D-DAY, June 6, 1944

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LIBRARY CATALOG

COD LIBRARY CATALOG: Books and Videos in the COD Library only

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CLASSIC BOOKS
Crusade in Europe. General D 743 .E 35 1948
By Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force.
Invasion--They're Coming! : The German Account of the Allied Landings and the 80 Days' Battle for France. General D 761 .C 333 1963
The Longest Day: June 6, 1944. General D 756.5 .N 6 R 9 1959
By Cornelius Ryan, later made into a movie.
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REFERENCE BOOKS

Why Reference Sources?

Is your research topic too big to cover in a short paper? Is your topic so specific that sources will be hard to find?

Before you even begin your research, start the process with reference sources-- in the Library's Reference Section or online in our databases. Reference books, like subject encyclopedias, can give you a head start and make your research easier in the long run. Use reference sources to:

find a topic
narrow your topic
find keywords
get background information on your topic

ATLASES
The Facts on File D-Day Atlas General D 756.5 .N 6 M 255 1994
Other Second World War atlases in the COD Library

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
American Military Leaders. Reference E 181 .F 84 1999
Biographical Dictionary of World War II. Reference D 736 .B 63 1996
D-Day: The Essential Reference Guide.
D-Day Encyclopedia. (2014)
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.
Illustrated World War II Encyclopedia. General D 743.5 .I 45 1978
The Oxford Companion to American Military History. Reference E 181 .O 94 1999
The Oxford Companion to World War II. Reference D 740 .O 94 1995

Use the menu below to find the other reference resources and books by broad subject areas.

Land
Air
Sea
Intelligence

Armoured Fighting Vehicles of Germany: World War II. General UG 446.5 .A 684 1978
Encyclopedia of the German Army in the 20th Century. General UA 712 .Q 87 1989
The United States Army: A Dictionary. General UA 25 .U 49 1991

Cross-Channel Attack. General D 756.5 .N 6 H 345 1951
The official U.S. Army history of the invasion.
The Atlantic Wall background reading
Gold Beach background reading
Juno Beach background reading
The Normandy Region background reading
Omaha Beach background reading
Sword Beach background reading
Utah Beach background reading

Historical Dictionary of Air Intelligence. (2009)
Military Atlas of Air Warfare. Reference UG 630 .D 584 2014
The United States Air Force: A Dictionary.

The Army Air Forces in World War II: v. 3. Europe, Argument to V-E Day, January 1944 to May 1945. General D 790 .A 89 1983 v.3
This is the official U.S. Air Force history of the war.
Aerial Interdiction : Air Power and the Land Battle in Three American Wars. (1994)
Case Studies in the Achievement of Air Superiority. (1994)
Spies in the Sky : The Secret Battle for Aerial Intelligence during World War II. General D 810 .S 7 D 695 2011

A Dictionary of Ships of the Royal Navy in the Second World War. General VA 456 .Y 68 1975
Historical Dictionary of Naval Intelligence. (2010)
The Naval Institute Historical Atlas of the U.S. Navy. General G 1201 .S 1 S 8 1995
The United States Navy: A Dictionary. General V23 .U 64 1991

History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: v. 11. The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945. General D773 .M 6 Vol. 11.
This is the main history for U.S. naval operations during the war.
D-Day Naval Deceptions background reading
Exercise Tiger background reading

Code Names Dictionary. Reference PE 1693 .R 9 1963
Encyclopedia of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. (2005)
Historical Dictionary of Air Intelligence. (2009)
Historical Dictionary of British Intelligence. Reference JN 329 .I 6 W 473 2014
Historical Dictionary of German Intelligence.
Historical Dictionary of Intelligence Failures. (2015)
Historical Dictionary of Naval Intelligence. (2010)
Historical Dictionary of Signals Intelligence. Reference TK 7882 .E 2 W 47 2012
Historical Dictionary of World War II Intelligence. (2008)
United States Intelligence: An Encyclopedia. Reference JK 468 .I 6 U 57 1990

Bodyguard of Lies. General D 810 .S 7 C 36 1975
This is the main book on the Allied efforts to blind the Germans to the Normandy invasion.
Captains without Eyes: Intelligence Failures of World War II. General D 810 .S 7 K 54 1969
The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War. General D 744 .H 64 2004
Fortitude: The D-Day Deception Campaign. General D 756.5 .N 6 H 47 2000
Hitler's Spies: German Military Intelligence in World War II. General D 810 .S 7 K25
Hoodwinking Hitler: The Normandy Deception. General D 756.5 .N 6 B 74 1993
Operation Fortitude background reading

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ARTICLE DATABASES

You must have a valid College of DuPage library card to access the electronic indexes and databases from off-campus.

Academic OneFile. An index to over 2500 magazines and journals covering a variety of topic areas including political science. This database provides references, abstracts, and many times the full-text of articles. A COD library card is required for off-campus use.

Academic Search Complete. Abstracts from nearly 3000 journals and full text for 1250 journals including general reference, political science, education, social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, library and information science.

The Chicago Tribune newspaper. Full text of articles from 1989-present.

Google Scholar. This provides access to many free full-text articles, as well as citations to many other articles.

JSTOR. This is an archive of digitized journal articles ranging in date from the 1700's to the early 2000's. These collections span a variety of subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences.

Military and Government Collection of articles and bibliographic citations.

National Newspapers(ProQuest). This includes the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.

Explanation of Scholarly Journals
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