HIST 498
Pius XII and the Holocaust
Library Research Tools & Strategies

Background Sources | Catalogs | Indexes | Current Controversy | Past News | Selected Web Sites

Background Sources
Encyclopedias and dictionaries provide background information to help in defining a research topic and can be used to identify key people, events and dates. Many also include short bibliographies.
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust Suzzallo Reference
Undergraduate Reference 		D804.3 .E53 1990
Encyclopedia of the Vatican and papacy Suzzallo Reference BX955.2 .E53 1999
New Catholic encyclopedia Suzzallo Reference
Undergraduate Reference 		BX841 .N45 1967
The Oxford companion to World War II Suzzallo Reference
Undergraduate Reference 		D740 .O94 1995
World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia Suzzallo Reference D740 .W67 1999

Catalogs
Use the following databases to locate books in the UW Libraries and in other libraries around the region, nation and world. Books unavailable at the UW can be requested through the Interlibrary Borrowing Service.

UW Libraries Catalog
A listing of the books, journal subscriptions and other material available at the University of Washington Libraries.

Cascade
A listing of the books, journal subscriptions and other material available in the 6 public university library systems in Washington state. Books can be requested online and sent to the UW.

OCLC WorldCat [UW only]
A listing of books, journal subscriptions and other material available in hundreds of major libraries in the U.S. and abroad.

OhioLINK
Use OhioLink to access chapters of recent books, use the "Words" search option.

Indexes
Use indexes to find articles (and sometimes books, dissertations, etc.) on a topic. Most indexes are arranged by subject or include a subject index. There are indexes covering all sorts of subjects, use those which best fit your research topic. For a complete list of electronic indexes see Databases & Catalogs on the Information Gateway.
Once you identify articles you need make sure you have the complete citation (author, title, journal name, volume, pages and year), then look in the UW Libraries Catalog for the journal name (do a title search for the journal name to see if the UW subscribes) to see if and where the journal is kept (library location and call number).
Articles from journals which the UW does not own can be requested through the Interlibrary Borrowing Service.


Antisemitism: An Annotated Bibliography
12 volume bibliography covering the history of antisemitism. Available in print in Suzzallo Reference [Z6374.A56 A57 1987].

Arts & Humanities Citation Index/Social Sciences Citation Index [UW only]
Multidisciplinary database indexing journal articles in the arts and humanities and social sciences. Part of the Web of Science.

Historical Abstracts [UW only]
Major index to articles in world history from the period 1450 on.

PAIS International [UW only]
Covers social and public policy literature from over 1,400 periodicals and thousands of government documents, books, and other sources from 1972 onward.

Religion Index One: Periodicals
Index to articles in and related to the field of religion Available in print in Suzzallo Reference index area [Z7753 .I53].

Current Controversy
The following databases can be used to find magazine and newspaper articles and book reviews on the current controversy surrounding Cornwell's book and the canonization of Pius XII.


Academic (Lexis-Nexis) Universe [UW only]
Full text database of news, legal and business information. Sources include major U.S. and international English-language papers, magazines, wire services and transcripts.

Expanded Academic Index [UW only]
General index to magazine and journal articles in all subjects, includes some full-text.

Research Library [UW only]
General index to magazine and journal articles in all subjects, includes some full-text.

Past News
The following indexes can be used to find primary sources (contemporary newspaper and magazine articles) dealing with Pius XII and the Holocaust.


Catholic Periodical Index
Index to articles in Catholic magazines and journals published from 1930 to the present. Available in print in Suzzallo Reference [AI3 .C32].

International Index
Index to articles published in social sciences and humanities journals from 1907 to 1965. Available in print in Suzzallo Reference index area [AI3 .R49] Also try PCI (Periodicals Contents Index) available on the CD Network.

New York Times Index
Index to articles published in the New York Times from 1851 to the present. Available in print in Suzzallo Reference index area [AI21 .N44].

Official Index to the Times [UW only]
Index to articles published in the Times of London from 1906 to 1980. Also available in print in Suzzallo Reference index area [AI21 .T46].

PAIS
Index to journal articles and selected books and government reports published from 1915 to the present. Available in print in Suzzallo Reference index area [Z7163.P9].

Reader's Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Index to magazine articles published from 1890 to the present. Available in print in Suzzallo Reference index area [AI3 .R48].

Selected Web Sites
These web sites are just a few that have popped up to debate Cornwell's contentions or to defend Pius XII. When using these web sites keep in mind possible biases. You may also find some web sites dealing with the Holocaust useful.

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Images: Photographs of Pius XII and 2 brothers at the Kovno Ghetto in 1944.
Theresa Mudrock / mudrock@u.washington.edu
22 Jan. 2001