Vietnam Research Project

Vietnam Research Project
An Internet Hotlist on Vietnam Resources

created by Mrs. Schlitter
Olmsted Falls High School

Introduction | Select Books from OFHS | Electronic Databases | Internet Resources | Decade Information

Introduction
IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS ACCESSING SOME LINKS COPY AND PASTE THE FILAMENTALITY ADDRESS INTO ANOTHER INTERNET EXPLORER WINDOW. http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listmrbarbmr.html

Use the following links to locate information on the Vietnam War.

Print Resources:
Encyclopedia of The Vietnam War (3 volumns)
Historical Atlas of the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War - Day by Day
Battles of the Vietnam War
Air War in Vietnam
The Military History of the United States (vol. 12 & 13)
National Geographic Magazine (Cumulative Index)
Dictionary of American History (see index for pages)
Video - Vietnam: Chronicle of a War (89 min.)
Vietnam War Almanac
Vietnam War Primary Sources
Encyclopedia Americana

The Internet Resources

Vietnam War Filamentality Page - IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS ACCESSING SOME LINKS COPY AND PASTE THE FILAMENTALITY ADDRESS INTO ANOTHER INTERNET EXPLORER WINDOW. http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listmrbarbmr.html

Select Books from OFHS

Olmsted Falls High School On-line Catalog - http://leeca5.leeca.org:5803/uhtbin/cgisirsi/VYjTb6tJOI/OFHS/310510017/60/1180/X Search the High School collection for items on your topic. You can also search Cuyahoga County Public Library Online Catalog.

Electronic Databases

ABC-CLIO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT - http://www.socialstudies.abc-clio.com/Login/Login.aspx?option equals logout&message equals 17 Over 12,000 primary and secondary sources, including 1,200 documents, 4,000 images, 200 maps, and 200 audio/video recordings * Over 2,100 biographies, including portraits of important historical and current government figures such as the Founding Fathers, U.S. presidents, and Supreme Court justices, as well as a continually updated roster of key federal bureaucrats, state governors, and members of the U.S. House and Senate * 52 activities on fundamental concepts such as Roots of U.S. Government and Defining and Measuring Public Opinion
Biography Reference Bank - http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/biorefbank.asp Biography Reference Bank contains articles about more than a half-million people, most in full text, from around the world, both living and dead.
CCPL - Electronic Resources - http://www1.cuyahoga.lib.oh.us/researchinfo/specialists/subject_specialists.htm You can access these databases from home with a CCPL Public Library card number.
EBSCO - Magazine and Newspaper Search - http://www.leeca.org/students/magazines/newspapers.htm Do a search on your topic to locate magazine and newspaper resources.
Gale - Student Research Center Gold - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/olms12005 Perform a search on Vietnam War. Check all tabs each displays different results - Reference, Magazines and Journals, Newspapers, Primary Documents, Multimedia for search results.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/olms12005 Select the 'show all' icon and scan down to the History resources - set of Vietnam War Reference Library 5v, 2001. Also, Nation and World - Countries and Their Cultures 4v, 2001.
NewsBank - http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/newsbank.asp America's Newspapers: Easy access to 30 full text newspapers providing state, regional and national coverage. Some back to 1977.
Noodle Tools - http://www.noodletools.com/ Will assist you with creating your bibliography. Password required.
SIRS DECADES - http://portal.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/PikeApp.woa/wa/Authentication/loginMember CLICK ON MY PRODUCTS - Select SIRS DECADES and search on your topic.
United Streaming Video - http://www5.unitedstreaming.com/ Search for a video to stream on your topic. Caution!! Downloading videos take a long time and are very large files - you may not want to do this. You can watch the video by streaming it if you have a high speed Internet connection.
World Book Advanced - http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/worldbook.asp World Book Advanced is a powerful reference tool that includes encyclopedia, multimedia, e-book, and primary source databases, fully integrated in a single search.

Internet Resources

About.com - Vietnam War - http://history1900s.about.com/cs/vietnamwar/ Search the Vietnam War links for information on your topic.
American Memory Project - http://memory.loc.gov Images from the Library of Congress Archives.
Battlefield: Vietnam - Site contents include: A Brief History, Battlefield Timeline, Guerrilla Tactics, Air War, The Seige of Siege of Khe Sanh, and Web Resources. Khe Sanh
Galaxy Directory: Vietnam War - Provides links to numerous Vietnam War sites.
History Central - Vietnam Resources - http://www.historycentral.com/Vietnam/index.html
History Links - http://history1900s.about.com/homework/history1900s/?once equals true& Misc. links to important historical events.
History and Politics Out Loud - http://www.hpol.org/ Is a searchable multimedia database documenting and delivering authoritative audio relevant to American history and politics. This project is supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Teaching With Technology Program in collaboration with Michigan State University and the National Gallery of the Spoken Word.
History of the Vietnam War - http://vwam.com/vets/hisintro.html This site has links to additional resources.
HyoerHistory Online - http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html Displays lifelines for over 980 persons in science, culture, religion, and politics. In addition there are special expanded sections for artists, scientists, writers, composers, famous women, and politicians accessible from the 'Options' panel.
Investigating the Vietnam War - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/vietnam.html Resources for students studying the Vietnam War. Provides a collection of interviews with veterans, study and research questions for student projects, a discussion forum moderated by an expert historian, and an annotated selection of related links.
LBJ Library - http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/srch_pages/lbj_srch.aspThe home site for the Usenet Newsgroup: soc.history.war.vietnam. This is an extensive Internet site for the Vietnam War.
Librarian's Index to the Internet - Vietnam War links - http://lii.org/search?m equals p&query equals vietnam+war&Search equals SEARCH+LII.ORG&searchtype equals keywords This list of Internet links were evaluated for their content and selected for research by the Librarian's Index to the Internet, (lii.org).
New York Public Library - Digital Image Collection - http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
The American Experience: Vietnam Online - PBS - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/vietnam/index.html Excellent introduction to the history and legacy of the Vietnam War. Features a superior interactive timeline of the war, basic statistics, and biographical profiles of the major actors of the era. Maps of the war, a glossary of terms and acronyms unique to the war, text of key U.S. Government war documents, and a bibliography for further study is included.
The Vietnam Veterans Home Page - http://grunt.space.swri.edu/ Contributions to this page span the period from the early war years through present-day Vietnam.
The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Wall Page - http://thewall-usa.com/ This page provides access to an online searchable database of names listed on the Memorial Wall.
Time 100 - Leaders and Revolutionaries - http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/hochiminh.html Time Magazine's Time 100 biography of Ho Chi Minh.
Vietnam: Yesterday and Today - The goal of this website is to suggest books, magazine articles, and websites that will be useful, to provide suggestions for effective research, and to provide information about the war and the country of Vietnam.
VietnamWar.net - http://www.vietnamwar.net/ Metasite with lots of links from many perspectives.
Virtual Vietnam Archive - http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/ Texas Tech University's Archive collects and preserves archival materials and artifacts, focusing on collections from those who directly participated. Includes 900,000 pages of archival resources.

Decade Information

Chico High School - Decade Links - http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/decsg.html Excellent links to decade information.
History Central - Sixties Links - http://www.historycentral.com/sixty/Index.html
Kent State - May 4th Collection and Archives - http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/4may70/index.html Information about the Kent State Shootings.

Content by Mrs. Schlitter, ofhs_js@leeca.org
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Last revised Mon Nov 2 7:43:51 US/Pacific 2009