Find books using the library search box.

The library search box only searches the library record for each book, not the full text of the book. To search the full text of books, use Google Books. This is especially helpful when searching for obscure people, places, or concepts.

For a 400-level class, it's normal to request books from other libraries via interlibrary loan. Usually, the books you request are books that you saw listed in citations. However, you might also want to use WorldCat to search for books at other libraries.

At Simpson Library, search for books tagged with this subject heading:

World War, 1914-1918

Some of these books are tagged with this subject heading plus a subject subdivision, such as World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal Narratives. Here's a complete list of subject subdivisions.

Some of these books are e-books and some are print books. Most of the print books about WWI are shelved together on the third floor, between the call numbers D 501 and D 680. Within this range, try browsing these areas:

• D 501: Periodicals, serials
• D 502: Societies
• D 503: Museums. Exhibitions, etc.
• D 504: Congresses, conferences, etc.
• D 505: Sources and documents
• D 507: Biography
• D 509: Collected works
• D 510: Dictionaries
• D 511 – 520: Causes, origins, aims
• D 521: General works
• D 522: Pictorial works
• D 522.22: Films, slides, etc. Catalogs
• D 522.23: Motion pictures about the war
• D 522.25: Posters
• D 522.27: Collectibles
• D 522.4: Study and teaching
• D 522.42: Historiography
• D 522.5: Outlines, syllabi, tables, etc.
• D 522.6: Examinations, questions, etc.
• D 522.7: Juvenile works. Elementary textbooks
• D 523: General special
• D 524: Ethical and religious aspects. Prophecy
• D 524.5: Psychological aspects
• D 524.6 – 524.7: Social aspects
• D 525: Pamphlets, addresses, sermons, etc.
• D 526 – 526.7: Satire, caricature, etc.
• D 527.8: Commemorative ribbons, etc.
• D 528: Guides to the battlefields
• D 528.5: Beginnings of the war. Mobilization, etc.
• D 529 – 578: Military operations
• D 580 – 589: Naval operations
• D 590 – 595: Submarine operations
• D 600 – 607: Aerial operations
• D 607.3: Engineering operations
• D 608: Tank operations
• D 608.5 – 608.6: Medals, badges, decorations of honor
• D 609: Registers, lists of dead and wounded, etc.
• D 610 – 621: Diplomatic history
• D 622 – 639: Special topics (miscellaneous)
• D 640: Personal narratives and other accounts
• D 641: Armistice of Compiègne, 1918
• D 642 – 651: Peace
• D 652 – 659: Reconstruction, post-war period
• D 663 – 680: Celebrations, memorials, monuments

(These call number ranges are from the Library of Congress. UMW owns books in many of these ranges but not all of them.)

The simplest way to find journal articles is to use the library search box. That's a good place to start. However, consider searching the history databases as well. I recommend the database Historical Abstracts.