Versailles Peace Conference


The following resources will assist you in your exploration of the causes, consequences and aftermath of the Great War.

 Online Databases

Associated Press Photo Archive
AP photographs and graphics from the mid-1800s to the present.
CountryReports.Org
Provides an extensive overview on the countries of the world from their ancient history to modern day life, and much more.

Discovering Collection
Covering the core curriculum areas, including history, literature, science, social studies, and more, DC provides a selection of reference, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips.
 

EBSCO Host - History Reference Center Access newspaper and magazine articles from the past (Select Advanced Search to enter multiple keywords.
Student Resource Center Gold - Offers more than 1,100 full-text periodicals and newspapers, primary sources, creative works, and multimedia, including hours of video and audio clips and podcasts


 Internet Sites

BBC News - The Great War: 80 years on: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/197437.stm

BBC News - Veterans [WWI] Tell of War Horrors: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/212303.stm

BBC News - The War to End All Wars: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/198172.stm

Eyewitness to History - World War I: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/w1frm.htm

First World War: http://www.firstworldwar.com/index.htm

First World War - Primary Documents - Treaty of Versailles:  http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles.htm

The First World War - Aftermath: Quest for a Just Peace: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/aftermath/just_peace.htm

National World War I Museum: http://www.libertymemorialmuseum.org/

PBS the Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century: http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch2_overview.html

PBS WWI Casualties and Death Tables: http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/resources/casdeath_pop.html

PHS Social Studies Department - World War I Resources: www.pomperaug.com/departments/social_studies/worldhistory2/ww1.htm

World War I - Primary Documents: http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm#docs

World War I [map collection]: http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/great%20war/great%20war%20index.htm

World War I Document Archive [be sure to check out "Diaries, Memorials and Personal Reminiscence", & "The Medical Front"]: http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/

World War I - Trenches on the Web: http://www.worldwar1.com/


If you don't find what you're looking for in any of the sites above, try your 
own keyword search using the following tips...

 Internet Search Tips

  1. Type the URL (web site address) of a search directory/engine in the address box: ex: www.yahoo.com, or www.google.com, etc.
     
  2. (Be sure to type the address exactly the way you see it, including any uppercase letters and punctuation).
     
  3. Type in keyword(s). (If your keyword has two parts such as: "World War I", be sure to put quotes around it so that the search engine only finds the Internet sites about the World War I as opposed to all of the sites containing the word world plus all of the sites containing the word war.
     
  4. If you would like to search for something specific about a the World War I, try a combined keyword search by adding a comma, followed by a space and you other search term.  For instance; if I wanted to find out about the causes and aftermath of World War I, I would enter the following:
     

     "World War I", causes, aftermath,
     

  5. Hit Enter on your keyboard, or click on Search, then scan the description of the "hits" (entries) and click on the links that sound best.
     
  6. Be sure to critically evaluate Internet sources.  UC Berkley Library's Evaluating Webpages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask is an excellent source to help you critique the quality of websites in the following areas:
  7. Remember: if you choose to use any information (text or graphics) found on the Internet, online databases, or print material, you must cite every resource you used.  Use the Works Cited Guide to access MLA format.
     

Created by Liza Zandonella, Library Media Specialist.

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