Porterville College
Cultural and Historical Awareness Project: 1940s

Porterville College Library Resources

(Two books per/person for check-out)

Books

  • 1940s Special Collection for check-out
  • Manzanar Reserve for use in the library (at counter)
  • Non-fiction books for check-out
  • Reference books for use in the library
  • History locations: 909s, 920s, 940.3s, 940.5s, 973.9s

NetLibrary - www.netlibrary.com

  • 15,000 online titles recently published
  • Must first “create free account” (get your electronic library card on a PC computer) before using NetLibrary off-campus

Databases

For online magazine, journal, and newspaper articles, use databases on the “Porterville College Library Subscription Databases” list. You can access this information off-campus.

DVDs, Videos, CDs

  • For use in the library

Some 1940s topics in the library

Atomic bomb, baseball, Braceros, Churchill, Dresden, Einstein, fashion, Germany, Ghandi, Hiroshima, jazz, Japanese American Internment, Jung, Kahlo, Manzanar, movie stars, music, Navaho Code Talkers, Palestine/Israel, popular culture, Roosevelts (Franklin and Eleanor), Tokyo Rose, World War II, Wright, Zoot Suits

Internet