HIST B378 Germany Since 1815 

When conducting historical research:

FIRST. Use specialized encyclopedias, handbooks, guides, and textbooks to identify who, what, when, where, how and why.

SECOND. Use the references cited at the end of chapters or articles in textbooks, specialized encyclopedias, handbooks, and guides, and specialized bibliographies to identify the core scholarly research on your topic or research problem.

THIRD. Use databases and indexes to update core scholarly research with current scholarly material.

FOURTH. Identify and obtain as much primary source material as possible. A primary source documents first-hand accounts or first recordings of events. The historian using a number of such primary sources produces a secondary source. Examples of primary source materials include letters, diaries, memoirs, speeches, contemporaneous newspaper accounts, government documents, statistics, photographs, etc. Consult the History librarian for help in locating primary source materials.

Holocaust

Dictionary of the Holocaust: Biography, Geography, and Terminology (Reference D804.25 .E67 1997) provides concise biographic, geographic and terminological explanations with suggested readings.

Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, 3v, 2005 features traditional entries as well as human-interest essays, text of primary source documents, photographs, and maps.

Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, 4 vols. (Reference D804.3 .E53 1990) provides articles written by leading scholars and experts on the background, history, and impact of the Holocaust with references for further research.

Historical Atlas of the Holocaust (Reference G1797.21.E29 H5 1995) provides geographic details by country, ghetto, and camp with maps and accompanying text.

Historical Dictionary of the Holocaust (Reference D804.25 .F57 1999) includes an introductory historical essay, a chronology of events, concise definitions, and a selected bibliography of books for further research.

Holocaust: An Annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide (Reference D810.J4 H65 1985) provides annotated references to books, essays in books, and periodical literature.

Holocaust, Israel, and the Jews: Motion Pictures in the National Archives (Reference DS115.95.Z9 G45 1989) is a select list of the motion pictures on Jewish history with an emphasis on the Holocaust and the birth and early history of modern Israel.

Nazi Germany

Encyclopedia of the Third Reich, 2 vols. (Reference DD256.5 .G76313 1991) presents articles and bibliographies on the ideological language, key figures, significant organizations and treaties and the historical background of the German National Socialist period.

Nazi Era 1919-1945: A Select Bibliography of Published Works From the Early Roots to 1980 (Reference DD256.5 .K44 1982) includes a representative sample of books in twenty languages, but primarily in German and English, published from 1919 to 1980 on all aspects of the National Socialist system.

Nazism, Resistance and Holocaust in World War II:  A Bibliography (Reference D810.J4 L37 1985) includes an annotated, selected list of books primarily in English.

Who's Who in Nazi Germany (Reference CT1063 .W48 1982) provides a collection of compact biographies of nearly 250 individuals who were prominent or significant in the Third Reich with bibliographic references for additional research.

Academic Search Premier

• Millions of articles in more than 8,000 journals, with nearly 4,000 titles available full text
• Excellent for finding current articles in journals and magazines

JSTOR

• Find full text scholarly articles in journals prior to 2004
• Typically, coverage of a journal starts with its first issue and ends 2-7 years ago
• Remember to narrow by discipline and type of article to get fewer results

Military and Government Collection

• 400 magazines, scholarly journals, and pamphlets published by or of interest to military and government readers
• Includes articles on military and government topics from general news magazines with some full text

Web of Science

• Provides access to articles published in the 9,000 source journals from 1995 to present
• Corresponds to the Social Science Index and the Arts & Humanities Index

Identify and obtain as much primary source material as possible. A primary source documents first-hand accounts or first recordings of events. The historian using a number of such primary sources produces a secondary source. Examples of primary source materials include letters, diaries, memoirs, speeches, contemporaneous newspaper accounts, government documents, statistics, photographs, etc. Consult the History librarian for help in locating specific primary source materials.

Documents on German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945, 3 vols. (Government Publications S 1.82:C v. 4-5) includes documents captured from the archives of the German Foreign Ministry and the Reich Chancellery.

Documents on International Affairs, 1938-1946 (Reference D442 .S82) includes the text of  the main documents relating to German domestic and foreign policy.

Documents on Nazism, 1919-1945 (Stacks DD256.5 .N59 1975)

Speeches of Adolf Hitler (Stacks DD247.H5 A73 1969)

Trial of the major war criminals before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, 42 vols. (Stacks JX6731.W3 W4 1971)

Newspapers

Historical New York Times

The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985

General

Internet Modern History Sourcebook provides links to primary history source materials.

Special Collections

German Propaganda Archive (Calvin College) includes both propaganda itself and material produced for the guidance of propagandists.

The Holocaust is sponsored by the Internet Modern History Sourcebook and includes links to primary source materials related to the Holocaust.

National Socialism and World War II: Primary Documents provides access to primary source documents that have been transcribed, translated, or reproduced in facsimile.

Nazism is sponsored by the Internet Modern History Sourcebook and includes links to primary source materials related to National Socialism.

Nuremburg War Crimes Trials (Avalon Project at Yale Law School) includes page images from the Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 14 November 1945 - 1 October 1946.

Shoah (Holocaust): Primary Documents provided by Richard Hacken, European Studies Bibliographer, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum see especially the section Inside Research

The most frequently recommended style guide for history students is Kate Turabian's A Manual For Writers Of Term Papers, Thesis, And Dissertations. The latest edition of Turabian is located at the Service Desk (Reference LB2369 .T8 1996). A sample of Turabian style footnotes and bibliographic entries is available on the Web.