LibGuides: History: 79-205 20th Century Europe: Books

Books

Use the links below to find books on your topic. Some relevant subject terms (can also be used in a keyword search) might be:
France and History and German Occupation, 1940-1945
     or
World War, 1939-1945 and France
perhaps combined with one of these terms:
     collaborationist
     underground movements
     Personal narratives

Reference librarians can help you select relevant terms and a good search strategy for your topic.

Carnegie Mellon's Library Catalog
Use for the holdings of all CMU Libraries. Contains books, journal titles and articles, some government documents, DVDs, CDs, etc. Use your CMU ID card as your library card.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Catalog of Pittsburgh's public libraries. You can get a borrowing card by showing your CMU ID card and proof of local address (any piece of mail with your name and address on it).

HathiTrust This link opens in a new window
Digitized books, journals, and government documents from all countries and time periods.
Text-mine (full text search) over 17 million digitized works and create customized collections. HathiTrust is a not-for-profit collaborative of academic and research libraries. Offers reading access to the fullest extent allowable by U.S. copyright law, computational access to the entire corpus for scholarly research, and other emerging services based on the combined collection.

Pittcat
Catalog for the University of Pittsburgh's libraries. You can borrow books from most libraries by getting a special patron borrowing card at the Hillman Library Circulation Desk.

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
(Carnegie Mellon users only) You need to be IP authenticated to use. Off campus or using wireless?-see the tab at top.
Search library holdings throughout the world. You can see if we have the book, and use the link to our library to get the call number. If we don't have the book you need, you can see if someone has it locally, or use EZ Borrow or ILL to get it. See the tab "If we don't have what you need for more info."

Subject Guide

Charlotte Kiger Price

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Contact:

On leave until Dec. 2023. For assistance in History, contact CMU Librarian Ashley Werlinich, liaison librarian for English, Drama, and temporary liaison for History. For assistance in Modern Languages, use our general feedback forms.

Subjects: History, Language & Linguistics, Religion, Women's Studies