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World War II


Books:
Search our Mira Costa Library Catalog for books and ebooks

Databases:
EBSCO Academic eBook & Search Premier Collection
Includes approximately 130,000 ebooks on a wide range of topics and 4,600 journal titles. Ask at the library or email Mrs. Sullivan for the Username and Password.

County of Los Angeles Public Library Virtual Reference Collection
This database of ebooks, which includes World War II, World War II Reference Library and many more reference sources, is available to students through the Los Angeles County library system. Use the barcode number on the back of your Manhattan Beach Public Library Card to login. If you don't have your own library card, you can use the MCHS ID #. Ask at the library or email Mrs. Sullivan for the ID #.

Biography Resource Center
This County of Los Angeles Public Library database is probably the most comprehensive source available anywhere for biographical encyclopedias and articles. 


ABC-CLIO Daily Life Through History
All aspects of daily life in different cultures from Ancient to Modern times, including material on the Holocaust and World War II.

Some Quality Websites:
IWitness from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute provides more than1,000 video testimonies of Holocaust survivors and other witnesses. You can browse videos without an account, but you will have access to more options if you register, to create an account, enter MCHS's keycode: 992621ex47

Shmoop.com on World War II - Shmoop.com offers quality information on a variety of topics in a fun, easy-to-follow way. This page has information and links about World War I.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: World War II. A collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts on modern European and World history.

BBC History Site on World War II

National Archives World War II Records

New York Times World War II
​​News about World War II (1939-45), including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

​The War
The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns.  The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in American and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.

​Combat Artists of World War II

Holocaust Resources

Oral History Archive
Over 32,000 pages of full-text, searchable oral history are just a click away!  The primary source material collected by the Rutgers Oral History Archives since 1994 is available to students, teachers, researchers and scholars free of charge and without restriction.

Oral History: Women and World War II

An Oral History of Rhode Island Women during World War II 

The Fly Girls


World War II Propaganda
Guns, tanks, and bombs were the principal weapons of World War II, but there were other, more subtle forms of warfare as well. Words, posters, and films waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the American citizenry just as surely as military weapons engaged the enemy.

Veterans History Page

Time Magazine Vault

The Women's Army Corps

Women's Efforts in World War II 

​Japanese Internment

Experience of American soldiers
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  • About
    • Library Info Videos
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  • Research
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    • eBooks
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    • Search Strategies
    • Sources of Information
    • Evaluating Sources
    • Citations - MLA
    • Fair Use - Creative Commons
  • Summer Reading
  • Find A Book
    • Book Finder Databases
    • Book Lists
    • Book Awards Lists
    • Library Collections
    • Recommend A Book
  • Textbooks & Core Lit
    • Textbooks Policies
  • Free Access
    • Homework Help
    • Ebooks and More
    • Audiobooks
    • For Fun
    • Mental Health
  • MCHS