description, and a photo. Additional features at
                this site include a comprehensive bibliography, images and descriptions of medals awarded to airmen, a
                discussion forum, a modest collection of related links, and an internal search engine.
                         Publishers:     Aerodrome.
                         Subject Heading:
                             World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations.                 Airplanes, Military -- History
                             Air pilots, Military -- Biography.                                         Fighter planes -- History.
                             Aeronautics, Military -- History.
                          Date URL last verified: January 19, 2000                         Catalog data updated: January 29, 1998
                          Additional Information         Language: English               Resource Type: Graphics, Document, Bibliography, Database

Infomine  http://infomine.ucr.edu
    Websites "collected" by academic reference librarians from the University of California system.  A sample entry:
        1.  French Posters from World War I (on CD-ROM)
            All 284 posters in the Library of Congress French World War I collection are captured on CD-ROM along with full
            curatorial information. Posters were created to support the French war effort during World War I.
             A Library of Congress web page describes the French World I posters collection and tells how to access images online.
              local_ucr://location/Government Publications CD-ROM system, Rivera Library, UC Riverside/
            [ Terms leading to related resources ]    [ Audience:   Academic ]     [ Comment on this resource ]

Libraians' Index to the Internet  http://www.lii.org
    Aimed at public library patrons but for many topics, still relevent.  A sample entry:
      The Great War
          This World War I site includes history and analysis of the war; overviews of the battles of Gallipoli, Verdun, the Somme,
        and Passchendaele with excerpts from veteran's letters and audio interviews; a ten minute video showing film footage
        and photographs from the battlefields; and information on the Russian revolution, war memorials, and poets who died
        in the war.  Produced in 1998 by BBC News in observance of the 80th anniversary of the Armistice.
          http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/197437.stm
          Subject: World War, 1914-1918
          Created by: bc on Jan 17, 1999 - updated Aug 23, 2002 |

Others:
gallica: la biblioteque numerique    http://gallica.bnf.fr/
    Collection of documents from the Biblioteque nationale de France

Sourcebooks/Collected Editions
British documents on the origins of the war, 1898-1914.  1926.  [D505 .G68]
Historic documents of World War I.  1958.  [D505 .S7]
Readings in European international relations since 1879.  [D394 .C64]

Published Memoirs/Journals/Letters/Personal Accounts/Autobiographies/Collected Papers
Yashka.  [DK265.7.B68 A3 1919]  (personal narrative, Russian female)
The cross at the front; fragments from the trenches, by Thomas Tiplady.  [D524 .T57 1917 ]  (personal narrative, British male)

"Gems of the Times"
Vorgeschichte des waffenstillstandes.  Preliminary history of the armistice.  1924.  [D641.A3 G4]  [A translation was published in London, 1920, under title: History of events immediately preceding the armistice.]
L'argot de la guerre, d'après une enquête auprès des officiers et soldats. 1918.  [ PC3747.S7 D2 ]
[French language -- Slang.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Language.]
Collier's new photographic history of the world's war, including sketches, drawings and paintings made by artists
at the front. Photographs by the official photographers accompanying each army, collected and arranged by
Franics J. Reynolds and C. W. Taylor. 1918.  [D527.C69]
France. Ministère des affaires étrangère. The deportation of women and girls from Lille. [Translated textually
from the note addressed by the French government to the governments of neutral powers on the
conduct of the German authorities toward the population of the French departments in the occupation
of the enemy. With extracts from other documents, annexed to the note, relating to German branches of
international law during 1914, 1915, 1916. 1917?  [D639.D5 F8]
Le Chemin des Dames. [Michelin].  1920.  [D528.C5]

CONTEMPORARY POPULAR SOURCES

International Index to Periodicals. 1907-1965 R.R. A13 .R47
An index to more scholarly and less popular journals.

The Times (London).  At Carleton on microfilm.  The index reaches back to 1790.

Suggestions for materials to be included on this page should be emailed to: macphers@stolaf.edu. Thank you!