A reserve has been set up for this class because so many students will be working on this research paper at the same time.
1. Reserve books should be checked out even if being used during class time.
2. You may check out books for two hours or overnight within two hours of closing.
3. Books checked out overnight must be returned within two hours of opening.
An Overview is a book which addresses a time period such as Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945. Use the index to find your topic; it may be a chapter or just a few pages. An overview is meant to place your topic within the context of the time and larger world.
A Monograph is a book which addresses your specific topic. If you are researching a person, a monograph could be a biography of the person. If you are researching an event, a monograph might be The American Home Front, 1941-1942.
The American Home Front, 1941-1942
Cautious Crusade: Franklin D. Roosevelt, American Public Opinion, and the War Against Nazi Germany
Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War II
FDR, The War President, 1940-1943: A History
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
From Munich to Pearl Harbor: Roosevelt's America and the Origins of the Second World War
The Greatest War: Americans in Combat, 1941-1945
Let the Good Times Roll Life at Home in America during World War II
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
Storm on the Horizon: The Challenge to American Intervention, 1939-1941