Featured Reference Works
The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust by
"The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust offers readers and researchers a general history of the Holocaust while delving into the core issues and debates in the study of the Holocaust today. Armed with the tools contained in this volume, students or researches investigating this vast and complicated topic will gain an informed understanding of one of the greatest tragedies in world history" (book jacket).
Call Number: D804.3 .N54 2000ISBN: 0231112009Publication Date: 2000-09-05
A Companion to the Holocaust by
Great source for finding up-to-date historiographical essays about the Holocaust. That is, understand the "history of the history" or how scholars' understanding of the Holocaust has changed over time.
Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 9781118970492Publication Date: 2020-05-11
Reference Databases
Best bets:
- Literature Online (LION) Gitenstein Library database One of the major draws of this databases is that it provides access to over 300 volumes in the Cambridge Companions series. Incorporates dictionaries, encyclopedias, and author biographies.
- Literature Resource Center Gitenstein Library database Access Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and Dictionary of Literary Biography. Use the Gale Literary Index (link at the bottom of the database's homepage) to find more information about authors in printed Gale literary series. Looking for reviews? LRC is also a good review source.
- Oxford Reference Online Gitenstein Library database literary reference works searchable via a single interface
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography by
The ODNB is the standard reference work for British biography. Extensive bibliographic essays accompany many entries. Also available in print, Reference Collection, 1st floor of TCNJ Library (call # DA28 .O95 2004).
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 019861411XPublication Date: 2004-09-23
The Oxford English Dictionary by
(1150 CE- ) Documents the history of words in the English language including variant spellings, obsolete forms, combinations, derivatives, and definitions. More limited coverage of scientific and technical vocabulary, slang, jargon, and dialect. Meanings are arranged historically. Includes quotations from novelists, playwrights, journalists, scholars, scientists, legislators, politicians, diarists, saints, philosophers. Includes the full text of the 1989 Second Edition (20 printed volumes) and the 1993-1997 addition series (3 printed volumes). Advance release material for the projected 2010 New (Third) Edition is incorporated quarterly.
Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 0198611862Publication Date: 1989-03-30
Also great:
Holocaust Studies: Selected Reference Works
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Bearing Witness: A Resource Guide to Literature, Poetry, Art, Music, and Videos by Holocaust Victims and Survivors by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 0313310769Publication Date: 2001-11-30Use this guide to "locate over 800 first-person accounts, fiction, poetry, art interpretations, and music by Holocaust victims and survivors, as well as videos relating the testimony and experiences of Holocaust survivors. In addition to the few well-known writers, artists, and musicians whose work so eloquently captures their experience during the Holocaust, this guide introduces the work of more than 250 lesser known or unrecognized writers, artists, and musicians..." (book jacket).
The Cambridge Companion to Jewish American Literature by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 0521792932Publication Date: 2003-06-12also available in print, General Collection, Call # PS153.J4 C36 2003
Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature by Call Number: Internet Archive E-BOOKISBN: 1573562572Publication Date: 2002-03-30This reference work profiles "128 of the most influential first generation authors who either survived, perished, or were closely connected to the Holocaust" (book jacket). Also available in print, Reference Collection, Call # PN56.H55 E53 2002.
Holocaust Novelists — Dictionary of Literary Biography (v. 299) by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 0787668362Publication Date: 2004-08-01A volume in Gale's highly regarded Dictionary of Literary Biography series, this work profiles authors and includes appendices for historical novels, postmodern fiction, second-generation literature, and further reading. Also available in print, Reference Collection (1st floor), Call # PS129 .D47 v.299.
Modern Genocide: The Definitive Resource and Document Collection by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 9781610693639Publication Date: 2014-12-17This book is a winner of the 2016 Outstanding Reference Sources Award, Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), American Library Association (ALA).
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The Bloomsbury Companion to Holocaust Literature by Call Number: PN56.H55 B56 2014ISBN: 9781441129086Publication Date: 2014-12-18history and criticism of Holocaust literary works and personal narratives
Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work by Call Number: PN56.H55 H66 2003ISBN: 0415929857Publication Date: 2002-12-20"Featuring 300 alphabetically organized bio-critical essays on writers of memoirs, novels, poetry, short stories, and drama, ranging in length from 1,500 to 7,000 words, this comprehensive scholarly work presents a broad spectrum of voices remembering, interpreting, and reinterpreting one of the twentieth century's most politically and emotionally charged events" (book jacket).
Reference Guide to Holocaust LiteratureCall Number: PN56.H55 R43 2002ISBN: 1558624678Publication Date: 2002-05-08"Covering the entire spectrum of the literature of the Holocaust era, from the beginnings of Nazism through the concentration camp experience, survivor syndrome and second generation response, this detailed survey includes entries on more than 200 authors and 300 works. Author entries include detailed biographical information as well as expert analytical interpretation" (book jacket).
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum maintains a list of dozens of online bibliographies. Topics include Holocaust Fiction and Poetry, Primary Sources, and many other relevant topics.
Online:
- Bibliography on Holocaust Literature by Call Number: Internet Archive E-BOOKISBN: 081337233XPublication Date: 1986-11-09"This is a comprehensive [but now dated], 9000-item bibliography of English-language materials on the Holocaust" (Library Journal). Also available in print, Reference Collection, Call # D804.3 .E4 1986 (initial vol.) and D804.3 .E41 1990 (supplement).
- The Holocaust: An Annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide by Call Number: Internet Archive E-BOOKISBN: 0881250570Publication Date: 1985-03-01A now dated but still useful guide to Holocaust Studies scholarship published through the mid-1980s. Also available in print, General Collection, Call #s Z6374 .H6 H65 1985 and D810.J4 H6 1985; and Reference Collection, Call # D810.J4 H6 1985.
Print:
- The Holocaust Film Sourcebook by Call Number: Z6374.H6 2004ISBN: 0275978508Publication Date: 2004-06-30
The Oryx Holocaust Sourcebook by Call Number: Z6374.H6 F47 2002ISBN: 1573562955Publication Date: 2002-05-30
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- Dictionary of the Holocaust: A Biography, Geography, and Terminology by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 031330355XPublication Date: 1997-11-30also available in print, Reference Collection, Call # D804.25 .E67 1997
Historical Dictionary of the Holocaust (3rd ed.) by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 9781538130155Publication Date: 2020-03-30An earlier (2nd ed.) of this dictionary is available in print, Reference Collection, Call # D804.25 .F57 2010.
History of the Holocaust: A Handbook and Dictionary by Call Number: Internet Archive E-BOOKISBN: 0813322405Publication Date: 1995-08-11also available in print, Reference Collection, Call # D804.3 .E33 1994
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Holocaust Survivors: A Biographical Dictionary by Call Number: D804.3 .T34 2007ISBN: 9780313336768Publication Date: 2007-05-01
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The Holocaust: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection [4 Volumes] by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 9781440848353Publication Date: 2017-09-01The extensive primary source documents reproduced in volumes 3 and 4 of this work set it apart from others on this list. Winner of numerous awards including the Judaica Reference Award (2018) and Outstanding Reference Source (2018).
The Holocaust Encyclopedia by Call Number: Open Access E-BOOKISBN: 0300084323Publication Date: 2001-03-29U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (corporate author); also available in print, Reference Collection, Call # D804.25 .H66 2001
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Encyclopedia Judaica by Call Number: DS102.8 .E496 2007ISBN: 0028659287Publication Date: 2006-12-12This is the go-to reference work for Jewish Studies / Judaica.
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust by Call Number: DS135.E8 E45 2001ISBN: 0814793568Publication Date: 2001-07-01
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945 by Call Number: D805.A2 U55 2009ISBN: 9780253353283Publication Date: 2009-05-22
The Yad Vashem Encyclopedia of the Ghettos During the Holocaust by Call Number: D805.A2 Y33 2009ISBN: 9789653083455Publication Date: 2010-03-01
