Vietnam Pathfinder

Maine South High School
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Print Resources
  • Most print resources on Vietnam will be located in 959.704
  • Print resources on specific topics may be found by searching the Online Catalog for books.
  • Some example search terms:
    • Tet Offensive
    • Vietnamese Conflict
    • Vietnamese Conflict -- Personal narratives
  • eBooks ~ eBooks from Gale Virtual Reference Library.

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Databases: Scroll over an image for a complete description.

Search Biography Resource Center for brief and extensive biographies, articles, and web resources about people in American and world life, both past and present.~ Biographies, magazine, and newspaper articles

Search Britannica Online for reference information in literature, science, social science, and history.  Britannica Online also carries news stories from The New York Times. ~ Reference articles

Chicago Tribune Historical Archive~ News stories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Coverage is from the 1920's through 1984.

Search the Student Research Center for magazines, newspapers, reference articles, and primary documents. Search NoveList for reviews, annotations and much more for over 125,000 fiction titles. ~ Magazine and newspaper articles

Use eLibrary to search for magazine and newspaper articles along with a variety of media including maps, images, audio/video, and television/radio transcripts.~ Reference articles, magazines, newspapers, images, and TV/radio transcripts

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Search History Resource Center: US for reference information, periodical articles, primary sources, and multimedia items such as maps and images from United States history. ~ Reference, magazine/newspaper, and primary sources

Search History Resource Center: World for reference information, periodical articles, primary sources, and multimedia items such as maps and images from ancient and modern world history. ~ Reference, magazine/newspaper, and primary sources

Search Opposing Viewpoints for viewpoint, reference, periodical, and primary source articles on social and political issues. ~ Viewpoint, reference, magazine and newspaper articles on social and political issues

Search Student Resource Center Gold for reference, periodical, and primary source articles as well as maps and images across all subject areas. ~ Reference, magazine, newspaper, and primary source

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Internet Resources

Vietnam Resources

  • Agent Orange and Cancer ~ Extensive information from the American Cancer Society
  • American Cultural History: 1960-1969 ~ Information from Kingwood College Library on music, film, fashion, books, sports, etc. of the 1960s
  • CIA World Factbook ~ Select a country to view maps, flags, statistics, and demographic data of a country.
  • Country Profile of Vietnam ~ Maps, statistics, and demographic data of Vietnam.  Click “View ATLAS Plate” to retrieve and interactive, detailed map of Vietnam. '
  • Documents of the Vietnam War ~ Statements, reports, proposals, letters, and other primary sources of the Vietnam War arranged in chronological order. Vassar College.
  • Kent State University -- May 4, 1970 ~ Information from KSU about the May 1970 shootings of four students. Click on the "Online Exhibit" link for a chronology and additional information.

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  • Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association ~ Select related websites on the left for photos and info about the helicopters.
  • The Vietnam in Me (PDF file -- 20 pages) Tim O'Brien, October 2, 1994, The New York Times Magazine
  • Vietnam Maps ~ From the online library collection of the University of Texas at Austin.
  • Vietnam Online ~ Timeline, bios, weapons, maps, primary sources. From the PBS series, American Experience.

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N. Mellendorf, Librarian. Maine South High School, Library Resource Center, Park Ridge, IL
Created: 4/19/06 Last update: 5/12/08 Contact: nmellendorf@maine207.org