Research Guides: World War II, 1939-1945: Finding Books & Dissertations

Library of Congress Subject Headings

World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies
World War, 1939-1945--Public opinion
World War, 1939-1945--Refugees
World War, 1939-1945 -- Technology
World War, 1939-1945--Casualties
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
United States -- Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945

Finding Books @ Other Libraries

Books in libraries other than FSU may be requested through UBORROW or Interlibrary Loan. FSU students and faculty may personally check out books from any state university or community college library in Florida by using their FSU card.

UBorrow
Borrow books from any of the 11 state universities in Florida. It's faster than ILL and renewals can be requested. Start by searching the FSU catalog, then click on the blue UBorrow icon at the top of your search results. Select the book you want and click on the blue UBorrow link again to request it.

WorldCat (OCLC WorldCat Discovery) This link opens in a new window
WorldCat Discovery provides single-search access to OCLC's catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Abbreviation: wcwc
Vendor: OCLC
Subjects: Indexes & Catalogs
Type: Indexes / Catalogs
Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) This link opens in a new window
The Interlibrary Loan service provides access to materials that are unavailable from FSU Libraries. For more information, visit Interlibrary Loan.
Vendor: OCLC

Dissertations & Theses

Dissertations & Theses (Global) (PQDT, ProQuest)
Proquest Dissertations and Theses covers every doctoral dissertation completed in the U.S. at accredited institutions for the last 150 years. Includes some master's theses and foreign language dissertations. Titles published since 1997 are available in PDF digital form full-text.
CRL - International Dissertation Catalog
As a CRL member institution, FSU has free and unlimited use of CRL collections through interlibrary loan.
DART Europe E-Theses Portal
"DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses. DART-Europe is endorsed by LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche), and it is the European Working Group of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)."
Theses.fr
Index to all theses defended in France since 1985. It has both French and English interfaces and some theses are available full-text.