WWII

= World War II Presentations =

See cart for some selected materials, but also explore nonfiction (regular and **Reference** which is located near the middle tables marked with an "**R**") and the [|Destiny catalog] (for our library) and the branches of the [|Chester County public libraries].
 * __ Print Resources __**


 * World War II materials are generally found on the nonfiction shelves under Dewey numbers **940.53 through 940.54** ; however, more specific events (including battles) may be found elsewhere in Nonfiction. Search the Destiny catalog for more info.
 * There are a number of print materials on the Holocaust, especially in **R**eference. (Check 940.53)
 * U.S. History during the 1930s -- 940.917
 * U.S. History during the 1940s -- 940.918

(Click links to go through Stoga.net/ CHS Research Databases)** **__ABC-Clio__ has some great __images__!**
 * __Databases__

[|ABC-Clio American History] (If you are asked for username/password for ABC-Clio, use **69986user** for both username & password.) [|ABC-Clio Modern Era] [|ABC-Clio U.S. at War] [|Facts on File American History] [|Issues & Controversies in American History] [|SIRS] -- use the search box OR try the **Decades** link (orange) [|Gale Virtual Reference Library] -- When you get to the search page, go to "__Or search a publication below__" and click the "__+__" sign next to __History__ category. **Suggested e-titles to browse and search:**


 * American Decades
 * American Decades Primary Sources
 * World War II Reference Library

[|United Streaming] (Videos) -- bottom of CHS Databases webpage

**__Web Resources__**

[|United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections] [|The National World War II Museum] [|The Price of Freedom: Americans at War (Smithsonian)] [|Famous Trials: Nuremberg] [|Nuremberg] (US Holocaust Mem Museum) [|The History Channel: World War II] [|D-Day] (PBS) [|Amazing Stories: History] (look at ones labeled World War II) [|HyperWar] (hypertext history of WWII with diplomatic/political docs) [|BBC Online]--WWII in-depth (from British perspective) [|Yale]--Avalon Project: WWII documents [|Pearl Harbor Working Group History Ring] (__not__ limited to Pearl Harbor info) [|Normandy] [|Iwo Jima] [|Midway] [|Battle of the Bulge] [|Battle of Stalingrad] [|Remember.org] (Holocaust) [|The Holocaust--Crimes, Heroes and Villains] WWII posters--[|Northwestern] and [|National Archives] [|Women Who Came to the Front] (Library of Congress) [|People's Century] (PBS) ---check episodes from Master Race (1933) through Boomtime (1948) [|Map Collections] (Library of Congress)