RESEARCH GUIDE
Year 12 Australian History
TOPIC: Towards a Changing Society - Vietnam
Using MGS e-Resources (Access via the Library webpages)
Keywords:
Australia and Vietnam War
Vietnam War and Australia
Impact of the Vietnam War on Australia society
Australia and social change
Australia and political change
Australia and cultural change
1. MacquarieNet (Australia’s Online Reference Library)
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Select Student Zone
Basic search Keywords: Vietnam War
Advanced search Vietnam War & search term (whatever you are
researching)
Use other search terms to refine your results for your specific
information needs, eg Vietnam War & Australian Society
Chose articles from the results list, including:
i. Encyclopaedias (including Encyclopaedia of Australian History)
ii. Images
iii. News
iv. Reference works
v. Trials and quests
2. Echo (Australia’s Newspaper archive)
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Select Newspaper Indexes 2000 0 2009
Basic search Keywords: “Vietnam War”
Check each index and enter keywords “Vietnam War”.
Select from the lists and search by Google at base of page for the
selected article.
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Select Issues Outlines
Enter Keywords: Vietnam War
Select articles from the lists.
3. State Library of Victoria (Australiana Index)
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Select Australiana Index
Keyword search “Vietnam War”
Select articles from the results list or refine your search.
4. Sydney Morning Herald Index
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Keyword search “Vietnam War”
Refine your search terms if required
5. Links Plus (websites)
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Search reliable websites using Keyword search “Vietnam War”
Select from the results list or refine your search.
6. Ebsco Host
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Select Points of View Reference Centre
Select Advanced Search and use your Keywords, eg Vietnam
War & Australia & ??? (insert your search term), Vietnam War &
Australian Society, etc.
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Select ABC- CLIO History Database
Select World History: Modern
Search Keyword phrase ‘Australia & Vietnam War’, etc.
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Select Student Research Centre
Search Keyword phrase ‘Australia & Vietnam War’, etc.
Refine your search terms as required.
7. Gale Cengage Learning (Thomson Gale)
 Select History Reference Centre
 Go to Search a Resource Centre
 Select Encyclopaedia of the Vietnam War from the drop-down
menu
 Use the Boolean search dialogue box using Vietnam War and
Australia, etc.
Check out the Research Guides and Search Tips tabs for good tips on
searching databases.
8. Oxford Reference Online
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Select Oxford Companion to Australian History
Keyword: Australia and Vietnam War, etc.
9. JStor
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Enter Keywords: Australia and Vietnam War, Australian
society and Vietnam War, etc.,
The following articles may be useful for your study:
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The Australian Left, Nationalism and the Vietnam War
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Labor and Vietnam: A Reappraisal
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A New Era in Australian Migration Policy
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Australian Attitudes to China and the Chinese
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Review: Review Article: Australian Voices on the Vietnam War
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Review: [untitled] A Nation at War: Australian Politics, Society and Diplomacy during the
Vietnam War, 1965-1975
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Residential Segregation in Australian Cities: A Literature Review
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From 'White Australia' to 'Part of Asia': Recent Shifts in Australian Immigration
Policy towards the Region
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The Dissolution of the British Empire in the Era of Vietnam
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Partisanship and the Vote in Australia: Changes over Time 1967-1990
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Review: The Spectre of White Australia
eLibrary
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Go to Basic Search tab
Enter Keyword phrase: Vietnam War and Australian Society,
etc.
A reminder – as you look at resources always take note of the author, title and
publication details for your Bibliography.
P. Wigan - 2009