Library Home Page > Research Topics The Holocaust This guide is an introduction to the research process that, while not being an exhaustive list of information resources available, should be helpful in getting started in your research about the Holocaust.  Below you will find pointers to suggested research terms about the Holocaust, materials in the library catalog about the Holocaust, websites relevant to the Holocaust, and links to library databases that contain information about the Holocaust.  Please use our email reference service, contact us at (310) 434-4254, or visit us in the library at the reference desk if you need further assistance. Go to:    Suggested Research Terms    Materials in the Library Catalog     Websites    Library Databases Suggested Research Terms One of the really helpful things when searching for information about a topic is a short list of terms related to a topic.  We think the following terms will help with your research about the Holocaust: Holocaust denial Shoah Nazism anti-Semitism concentration camps brownshirts Ubermenschen Back to top of page Materials in the library catalog related to the Holocaust We have the following materials in the library catalog related to the Holocaust: Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945 National Socialism World War 1939-1945 Jews Jews Persecutions Auschwitz Concentration Camp Hitler, Adolf genocide Jews Judaism Back to top of page Websites on the Holocaust The following websites will help you with your research on the Holocaust: The Holocaust History Project The Holocaust History Project "The Project was formed in 1997 both to respond to the fraudulent claims ofHolocaust-deniers and to document that period of history." Find documents, photographs, and essays. Includes reproductions of book-length materialsuch as the first two volumes of the Nuremberg Trials, the Stroop Report in which Nazi General Jurgen Stroop reports on the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto, and a technical report on characteristics of Zyklon-B, used in concentration camps. Witness to the Holocaust This project "began in 1978 largely to refute claims that the Holocaust never happened. The Project's focus changed over time to include documentation and analysis of the long-term effects of the Holocaust." The site provides a brief overview of the Holocaust, liberation, and impact on survivors; transcriptions of 10 interviews with persons involved in the liberation of the concentration camps; and information about four of the camps. Searchable. Note: Videos clips may not function. Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day A website of the Israeli government, commemorating the events of the Holocaust. Offers an historical overview of the Holocaust, links to other relevant sites, and versions in Hebrew. The Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy A Thinkquest site examining the subject of the Holocaust. Presents a summary, a timeline, a glossary of terms,  discussion of neo-Nazism, and more. Back to top of page Library Databases relevant to the Holocaust The following Santa Monica College Library online databases may contain material relevant to the Holocaust.  Databases may include magazine, newspaper and journal articles.  Please note: you must be a Santa Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these services. Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. Readers' Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 Comprehensive indexing of general-interest periodicals. Coverage includes the years 1890 through 1982. Philosophy and Religion Collection Covers such topics as epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy, world religions, biblical studies, religious history. Includes more than 300 full text journals. National Newspapers (U.S.) Searchable index for recent issues of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. Full-text for newer issues and citations for older materials. More information on coverage Newspaper Source (Regional, National and International) Provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. Ethnic NewsWatch News, culture and history from the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press -- English and Spanish language. Encyclopedia Americana Includes 45,000 articles, plus thousands of hypertext links to web sites featuring additional data. It is updated quarterly. Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls New World Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. JSTOR Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection Provides coverage of nearly 550 full text journals, covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. historical figures. Researched and evaluated by: ap 6/12/02 Back to top of page