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The Cold War

 

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General Sources of
Cold War Information
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General Sources of Information on the Cold War
  Gale Student Resource Center - Gold An excellent resource for beginning your research.Enter "Cold War" or your specific topic in the Search Box. This resource provided by the Cleveland Heights High School Library.
To access this database from home, click go to High School Library Online databases, and click on the Gale Student Resource Center, and, from the main page, select Student Resource Center - Gold. You will need a password to access this resource from home; see a librarian. 
 
Encyclopedia Britannica Online. A great resource for overview articles, definitions, and additional web sites. Enter the specific topic you are researching. This resource provided by INFOhio. For more information about INFOhio, click the underlined link.
 
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 Encyclopedia Americana. A second online encyclopedia source for research information. Use the Full-Text Search option for best results.This resource provided by the Cleveland Heights/University Heights School District.
 
Gale Virtual Reference Library.
 A good source for information on some Cold War events (particularly the Vietnam War) and on individuals.This resource provided by the Cleveland Heights/University Heights School District.
 
Annals of American History. An extensive collection of primary source documents. Use the specific words and phrases in the Search box to narrow your results
 
CNN - The Cold War
 An all-inclusive site that details all the major events of the Cold War.
 
Cold War Guide
 A basic encyclopedia of the Cold War, with hundreds of short articles defining people, places, events.
 
The Cold War
from Learn History
 An in-depth look at specific events of the Cold War
 
The Cold War
from the History Guy
 The site has various links to topics on the Cold War, as well as hundreds of primary source documents.
   
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Specific Events and People in the Cold War (please return here often, as this section is continually expanding)
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Pictures and Mutlimedia Sources
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Atomic Bomb
 
History of the Atomic Bomb
 Part of the CNN Project on the Cold War.
 
 Nuclearfiles.org
 A website devoted to the history of the Nuclear Age, by providing background information, analysis and access to primary documents,
 
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Berlin Wall
 
CNN - The Wall
 Video clips, primary source documents and history, from the CNN Cold War series
 
A Concrete Curtain
 Subtitled "The Life and Death of the Berlin Wall", this web site traces the history of Berlin, from its division after
World War II, to the construction and destruction of the Wall, and the reunification of Germany.
 
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Biographical Information
American National Biography. An excellent source for information for people from the United States. This resource provided by INFOhio. For more information about INFOhio, click the underlined link. 
Gale Virtual Reference Library A good source for biographical information for people around the world. This resource provided by the Cleveland Heights/University Heights School District.
 
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Culture of the Cold War
 
Anti-War Music of the
Vietnam Era
 Brief history, lyrics, and some realaudio downloads of the songs of the 60s and early 70s.
 
Anti-War Music of the
Vietnam Era
 Another brief look at anti-war music from the Vietnam era, with links to the song lyrics.
 
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Kent State May 4th, 1970
 
May 4th Collection
 The definitive Kent State collection, with FAQs, links to a timeline and chronology of events, and primary source documents. Also included are links to other May 4th sites.
 
Bitter Passage:
The Fall of Saigon & the Kent State Shootings
 A project of the Digital Journalist, this site includes RealAudio clips, photographs, and oral histories from the Kent State shootings (1970) and the fall of Saigon (Vietnam, 1975)
     
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Propaganda
 
 American Anti-Communist Propaganda & the Cold War
  A discussion and listing of examples of American Anti-Communist propaganda and its effects during the cold war, hrough an intensive look at several forms and specific examples of American anti-communist propaganda ... Anti-communist propaganda played an important role in the American sentiment towards communist Russia during the Cold War. Some art.
     
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Space Race
 

Space Race & Sputnik:
News Article

  This site features a collection of New York Times articles on the Space Race and the launching of Sputnik (primary sources). You will have to scroll down past the Propaganda section.
 
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Vietnam War
History of the Vietnam War
 The web site from PBS looks at all aspects of the Vietnam War, the longest in US History.
 
Vietnam War
 Part of the CNN Project on the Cold War.
 
Vietnam Online:
An online companion to
Vietnam - A Television History
 A another PBS site, this is the web site for the award-winning Vietnam - A Television History. Includes maps and primary sources.
   
 
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Pictures and Multimedia Sources
unitedstreaming.com is a rich source of video clips for use by students at Heights High. You will need to see a librarian for the user name and password to access this resource.
 
Google Image Search.
   
   
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