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History 97M: Vietnam Wars, 1945-1975 (Winter 2018, Robinson)

Journal Articles

The UCLA Library subscribes to hundreds of databases and indexes. Here are some that should be useful in finding journal articles on the Vietnam Wars. If you haven't already done so, you will need to configure your computer to connect from off-campus. See next tab for tips on searching for and evaluating articles.

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    class="s-lg-database-desc" id="s-lg-database-desc-5617887" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Index and abstracts for articles on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada) published since 1967.
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    class="s-lg-database-desc" id="s-lg-database-desc-5617991" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Full text of core scholarly journals from their beginning to approximately five years ago. Disciplines include botany, business, ecology, general science, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and statistics.
  • id="s-lg-content-5618163" style="box-sizing: border-box;">MLA International Bibliography  class="s-lg-icons pad-left-sm" id="s-lg-icons-5618163" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 5px !important; display: inline;">
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    class="s-lg-database-desc" id="s-lg-database-desc-5618163" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Indexes worldwide publications on literature, language, linguistics, folklore, film, television, and theater from 1923 to the present. Includes MLA Directory of Periodicals.
  • id="s-lg-content-5618081" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)  class="s-lg-icons pad-left-sm" id="s-lg-icons-5618081" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 5px !important; display: inline;"> class="dropdown pad-left-med s-lg-content-edit" id="s-lg-admin-edit-content-text-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; margin-top: -4px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; display: inline;"> class="s-lg-database-desc" id="s-lg-database-desc-5618081" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Full-text news (including broadcast transcripts), business, legal, and reference information. Also useful for finding full text of current performing arts and media industry news in major newspapers.
  • id="s-lg-content-5618264" style="box-sizing: border-box;">PAIS Index  class="s-lg-icons pad-left-sm" id="s-lg-icons-5618264" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 5px !important; display: inline;"> class="dropdown pad-left-med s-lg-content-edit" id="s-lg-admin-edit-content-text-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; margin-top: -4px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; display: inline;"> class="s-lg-database-desc" id="s-lg-database-desc-5618264" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Provides international coverage to articles, books, conference proceedings, and government documents on social and political policy, political science, public administration, current affairs, and related topics, from 1972 to the present.
  • id="s-lg-content-5618345" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Project MUSE - Premium Collection  class="s-lg-icons pad-left-sm" id="s-lg-icons-5618345" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 5px !important; display: inline;"> class="dropdown pad-left-med s-lg-content-edit" id="s-lg-admin-edit-content-text-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; margin-top: -4px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; display: inline;"> class="s-lg-database-desc" id="s-lg-database-desc-5618345" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Full text of current issues (from about 1990) of scholarly journals published by university presses, chiefly in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
  • id="s-lg-content-5618554" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sociological Abstracts  class="s-lg-icons pad-left-sm" id="s-lg-icons-5618554" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 5px !important; display: inline;"> class="dropdown pad-left-med s-lg-content-edit" id="s-lg-admin-edit-content-text-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; margin-top: -4px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; display: inline;"> class="s-lg-database-desc" id="s-lg-database-desc-5618554" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences from 1,800+ serials publications; also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers. Coverage from 1952-present.
  • id="s-lg-content-267582" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Web of Science  class="s-lg-icons pad-left-sm" id="s-lg-icons-267582" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 5px !important; display: inline;"> class="dropdown pad-left-med s-lg-content-edit" id="s-lg-admin-edit-content-text-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; margin-top: -4px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; display: inline;"> class="s-lg-database-desc" id="s-lg-database-desc-267582" style="box-sizing: border-box;">A multidisciplinary citation database, with searchable author abstracts, covering the journal literature of the sciences; social sciences; and arts and humanities.
  • id="s-lg-content-5618708" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Women's Studies International  class="s-lg-icons pad-left-sm" id="s-lg-icons-5618708" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 5px !important; display: inline;"> class="dropdown pad-left-med s-lg-content-edit" id="s-lg-admin-edit-content-text-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; margin-top: -4px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; display: inline;"> class="s-lg-database-desc" id="s-lg-database-desc-5618708" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Provides access to citations for a wide range of topics in the study of women and gender, 1972-present.
  • id="s-lg-content-6782625" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Worldwide Political Science Abstracts  class="s-lg-icons pad-left-sm" id="s-lg-icons-6782625" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 5px !important; display: inline;"> class="dropdown pad-left-med s-lg-content-edit" id="s-lg-admin-edit-content-text-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; margin-top: -4px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 15px; display: inline;"> class="s-lg-database-desc" id="s-lg-database-desc-6782625" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international literature in political science, international relations, law, and public policy.
  • The UCLA Library subscribes to thousands of periodicals (magazines, journals, newspapers--items that are published at intervals with no end in sight). These periodicals may be in print, online, or both. Online periodicals may be part of broader article databases.  Articles are great resources for research.  Before beginning your research:

    Finding Journals

    If you know already know the name of the journal, search for it in the UCLA Library Catalog. Put the journal title in the search box and select Journal Title or Journal Title (Start of) in the dropdown menu. Skip any initial articles of the journal title (e.g., A, An, The). The record will give you the call number and location of print journals and/or provide links to the online version. If the UCLA Library does not own the journal, you may borrow it through interlibrary loan.

    Finding Articles

    If you already have the title of a specific article, search for the journal title first (see above instructions).

    Searching Databases

    To find the appropriate databases, go to the UCLA Library website. Under the "Start your research" menu, select Databases and search by database name or subject. Once in a database, start with a KEYWORD search using words relevant to your topic. When you see an article that looks interesting, click on the title to see the complete citation. If there are SUBJECT TERMS or DESCRIPTORS, click on those that seem related to your topic to get other articles on the subject.

    Some tips: