MILITARY HISTORY :

A GUIDE TO SELECTED RESOURCES OF

THE MSU LIBRARIES

***Under Construction***

 

Last updated : June 13, 2007  Page Editor: Michael Unsworth



Abstracts And Indexes | Bibliographic Sources | Biographical Sources
Dictionaries And Encyclopedias Dissertations

U.S. Military History | Wars and Other Conflicts

Library Location Codes


ABSTRACTS AND INDEXES

Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals. 1949- .MAIN Z 5063 .A2 U8. Also at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/muir1/aulimp1.htm and on CD-ROM at REF "Pontiac" Workstation Coverage is from 1990- .

America: History and Life, 1955- .

Historical Abstracts, 1955-

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) Bulletin, 1915- . MAIN Z 7163 .P9 Also available on FirstSearch. Coverage is from 1972- .

Social Sciences Index. 1974- . CONREF AI 3 .S6


BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCES

Aimone, Alan Conrad. Bibliography of Military History: A Expanded and Selected Annotated Listing of Sources with Military History Bibliographies. 4th ed. West Point, N.Y.: United States Military Academy, 1982. CONREF D 25 .M553 1987 Includes periodical articles, books, government studies, etc. Emphasizes U.S. military history, though other areas and historical periods are covered. Author/title index

Beede, Benjamin R. Intervention and Counterinsurgency: An Annotated Bibliography of the Small Wars of the United States, 1898-1984. (Wars of the United States ; vol. 5) N.Y.: Garland Pub., 1985. MAIN E 745 .B43 1985

Jessup, John E., Jr. and Robert W. Coakley. A Guide to the Study and Use of Military History. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1979. DOC D114.2: St9 Designed to explain the uses of military history and the resources available for its study. Includes annotated listings of reference works and historical periodicals. Author/title/subject index.

U.S. Air Force Academy. Library. Special Bibliography Series. Colorado Springs, Colo.: USAFA, 1957- . DOCS D305.12: Highly selective bibliographies used in conjunction with AFA courses and symposiums.

U.S. Army Military History Institute. Special Bibliography Series, no. 1-. Carlisle Barracks, Pa.: U.S. Army Military Research Collection, 1970- .DOCS D114.14: Subjects vary; check the Documents shelflist for topics covered.

U.S. Superintendent of Documents. Military History. (Subject Bibliography ; 98) Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. GD I/R GP3.22/2: 98 A subject bibliography of materials currently offered by the Government Printing Office. Classification numbers included. Updated irregularly.

Unsworth, Michael E. Military Periodicals: United States and Selected International Journals and Newspapers. N.Y.: Greenwood Press, 1990. REF U 104 .U5 1990 Descriptive narratives of approximately 120 important military periodicals as well as a history of service journalism in the U.S.


BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)


DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Abbreviations and Terms | Battles & Wars | Encyclopedias

Abbreviations and Terms

Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary. Detroit: Gale Research, 1984. CLREF PE 1683 .G32

Dictionary of Military Terms: A Guide to the Language of Warfare and Military Institutions. N.Y.: H.W. Wilson, 1986. REF U 24 .D87 1986

Jane's Dictionary of Military Terms. London: Macdonald & Jane's, 1975. REF U 24 .H38 1975

Noel, John Vavasour. Naval Terms Dictionary. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1978 REFV23.N6 1973

Quick, John. Dictionary of Weapons and Military Terms. N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1973. REF U 24 .Q5

Wedertz, Bill. Dictionary of Naval Abbreviations. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984.CONREF V 23 .W43 1984.

Battles and Wars

Bruce, George. Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. 3rd. ed. N.Y.: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981. CONREF D 25 .A2 H2 1981

Clodfelter, Micheal. Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Reference to Casualty and Other Figures, 1618-1991. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1992. REF D 214 .C55 1992

Kohn, George C. Dictionary of Wars. N.Y.: Facts on File, 1999. REF D 25 .A2 K63 1999

Laffin, John. Brassey's Battles: 3,500 Years of Conflict, Campaigns and Wars from A-Z. London : Brassey's, 1986 CONREF D 25 .A2 L23 1986

MacDonald, John. Great Battlefields of the World. N.Y.: Macmillan, 1984. CONREF D 25.5 .M28 1985

Perrett, Bryan. The Battle Book: Crucial Conflicts in History from 1469 BC to the Present. London: Arms and Armour, 1992. REF D 25 .A2 P47 1992

Young, Peter. A Dictionary of Battles, 1816-1976. London: New English Library, 1977. CONREF D 25 .A2 Y68 1977

Encyclopedias

The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms & Weapons. N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, 1982, 1986 SPECIAL U 800 .C651 1986

Diagram Group. Weapons, An International Encyclopedia from 5000 B.C. to 2000 A.D. N.Y.: St. Martin's, 1980. REF U 800 .A2 W4

Dupuy, R. Ernest and Trevor N. Dupuy. The Encyclopedia of Military History from 3500 B.C. to the Present. 2d. rev. ed. N.Y.: Harper and Row, 1986. REF D 25 .A2 D8 1986

Encyclopedia of the American military: studies of the history, traditions, policies, institutions, and roles of the armed forces in war and peace. New York : Scribner's,c1994. REF UA23 .E56 1994

International military and defense encyclopedia. Washington : Brassey's (US), c1993. REF U24 .I58 1993

Hogg, Ian V. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Vehicles. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1980. REF UG 615 .H63 1980

Smith, Gordon. naval-history.net -- concentrates on the two world wars and the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War.

DISSERTATIONS

Dissertation Abstracts International  

Doctoral Dissertations in Military Affairs: A Bibliography. Manhattan, Kans..: Kansas State University Library, 1977. MAIN Z 672 .M46 Includes dissertations published through 1970. The brief entries are arranged by subject. Updated by annual compilations in Military Affairs/Journal of Military History (MAIN E 181 .M55): 1973, April issue; 1974-83, February issue; 1984 to date, January issue.

WARS AND OTHER CONFLICTS
Vietnam | World War II

LIBRARY LOCATION CODES

ARCHIVES MSU University Archives and Historical Collections, Conrad Hall

AUDIO

Audio-Visual Library, 4th Floor, West Wing

BIO

Biography Tools, 1st Floor, East Wing

CLREF

Separate temporary Location at Reference Collection, 1st Floor, East Wing

CONREF

Separate temporary Location at Reference Collection, 1st Floor, East Wing

DOCS

Government Documents, Third Floor, West Wing

COPY

Microforms Reference Collection, 2nd Floor, West Wing

FICHE

Microfiche Collection, Microforms Library, 2nd

FILM

Microfilm Collection, Microforms Library, 2nd Floor, West Wing

GD I/R

Government Documents Index/Reference, 1st Floor, East Wing

MAIN

General Collection in the Main Library

OVERSIZED

Oversized-Book Collection, 3rd Floor, West Wing

REF

Reference Collection, 1st Floor, East Wing

SOFTWARE

Software Collection, Audio-Visual Library, 4th Floor, West Wing

SPECIAL

Special Collections, Basement, East Wing


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