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PAID 111 Section 19: Drews (Fall 2025)

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You'll find:

Selected reference sources about Vietnam
Map of Vietnam
Selected reference sources about the US-Vietnam War
Selected reference sources about immigrants and Asian Americans
Links to our online reference collections, where you can search across multiple reference sources at once

Choosing Sources

When choosing sources, consider:

Who
- Who wrote it? What could their biases and affiliations be?
What
- What kind of source is it? A book? A newspaper article?
- What claims does the source make? What is its argument or thesis?
Where
- Where was it published? In an encyclopedia? Online? What country?
When
- When was it written? What time frame does it cover?
Why
- Why did the author write it?
- Why might it be useful to my own argument or research questions?

Reference sources about Vietnam

Historical Dictionary of Vietnam by Bruce McFarland Lockhart; William J. Duiker
Call Number: Ref DS556.25 .D85 2006
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
Call Number: Ref DS4 .E53 2002

Vietnam Maps
Contemporary and historical maps of Vietnam, primarily published by the CIA.
Indochina Atlas (1970) - Administrative Divisions
"Indochina Atlas", published in October 1970 by the Directorate of Intelligence, Office of Basic and Geographic Intelligence, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

Map of Vietnam

Reference sources about the U.S.-Vietnam War

Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War by Stanley I. Kutler (Editor)
Call Number: Ref DS557.7.E53 K8 1996
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War by Spencer C. Tucker (Editor)
Call Number: Ref DS557.7.E53 T8 1998
The Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War by David L. Anderson
Call Number: Ref DS557.5 .A54 2002
Historical Dictionary of the Vietnam War by Edwin E. Moise
Call Number: Ref DS557.7 .M63 2001

Reference sources about Immigration and Ethnic Groups

American Immigrant Cultures
Call Number: Ref E184.A1 A63448 1997
The Columbia Documentary History of Race and Ethnicity in America (e-book) by Ronald H. Bayor (Editor)
Call Number: Ref E184.A1 C57 2004
The Gale encyclopedia of multicultural America (e-book) by Thomas Riggs (Editor)
Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups by Stephan Thernstrom; Ann Orlov (Editor)
Call Number: Ref E184.A1 A63448 1997
Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans by Ronald H. Bayor (editor)

Reference sources about Asian Americans

Asian American History and Culture by Huping Ling; Allan W. Austin
Call Number: Ref E184.A75 A8287 2010 v.1-2
Asian Americans: An Encyclopedia of Social, Cultural, Economic, and Political History by Xiaojian Zhao (Editor); Ph.D., Edward JW Park (Editor)
Call Number: Ref E184.A75 A842648 2014 v. 1-3
Asian American Culture: From Anime to TIger Moms by Lan Dong (Editor)
Call Number: Ref E184.A75 A8265 2016 v.1-2
Dictionary of Asian American History by Hyung-chan Kim (Editor)
Call Number: E184.O6 D53 1986

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