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Resources Related to Military History

Searching Wallace Library's Einstein Catalog provides information relating to military history. Remember, you can do a keyword search or a subject search to locate information on a topic. When doing a keyword search, you can make use of Boolean searching by combining your search words with the words and, or, not. Advanced searching will allow you to set some limitations to your search results. Below is a sampling of titles along with their call numbers and the floor location.

Arrogant Armies: Great Military Disasters and the Generals Behind Them. D214 .P49 1996, 4th floor.
The Book of War. D25 .B66 1999, 4th floor.
Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power. D25.5 .H25 2001, 4th floor.
Dictionary of Battles: The World's Key Battles From 405 B.C. to Today. D25.A2 D53 1988, Reference Area, 1st floor.
Dictionary of Wars. D25.A2K63, Reference Area, 1st floor.
Encyclopedia of American Military History. E181 .E63 2003, Reference Area, 1st floor.
The Encylopedia of Military History from 3500 B.C. to the Present. D25.A2D8 1986, Reference Area, 1st floor.
Epic Land Battles. D295 .H64, Oversized Collection, 4th floor.
Ground Warfare: An International Encylopedia. D25.A2 G76 2002, Volumes 1-3. Reference Area, 1st floor.
Leaders and Battles: The Art of Military Leadership. UB210 .W66 1995, 3rd floor.
Magill's Guide to Military History. D25.A2 M34 2001, Volumes 1-5, Reference Area, 1st floor.
On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace. D25.5 .K27 1995, 4th floor.
The Oxford Companion to Military History. D25.A2 094 2001, Reference Area, 1st floor.
The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern War. U39 .094 1997, 3rd floor.
The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society Since A.D. 1000. U37.M38 1982, 3rd floor.
The Pursuit of Victory: From Napoleon to Saddam Hussein. D214 .B66 1996, 4th floor.
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict From 1500 to 2000. D210.K46 1987, 4th floor.
The Soldier's Tale: Bearing Witness to Modern War. U42 .H96 1997, 3rd floor.
Understanding War: History and a Theory of Combat. U21.2 .D85 1987, 3rd floor.
Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present. U27 .V27 1991, 3rd floor.
The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Course of History. U27 .W67 1988, Oversized Collection, 4th floor.

Research Databases:

Click on the above link for the complete list of the RIT Library's Online Databases. Suggested databases are listed below.

Military and Government Collection: Formerly Military Library. Collection includes military and government related titles, trade publications and newsweeklies. Designed to bring current news this database contains: searchable full text for nearly 270 periodicals including Army Times, Navy Times, Naval Institute Proceedings and Joint Forces Quarterly abstracts and indexing for over 430 periodicals and 240 pamphlets.

JSTOR: The journals listed below are available in full-text through the JStor database.
Journal of Military History 1989-1999
Military Affairs 1941-1988
Journal of the American Military Institute 1939-1940
Journal of the American Military History Foundation 1937-1938

Academic Search Elite: Provides information on a wide range of academic areas including business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, education and multi-cultural topics. It features full text for over 1,200 journals with many dating back to 1990, abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals, and coverage of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Christian Science Monitor.

America: History and Life: Covers United States and Canadian history from pre-history to present.

ArticleFirst: Describe items listed on the table of contents pages of approximately 12,600 journals in science, technology, social science, business, the humanities, etc.

Congressional Quarterly Researcher: The CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environmnet, health, education and science and technology.

Contemporary Women's Issues: Focuses on timely and relevant topics and meaningful issues for women, including health, human rights, the work place, legal status, and more.

Country Watch: Up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world: political, economic, and business information.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online: Complete 32 volume Encyclopaedia Britannica containing more than 215,000 entries.

Ethnic News Watch: Full-text collection of news, culture and history from ethnic, minority and native press searchable in both English and Spanish.

FirstGov: A centralized place to find information from 20,000+ local, state, and U.S. Government Agency websites.

Historical Abstracts: Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present. Excludes North America.

Lexis-Nexis Academic: Access to full-text legal, medical, business, biographical and news and information from over 5000 sources.

Philosopher's Index: Covers philosophy and related fields. It covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology and as well as material on the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.

SIRS Government Reporter: The ideal resource to locate information issued by the U.S. government on domestic and international affairs, scientific research, business developments, government procedures and military issues.

Wilson Social Sciences Full Text (part of OmniFile): Covers the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and criminology, political science, social work, sociology, etc.

World News: African and Middle Eastern news, Asian, Pacific Rim and Australian news, Canadian news, European news, Mexican, Central American and South American news, United States news.

Internet Resources Relating to Military History:

African Military History: The purpose of this site is to share information regarding the impace many black individuals and groups have had on the United State's military history. The site is devoted to giving the black soldiers the respect they deserve.

Documents in Military History: Online collection of military history primary sources from the collection at Hillsdale College.

The Discriminating General: A collection of sites pertaining to different military timeperiods in history.

Gulf War History Resources: Bibliography of Persian Gulf War sites.

Military Heritage: Internet Magazine covering many aspects of military history including uniforms and dress details.

Military History: An "About.Com" website with links to many aspects of military history as well as news links to current conflicts.

Society for Military History: The purpose of the Society is advance the study of military history.

War and Military History: Compilation of quality sites relating to a variety of war and military topics.