WWI Primary and Secondary Sources: Print and Online: Research terms for Searching in Franklin Catalog and other Databases

World War, 1914-1918

This basic subject phrase can be combined with a wide range of concepts, including profession, geographical entity, individual names, and so on. Examples include:

Medical care -- biography
Nurses -- biography

war memorials
memorialization
collective memory
monuments

autobiography
biography
personal narratives and add country, e.g.,  personal narratives, british ; personal narratives, Hungarian
World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Canada ; Nurses -- Canada -- Biography

literature and the war
fiction
poetry

artists
art and the war
[name of artist]
[country of origin for the artist or artwork]
art, German

soldiers
Civilians
Civilian relief
Finance
social aspects
youth
veterans
citizenship
families
repatriation
war dead
Refugees
 

Franklin Catalog: When doing more complex (Boolean) searches, always use "Keyword Expert"

nurs* AND "world war 1914-1918" and (bio* or auto*)

subject:(art OR artist) AND german* AND ("world war, 1914-1918")

women and "world war, 1914-1918" and ("home front" or families or roles)

Searching in Historical Abstracts/America: History and Life--search both at one time

(memorial or commem* or monument) and ("world war I" or "first world war" or "great war")