HIST 3357: World War I

This guide is intended to provide a starting point for researching topics related to World War I (WWI), also known as the First World War or the Great War--in particular, remember "Great War" when searching for primary sources!

This guide is not comprehensive; it does not list all of the resources on this topic or in related disciplines owned by the Library or available on the Internet. This guide serves merely as a starting point for research.

An excellent way to discover additional resources is to browse for books in relevant call number ranges.

D501 - D680 - History, General, ... World War I (1914-1918)
DD228.8 - History of Germany, ... Period of World War I, 1914-1918
E766 - E783 - [United States] Wilson's administrations, 1913-1921
E780 - [United States] Internal history during World War I
D720 - D728 - History, General, ... Period between World Wars (1919-1939)

To discover the call number ranges for broader, narrower, or different subjects, consult the Library of Congress Classification Outline.

Subject headings allow you to find books according to broader and narrower topics.

Below are sample subjects. To browse for different, broader, or narrower subjects, go to the library catalog and click "Exact Search." Enter a term and click "subject."

You can start browsing for a broad subject like Education, then look for more specific subjects, such as Education England History 18th century.

Once you know some subject headings, you can also just use them as keywords during an advanced search, using the subject row.

• World War 1914-1918
• World War 1914-1918 Historiography
   
• World War 1914-1918 Campaigns  (tip: add a country at the end, like France or Iran, to narrow your search)
• World War 1914-1918 Battlefields
• World War 1914-1918 Aerial operations
• World War 1914-1918 Naval operations
• World War 1914-1918 Regimental histories  (tip: add a country at the end, like Great Britain, to narrow your search)
   
• World War 1914-1918 Prisoners and prisons
• World War 1914-1918 Atrocities
• World War 1914-1918 Casualties
   
• World War 1914-1918 Causes
• World War 1914-1918 Diplomatic history
• World War 1914-1918 Territorial questions
   
• World War 1914-1918 Political aspects
• World War 1914-1918 Economic aspects
• World War 1914-1918 Social aspects
• World War 1914-1918 Psychological aspects
• World War 1914-1918 Religious aspects
• World War 1914-1918 Moral and ethical aspects
   
• World War 1914-1918 Women
• World War 1914-1918 Refugees
• World War 1914-1918 Veterans
• World War 1914-1918 War work Red Cross
• World War 1914-1918 Finance
• World War 1914-1918 Food supply
• World War 1914-1918 Registers  (of servicemen, the dead, etc.)
   
• World War 1914-1918 Public opinion
• World War 1914-1918 Statistics
• World War 1914-1918 Propaganda
• World War 1914-1918 Posters
• World War 1914-1918 Press coverage
   
• World War 1914-1918 Protest movements
• World War 1914-1918 Peace
   
• World War 1914-1918 Participation, African American
• World War 1914-1918 Participation, Australian
• World War 1914-1918 Participation, Female
• ... or browse for other specific groups of participants
• World War 1914-1918 Biography
   
• World War 1914-1918 Sources
• World War 1914-1918 Personal narratives  (tip: add a  nationality at the end, like Australian or Turkish, to narrow your search)
• World War 1914-1918 Photographs
• World War 1914-1918 Pictorial works
• World War 1914-1918 Poetry
• World War 1914-1918 Songs and music
• World War 1914-1918 Art and the war
• World War 1914-1918 Literature and the war