History 311
Experiments in Totalitarianism: Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia
| Professor: Paige Herrlinger Librarian: Ginny Hopcroft Fall 2005 |
 |
|
| Ottokar
von Landwehr: "Plan for a War Memorial" from private collection by Patrick Horvath and Prim. Dr. Werner Horvath. |
||
The purpose of this guide is to help you locate the library's information resources most useful for research in this class. The reference librarians at the library will be glad to assist with specific questions. You may also consult Ginny Hopcroft by phone x3298 or via email at ghopcrof@bowdoin.edu.
Library Catalog
The electronic library catalog is the primary access point for the collections of the Bowdoin College Libraries in all formats. Specialized indexes and finding aids are available for the uncatalogued portions of Special Collections and Government Documents.
You can begin your research in the Bowdoin Library Catalog with either a keyword search (under heading "word") or a subject search. In subject searching the best search results are obtained by use of the standardized controlled vocabulary found in the Library of Congress Subject Headings books. When you obtain good results from either search, follow the subject headings links listed to find more books.
Reference Books
Dictionary of Twentieth Century World History
D419 .P32 1997
Dictionary of the Russian Revolution
Main Ref DK265 .D49 1989
A select bibliography of works in English on Russian history, 1801-1917
Main Ref Z2509 .S5
Krasnyi arkhiv: A digest of the Krasnyi arkhiv (Red archives) a historical
journal of the Central Archive Department of the U.S.S.R
Main Ref DK1 .K722
The Modern encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet history
Main Ref DK14 .M6
Historical Dictionary of Russia
Main Ref DK36 .R39 1998
Historical Dictionary of Germany
DD84 .T48 1994
Encyclopedia of the Third Reich
DD256.5 .G76313 1991
Indexes and Databases
Some of these databases are strictly bibliographic, i.e. they provide citation only. Others contain the full text of the journal articles, for all or some of their indexed publications. To discover whether Bowdoin Library either holds the journal in print or provides access to the full text, please select the "Find Journals" search screen on the Library Gateway and enter the name of the journal in the search form.
- Academic
Search Premier
Library Gateway - Academic Search Premier indexes over 1800 peer reviewed journals in the social sciences, humanities and science, as well as general interest magazines and several important American newspapers. Date coverage varies between periodicals some as far back as 1980; about 60% of the articles are in full text.
- Historical
Abstracts
Library Gateway - This scholarly bibliographic source indexes articles, books and dissertations about the history of the world, except the U.S. and Canada, published throughout the world. It is a subject index with citations and abstracts. Coverage is 1964 to present.
- Arts and Humanities
Search
Library Gateway - Arts and Humanities indexes the contents of scholarly periodicals and books in the arts and humanities, published from 1980 to the present. The scope is international.
- History Journals in the J-Stor
Electronic Journal Service
Library Gateway - The J-Stor service makes available fulltext articles from selected scholarly journals. All articles from all years of the journal are reproduced, except for the most recent five years. When you go to the J-Stor screen, click the SEARCH button to access a search screen and to choose your subject grouping of journals to search.
- PAIS (Public
Affairs Information Service)
Library Gateway
Main Per Index - PAIS includes "publications on all subjects that bear on contemporary public issues and the making and evaluation of public policy, irrespective of source or traditional disciplinary boundaries." Sources may be periodical articles, books, government documents or the reports of public and private organizations in the U.S. and internationally. The electronic version covers articles from 1972 to the present; the print index from 1901 to 1977.
Primary Sources
For information on primary sources, please read the CBB Guide to Primary and Secondary Sources.
Foreign Relations of the United States
Govt Doc S1.1
Documents on German Foreign Policy
Govt Doc S1.82
Documents on Germany, 1944-1985
Govt Doc S1.2
Browse appropriate classification areas for diaries, memoirs, other first
hand accounts
New York Times Archive
The following web sites are listed because they are sources of primary
documents. For comments on evaluating history web sites (or web sites
generally) please see the CBB
Guide to Evaluating WWW Sources.
.
Eurodocs
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/
Avalon Project
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm
WWW Virtual Library
History
http://www.ku.edu/history/VL/index.html
Internet
History Sourcebooks Project (Modern History)
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook4.html
Research Tips
The Getting Started page gives a good overview of the process of library research. Below are some tips for effective historical research:
- When you find a relevant book or article in an electronic database, check the subject headings in the catalog record, or the descriptors if the citation is from an index, to find additional search terms.
- Use both subject and keyword searching in any electronic database, including the library catalog. Because different parts of the bibliographic record are searched, you will receive different results.
- Proceed from secondary sources to primary sources. Gain background on your time period, issues, key persons, etc. before starting the more complex process of identifying primary documents. For more information on primary sources, please read the CBB Guide to Primary and Secondary Sources.
- Check for footnotes and bibliographies in secondary sources. They will often lead you to other relevant secondary sources and authors, as well as to primary sources.
- Browse the library shelves in your subject area.