HIST 72H-001: Women's Voices: 20th Century European History in Female Memory: Important Resources
This page is for students in HIST 72H-001, Women's Voices: 20th Century European History in Female Memory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
About this Guide
This guide provides links to important primary and secondary sources relating to Women's Voices: Twentieth Century European History in Female Memory.
- Important resources
- Primary sources
- Background sources
- Images & video
- Writing & citing
Databases
These databases are good starting points for finding journal articles for your research for this course.
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Academic Search PremierFind information on academic areas of business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics; resource provides access to major popular and scholarly journals with many full-text articles.
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Historical AbstractsCovers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada) and indexes nearly 2,300 journals in over 40 languages.
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MLA International BibliographyA major index for literary criticism, linguistics, folklore & cultural studies. Includes articles from several thousand journals and series published worldwide. Also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, dissertations and bibliographies. Also searchable under "Criticism" within Literature Online.
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EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western EuropeLinks connect to Western European (mainly primary) historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries.
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Women's Studies InternationalInterdisciplinary, international database covering the core literature of the field of women's and gender studies with links to full text.
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Biography Reference CenterOffers a comprehensive collection of more than 450,000 full text biographies, including the complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine, as well as thousands of narrative biographies that are not available in other databases.
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Marquis Who's Who on the WebProvides biographies of over 1.5 million people of note, primarily in the United States. Some international coverage is also provided. It is the online counterpart of Marquis' renowned biographical dictionaries, such as Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in American Art, and Who's Who in American Politics.
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Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyNational record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century. Now provides links for the biographee to the Bibliography of British & Irish History, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Archives, Who Was Who, etc.
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GWonlineThis project collects and organizes secondary literature, women’s autobiographies, films, and informative websites on this subject to make them available to the public. GWonline is connected to the Oxford Handbook on Gender and War since 1600.
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World Biographical Index OnlineContains short biographical details on people who either lived in, or were influential in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Australasian-Pacific region, and North and South America from the 1500s to the present. In addition, it indexes a series of Biographical Archives published in microfiche. The Archives reproduce biographical dictionaries and other sources originally published in paper format.
Note: Limited to three users at a time. Please click on the 'logout' button at the upper right when finished using this resource.
Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
Finding Books
Example of catalog searches
French resistance Germany women
Europe women history bibliography
Suffrage - Great Britain - History
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Resistance by ISBN: 9781596915596Publication Date: 2008-09-02A real-life Suite Française, this riveting diary by a key female member of the French Resistance in WWII is translated into English for the first time. -
Women's Emancipation Movements in the Nineteenth Century by ISBN: 0804747644Publication Date: 2004-01-01The 19th century, a time of far-reaching cultural, political and socio-economic transformation in Europe, brought about fundamental changes in the role of women. -
The Routledge History of Women in Europe Since 1700 by ISBN: 9780415301039Publication Date: 2006-01-20The Routledge History of Women in Europe since 1700 is a landmark publication that provides the most coherent overview of woman s role and place in western Europe, spanning the era from the beginning of the eighteenth century until the twentieth century.
Call Numbers in Davis Library
Useful websites
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United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America’s national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country’s memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust.
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Jewish Women's ArchiveThe Jewish Women’s Archive is a national organization dedicated to collecting and promoting the extraordinary stories of Jewish women. JWA explores the past as a framework for understanding the issues important to women today; inspires young people with remarkable role models; and uses Jewish women’s stories to excite people to see themselves as agents of change.
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