World War I

• Reference Works

• Databases

• Internet Resources

• WWI in Art

• Subjects

• Research Tips

When beginning your research project on World War I, you will find the services of a librarian invaluable. The suggested electronic resources are available linked from here and from the Electronic Resources section of the library home page. Print resources are available in the PHC on campus collection or by mail to distance learning members of the PHC community. You may check out the location and availability of an item in the on campus collection through the online catalog, Voyager, accessed through the library home page.

Professional library assistance is available on campus, by phone at 541-441-8400, or by email at askalibrarian@phc.edu.

Databases

• JSTOR provides access to scholarly journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines, although acquisitions are subject to a moving inclusion date with the result that most articles are 3 - 5 years old or older.  This is usually not a problem in history research, but may be a problem if more current research is needed.
• ProQuest and Academic Search Premier have extensive collections of current articles from scholarly journal articles and newspapers. These databases are easy to navigate and allow users to limit searches to provide focused results. The sites also suggests alternative subject terms to use if a broader or narrower search is required.
• U S History in Video provides access to a number of videos in the World War I collection both from the war and as historically accurate recreations.

WWI in Art

• U. S. Military's collection of army art from WWI
• Collection of German WWI photographs showing the early enthusiasm for and later grim reality of war.

Research Tips

• Search by subject: Once you have located one item in the catalog, you may click on the subject term within the record to find other items on the same or similar, subjects.
• Once you locate an appropriate resource, potential valuable resources may be listed in the item's bibliography.
• Interlibrary loan (ILL): If you are unable to locate an item in the PHC online or on-campus collection, you may request resources through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). If you need assistance in using WorldCat, our ILL database, please contact the library.
• Zotero is a citation management system that will help you collect and organize your resources and then seamlessly create footnotes, endnotes, in-text citations, and bibliographies. You can download and watch online tutorials, but you may benefit from a librarian’s help in quickly learning how to use Zotero.

Citation assistance needed? Try OWL (Online Writing Lab).

Created: Dr. David Aikman/Walker, 2014. Reviewed: Aikman/Thornhill, 2015. Reviewed: Thornhill, 2016, 2017.