LibGuides: Vietnam: Home

Databases

Online Databases - passwords for home use are on Edline and the back cover of your student planbook.

Gale in Context Opposing Viewpoints (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Covers today’s social issues by bringing together resources including pro-con viewpoint articles, topic overviews, primary source documents, biographies of social activists and reformers, court-case overviews, profiles of federal agencies and special interest groups.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Issues and Controversies in History (Infobase) This link opens in a new window
This database is great for several of your topics. You can perform a search or a browse for Vietnam.
World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window
Provides overviews of conflicts, the opponents, causes & consequence, statistics, images, maps, and video to conflicts from exploration of the New World to the present.

Polishing Tools

Noodletools
Link to Blair's account to create your "works cited" list for this project and others.
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This will require an account from the Media Center. Please see your teacher or Ms. Lamphier for help with these.
Turnitin.com
Link to your teacher's classroom account to turn your paper in electronically and prevent plagiarism.

Vietnam Search Tips and Polishing Tools

Search Tips for Databases: (1) put phrases in quotes, ex. “Vietnam War” (2) combine phrases to narrow your search using Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT, ex. “Green Berets” NOT film

Seniors Love Trees!

All of the databases have printer friendly capability. Look for icons on the documents and if you are not sure, ASK!

- Assess document (Read it) to see if it’s relevant
- Modify text size
- Find printer friendly icon
- Print preview to see # of pages and locate printer to which it will be sent
- E-Mail document home

Looking for additional photographs?
VietnamPix has a great collection of some of the most iconic and representative photos from the Vietnam War.

Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War by Spencer C. Tucker (Editor)
Call Number: REF 959.704 ENC
ISBN: 0874369835
Publication Date: 1998-09-18
The largest and most comprehensive study to date of one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history. * Over 900 A-Z entries with extensive cross references after each entry * Biographies of key Vietnamese and American participants * 200 primary source documents * 150 illustrations and 22 maps

Additional Tools

Animoto
Sets images and words to music. The presentation is powered by the music you choose. Ms. Lamphier will give you a code to enable you to create longer videos.
Graphic Novel Creator
Create you own graphic novel online.
Museum Box
Create an online exhibit. You will need to create an account in order to save your work.
Photocube 3D
An online photobox like the kind sold in tourist shops. Use captions on photos and upload to photocube
Prezi
An interactive, non-linear alternative to PowerPoint.
Tiki-Toki
Another great timeline tool. Sent in by Mr. Gibb and guaranteed to be cool.
Timetoast
Create a timeline of events - save and present online.

Websites

American Experience: Last Days in Vietnam by Rory Kennedy
Shows the horror and the chaos for both sides as America pulls out of the war in Vietnam.
Battlefield: Vietnam (from PBS)
Provides a look at the major battles of the war as well as a timeline.
BBC News
See the report "Vietnam History" for the British take on the long-running conflict.
Frontline: The Soldier's Heart
Links to video, interview, poetry, and first person accounts of living through war.
Larry Burrows - Vietnam War Combat Photographer
Publisher of Burrow's Iconic Photos.
Library of Congress Country Studies
Has excellent information on Vietnamese history and culture.
PBS POV (Point of View) - Vietnam stories
PBS Strange Fruit: Civil Rights and Vietnam
The story of America through protest music.
Salon.com
Mothers who think: Unarmed An oral history of female Vietnam vets
Tim O'Brian Homepage
PBS - a good Boolean search of PBS will turn up too many great clips to list them all here. Here are some clips students have used before. If you find any that are perfect for your project, send the link to me and say what it's good for. I'll put it on this LibGuide.
Vets With a Mission
History of Vietnam and its culture, including ethnic peoples, photos, and battle memoirs. This site's purpose is to educate and help improve relations with the people of Vietnam today.
The Vietnam War as History
Digital History Project, University of Houston. Includes maps, images, and commentary on topics as the decision to escalate, the My Lai Massacre, photography and the war, and the anti-war movement.
Vietnam War History
Report on BBC News
Vietnam War through O'Brien's The Things They Carried
Contains statistics and photos, some iconic, from the Vietnam conflict.
The Virtual Wall
Online portal to the Vietnam Veteran's War Memorial Fund (The Wall).
The Whole World Was Watching
Includes oral histories of Vietnam era vets and students, focusing on 1968.