Research Guides
JSIS 483/HSTAS 490 - Winter 2018: Primary Documents
Asian History Final Research Project
Statistics
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IPUMS InternationalIntegrated Public Use Microdata Series. International Census Microdata for Social and Economic Research.
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Proquest Statistical InsightProvides abstracts and indexes of statistical information from over 100,000 U.S. government publications since 1973, state and private sources since 1980, and about 2,000 documents from international organizations since 1983.
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Data-PlanetInteractive database allows you to create tables, maps, and figures from a variety of licensed and public data sources
Microform Collections
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Southeast Asia Materials ProjectBased at the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago, SEAM has microfilmed collections of manuscripts, journals and newspaper from Southeast Asia. Collections may be borrowed by UW community.
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EROMM DatabaseEuropean Registry of Microform Masters
Guide to Legal Resources
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Legal Resources for Southeast AsiaPowerpoint of resources in the UW Libraries
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Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals[UW restricted]
Viet Nam War Official Documents and Testimony
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Confidential U.S. State Department central files, Indochina internal affairs, 1945-1949 [microform]10 reels Microfilm A8455
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The David W.P. Elliott collection of Vietnamese communist documents [microform]Circa 200 items, including English translations of NLF documents
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Documents relating to British involvement in the Indo-China conflict, 1945-1965London : H.M.S.O., [1965]
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Echols Collection: selections on the Vietnam WarMicrofiche collection
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International Commission for Supervision and Control in VietnamReports of the ICC, supervising the 1954 ceasefire, 1954-1961.
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Pentagon Papers [electronic resource].The Pentagon Papers, officially titled 'Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force', was commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967.
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Rand interviews in VietnamMicrofilm A-9700 10 microfilm reels.Transcripts of a four-year Rand project to interview ralliers and prisoners from NLF and PAVN ranks, and refugees, including nearly 2500 interview reports.
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Special report to the co-chairmen of the Geneva Conference on Indo-ChinaInternational Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam.
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Transcripts and files of the Paris peace talks on Vietnam, 1968-1973.Microfilm A8270. 12 reels
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U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, Part I: 1954-1968Declassified agency documents on the war in Viet Nam.
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U.S. policy in the Vietnam War. Part II, 1969-1975 [electronic resource].U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, Part II is the most important compilation of documents available on the final phase of the Vietnam War
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Viet-Nam documents and research notesTranslated documents on the Vietnam War, 1967-1973
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Vietnam, National Security Council histories.Microfilm A8269
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The Virtual Vietnam ArchiveTexas Tech, Vietnam Center archive. Includes CDEC captured documents from the Vietnam War, many of them with US intelligence service translations
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MSU Vietnam Group ArchiveMichigan State Advisory Group archive
US Government Sources
Note: most US government publications are now cataloged and can be searched in the Worldcat catalog.
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ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new windowUW Restricted. Index to Congressional testimony and other documentation submitted during the legislative process.
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The declassified documents reference systemIndex and microfiche access to US agency documents declassified through Freedom of Information Act requests and Mandatory Declassification Review (release of agency documents 25 years old)
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THOMAS (Library of Congress)Legislative bill-tracker.
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Digital National Security Archive[UW restricted]
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DTIC Public Technical ReportsDefense Technical Information Center database of declassified defense reports.
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National Technical Information ServiceTechnical reports, including military technology and defense contractor reports on Viet Nam.
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Archival Research Catalog This link opens in a new windowThe National Archives' nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC area, Regional Archives and Presidential Libraries
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CIA FOIA Electronic Reading RoomCIA documents declassified under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Cold War International History Project Digital ArchiveWilson Center. Includes collections on American War in Viet Nam.