The following
selective list of print and electronic resources has been compiled by
McGovern Library staff as a starting point for research on the Korean War.
It is not a complete listing of related materials held by McGovern Library
or available online, but is intended to serve as a guide to some of the
Library's resources, and as a pointer to a variety of online resources.
Encyclopedias And Reference Sources
Print sources available
in McGovern Library:
- Encyclopedia
of the Korean War REF DS918 .E53 2000
- Korean
War Almanac REF DS918 .S86 1990
- The
Korean War REF DS918 .K5636 2000
- Encyclopedia
of Prisoners of War and Internment REF UB8000 E.53 2000
Senator
Francis H. Case Collection
- Senator
Case's Congressional career spans the Korean War years. For
information on material in the collection contact:
Laurie Langland
University Archivist
Dakota Wesleyan University
1201 McGovern Avenue
Mitchell, SD 57301
605-995-2134
lalangla@dwu.edu
Online Resources
Indexes
Print* indexes
available in McGovern Library:
- Essay
and General Literature Index
- Use
for political position speeches: "Korean War"
- International
Index to Periodicals
- Reader's
Guide to Periodical Literature
- Use
"Korean War," "MacArthur, Douglas," "Eisenhower,
Dwight," etc.
- Social
Sciences Index
*Note:
Contemporary print indexes will be especially useful in locating articles
on this topic.
The majority of the
library's print indexes are located on the Mezzanine shelving
overlooking the Periodicals area. The New York Times Index is
shelved at the end of the Periodical shelving.
Online Indexes
-
EBSCO
Fulltext Databases: citations, abstracts, and
full text articles
- Search
Subjects and select headings:
- "Korean
War, 1950-1953"
In combination with keyword searches for places and/or people.
- LexisNexis
Primary Sources in U.S. History
- Subject term
search using "Korean War"
-
Proquest: abstracts, citations and full text articles
- Keyword searches
for "Korean War" or specific names and/or places such as
"No Gun Ri," "Chosin Reservoir," "Mao Zedong,"
etc.
Periodicals
Use indices
to locate articles in print journals held by the library.
Videos
- Cold
War: Episode 5 VT1542
- Korea,
the Forgotten War VT 895
- The
Korean Conflict VT 855
- The
Korean War: Fire and Ice VT 1566-1569
Searching the
Library Catalog
- Subject
searches: "Korean War," "Douglas MacArthur," "Mao
Tse-Tung," etc.
- Keyword
searches combining terms such as "Korea" or "Korean War"
with "prisons ," "prisoners," "MIA," "Army",
"Air Force," etc.
- Limit
by publication year to see the most recently published resources.
Online Books/Documents
Statistics
Legislation
-
THOMAS -- US Congress on the Internet
- Use
"Korean War" for subject searches of the Library's resources,
and as a pointer to a variety of online resources.
Websites
Military Archives
and Sources
Associations,
Archives, and Libraries
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