Research Guides: Naval and Military Studies: Battle Information

Online Sources

The resources below are good starting places for articles about most military/Naval Battles. Several also provide primary resources. Go to the Home page for additional resources.

America: History & Life (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Index to scholarly literature on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. It provides access to articles, books, and dissertations published since 1964.
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Provides citations to military periodicals from 1988-present.
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.
Reader's Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Contains comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. The complete database covers the years 1890 through 1982.

Fog of War (Gulf War, 1991)
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An overview and analysis of the Persian Gulf War by the Washington Post.
Naval History and Heritage Command - Battle of Midway
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Provides an overview of the battle and Special Image Collection.

Books

The library has a wide selection of books and printed materials available on Naval/Military battles. Below are selected titles. Additional titles can be found by searching the library's catalog.

A dictionary of the Second World War
Call Number: Book Stacks D740.W47 1990
Great American naval battles
Call Number: Ready Reference & Book Stacks E182 .G76 1998
Multiple copies available.
Great Battles of World War II
Call Number: Reference Stacks D743 .M16 1997
History of United States Naval Operations in World War II
Call Number: Book Shelves D773 .M6 2010
Multi-volume set. This is the official history of the Navy during WW II by Samuel Eliot Morison. In particular, volume four of the set addresses the action at Midway. Copies of this book are in Reference and the circulating collection.
Oral History Program (Navy)
Call Number: Special Collections - varies
A list of oral histories available in Special Collections from the Navy Oral History Program. This collections includes interviews with a variety of people on a variety of subjects including specific battles.
The Greenwood library of American war reporting
Call Number: Reference Stacks D5 .G84 2005
Consists chiefly of contemporary first-person and news accounts.
The Pacific war encyclopedia
Call Number: Reference Stacks D767.9 .D86 1998
The seventy great battles in history
Call Number: Ready Reference D25 .S447 2005
U.S. Navy action and operational reports from World War II. Pacific theater [microform]
Call Number: Micro Room Microfilm D767.U52
Part 1. Guides found in the books section of the microforms room.

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