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 PATHFINDERS                  TOP
Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA.
Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety of media on 
a topic they are researching. They provide a head start for students as they begin their 
research project.

World War II

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Spectrum (the electronic card catalog) located on the student desktop.  Type in the topic you want to search.  If you don't already have a 
topic, you can find books on World War II by typing in:  World War, 1939-1945
   Click the browse button using the above subject heading.  It brings up a listing of specific categories under this more general subject heading.
Type in the names of specific battles, campaigns, sieges, etc.

Some titles we have are:

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YOU		 Young, Peter and Richard Natkiel. Atlas of the Second World War. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973.
940.53
ISS		 Isserman, Mauricel. World War II.  Updated ed. New York : Facts on File, 2003.
940.53
LIF		 Stolley, Richard B. Life, World War 2 : History's Greatest Conflict in Pictures. 1st ed.,  Boston: Bulfinch Press, 2001.
REF 940.53
HIS		 History of World War II (3 vols.). New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2005.
REF
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NEW		 The New Grolier Encyclopedia of World War II.  Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1995.
REF
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WOR		 Feldman, George. World War II Almanac. Detroit, MI: U.X.L., 1999.
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WOR		 Bigelow, Barbara C. World War II: Primary Sources. Detroit, MI: U.X.L., 1999.
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WOR		 Howes, Kelly King. World War II: Biographies. Detroit, MI: U.X.L., 1999.
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WOR		 World War II : A Student Encyclopedia (5 vols.). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2005.

SELECTED WEB SITES

World War II
 http://www.teacheroz.com/wwii.htm
Information on primary documents, images, leaders, the homefront, and many other WW II links.

Multnomah County Library
 http://www.multcolib.org/homework/warwldhc.html#ww2
Contains many websites on WW II.

World War II -- History Link 101
 http://www.historylink101.com/1/world_war_II/world_war_II.htm
Links to information on battles, pictures, maps, & biographies.

Quaboag Regional Middle School / High School
 http://quaboag.k12.ma.us/depts/virtual/worwar.html
An excellent website to find information on topics in history. It's arranged by date. Scroll down to WW II.

United States Resource Center
http://college.hmco.com/history/us/resources/students/weblinks/index.html#wwii
 Click on Web Links. Links are arranged by historical periods.

The History Place
http://www.historyplace.com/
 The recipient of many awards and notices, this private, independent, Internet site, created by Philip Gavin,
includes enhanced timelines of WW II, a slide show of Pearl harbor, a section on African-Americans in WW II
and a section on Nazi Germany/WW II.

Dewey Browse -- World War II
 http://www.deweybrowse.org/ww2.htm
Part of a larger database created by School Library Media Specialist Gail Shea Grainger, of Chesterfield, N.H.  Contains many links to to WW II websites.

Dr. Seuss Went to War
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic
Political cartoons of WW II by Theodore Seuss Geisel.  The cartoons are arranged in chronological order by year, month, and date. They are also browsable by subject terms.

Navajo Code Talkers: World War II Fact Sheet
 http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-2.htm
 Click on the "frequently asked questions" section to bring up more information on World War II as well as other
historical events.

ONLINE RESOURCES

Infotrac -- contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and business references.  Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, & Biography Resource Center.

bigchalk eLibrary -- online reference center including books, magazines, newspapers, pictures, maps & TV transcripts.

Grolier Online -- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.  Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant web sites where you can find more information on your topic.

World War II -- Marshall Cavendish Digital
Information on WW II, including a time line, photographs, diagrams, charts, & maps.
 

REMOTE ACCESS

These databases are also available from home. You can gain access to these resources from home by going to the Answers...To Go! web page made available from the Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System:

http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbmvlc.html

and enter your public library card number (from Methuen or any MVLC member 
library) where you are prompted for a patron or user number.

CITING SOURCES

 

Using these links indicates the user is leaving 
the district server and that linked material
is not necessarily approved by the district.

Edited by Media Staff
02/12/09
Date last edited
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