Getting Started in the LibraryThis library guide points you in the direction of some basic library resources for completing library assignments and writing research papers in this course. Many of these resources are available from the library's homepage at http://www.lib.ipfw.edu/, so you may want to bookmark both the homepage and this guide.
Here are some resources to get you started:
Gaining an OverviewTo develop and refine your search, it often helps to consult a specialized dictionary, encyclopedia, handbook, textbook, guide, or bibliography. These tools are designed to offer an overview of your topic or research problem written by an expert. They may provide an historical perspective, a chronology of events, definitions of terms or concepts, or bibliographic references leading to the literature in a particular field of study. Many useful reference works are now available online. These handy e-reference collections are accessible via Find Resources By... Subject, Title, or Type on the library's homepage.
Reference WorksCold War Reference Guide: a General History and Annotated Chronology
(Reference D843 .S3365 2006) This guide provides a general overview of the Cold War and is divided into four sections. The first contains a set of essays on different historical periods and the second highlights major Cold War events, such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War. The third section includes several extensive annotated chronologies on political events and leadership histories. The last section contains biographical information on prominent U.S. political figures and other world leaders.
Columbia Guide to the Cold War
(Reference E744 .K696 1988) An excellent reference guide to primary and secondary source materials for memoirs and biographies, academic journals, archives, presidential libraries, electronic resources, and films and novels. In particular, go to Part Four (page 207), which includes annotated bibliographies on specific topics.
Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations
(Reference UB270 .T73 2009) Contains information on individuals and organizations involved in clandestine intelligence gathering during the Cold War, including the secret operations they carried out. Entries are alphabetically arranged.
Guide to American Foreign Relations since 1700
(Reference E183.7 .U5 G84 1982) One of the most comprehensive guides to materials on American diplomatic history, this reference work contains several chapters devoted to the Cold War. In particular, Chapter 24 (page 699) focuses on U.S. Cold War diplomacy and includes an annotated bibliography on primary and secondary documents.
Primary Source CollectionsCenter for the Study of Intelligence (CIA) The CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence contains full-text access to many declassified documents. Click on the link for "CIS Publications" and select "Books and Monographs." Of particular interest are Assessing the Soviet Threat, On the Front Lines of the Cold War: Documents on the Intelligence War in Berlin, 1946 to 1961, and At the Cold War’s End: US Intelligence on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1989-1991.
Cold War International History Project Established at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 1991, this online archive contains historical materials from governments on all sides of the Cold War. Click on the link for the "Virtual Archive" to begin exploring the collections. This is a great resource for individuals working on topics that focus on non-American perspectives.
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: a National Security Archive documents reader
(Reference E841 .C845 1992) A collection of more than 80 declassified U.S. government documents pertaining to the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The bibliography at the end of the book also contains an extensive list of books, journal articles, and dissertations written on the topic.
Digital National Security Archive This archive contains several collections pertaining to Cold War activities, including: the Berlin Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. Espionage and Intelligence, and the Vietnam War. It provides access to a diverse range of policy documents, such as: presidential directives, memos, diplomatic dispatches, meeting notes, independent reports, briefing papers, and White House communications. Contextual and reference supplements are provided for each collection, including general introductory material, a chronology, glossary and bibliography.
Documents of American Diplomacy: from the American Revolution to the Present
(Reference E183.7 .D63 2002) Section Nine (pages 294-444) reprints nearly fifty U.S. government documents pertaining to Cold War diplomacy, includes presidential speeches and addresses as well as papers from the U.S. Department of State and Pentagon.
Foreign Relations of the United States This series "presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. It contains documents from Presidential libraries, Departments of State and Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, Agency for International Development, and other foreign affairs agencies as well as the private papers of individuals involved in formulating U.S. foreign policy." (website)
Iran-Contra Scandal: the Declassified History
(Stacks E876 .I735 1993) Contains more than 100 of the most important declassified U.S. government documents pertaining to covert operations and the subsequent cover up of the Iran-Contra Scandal.
National Security Archive "An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at the George Washington University, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. The Archive also serves as a repository of government records on a wide range of topics pertaining to the national security, foreign, intelligence, and economic policies of the United States." (website)
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
(Stacks J80 .A283 multiple volumes) These volumes are arranged chronologically by administration and contain the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President.
Searching IUCAT for Books and PeriodicalsSearch IUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog), to find books and periodicals (scholarly journals, popular magazines, newspapers, and other serials), or library materials such as music CDs, electronic resources, and videos. Materials at the Fort Wayne Helmke Library are designated by the library location FORTWAYNE.
IUCAT searches from on-campus computers will show only materials held by the IPFW Fort Wayne Helmke Library. To search all IU libraries, choose ALL from the Select Library pull-down menu on the search screen.
Sometimes IUCAT will lead you to articles in periodicals, but the most efficient way to locate articles is to use a periodical database or index to search many periodicals simultaneously.
Learning about IUCATSave time in the long run by investing a half-hour with our interactive Searching IUCAT Tutorial. It is an easy way to grasp fundamental search techniques and try your hand at practice searches designed to reinforce your knowledge. Also check our other IUCAT Guides for help in using IUCAT to your best advantage.
Choosing the Type of SearchUse the default Basic Search search option to find important keywords or phrases in an IUCAT record, in any order. Choose this search when you are unsure of the exact author or title of works on your topic.
Choose the Begins With (Browse) option from the box labeled More IUCAT Searches to find words or phrases exactly as typed, letter-for-letter, searching from left to right. Choose this search to find known authors or titles. Step 1. Enter term(s) in Title, Author, or Keywords Anywhere search boxes.
Step 2. Under Library, leave Fort Wayne Helmke Library as default, or change to ALL.
Step 3. Click the Search button.
Finding Periodicals in IUCATStep 1. Choose Periodical Title Search from the box labeled More IUCAT Searches.
Step 2. Enter the periodical title. Choose Keyword or Exact depending on the search you need.
Step 3. Select the correct record from the Search Results screen.
Step 4. In the IUCAT record look for the URL (for Electronic Resources available Online) or Holdings (for printed periodicals) to find what specific years and volumes are available at IUCAT's FORTWAYNE location.
Step 5. When the library owns the printed volumes you need, write down the call number and location. The call number and IUCAT Shelving Locations will help you determine where an item will be shelved in the library. Or if the resource is available online, follow the URL link to the full-text content.
Locating Books and Periodicals in the LibraryBooks, printed periodicals, and other library materials are shelved in Library of Congress Classification (LC) call number order. The call number and IUCAT Shelving Locations will help you determine on which floor of the library an item will be shelved.
Searching for Periodical ArticlesThe most efficient way of finding a high-quality periodical article , is to search a periodical database or index that provides descriptive abstracts, subject indexing, and often, the full-text content of articles. Check out the interactive Finding Articles Tutorial to learn the basics of choosing and searching the Academic Search Premier database. Below is a selection of databases useful for your course. For a complete list, see the library's Find Resources By... page. Select a resource by Subject, Title, or Type (choose Abstracts, Databases, & Indexes).
DatabasesAmerica: History and Life Bibliographic references with abstracts to journal articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada, 1954 to present. Also includes references to book and media reviews and dissertations. The focus is from U.S. journals, but includes some international journals that cover American history.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) Provides full-text access to a variety of publications from research institutes such as the Brookings Institution, Carter Center, Cato Institute, Council on Foreign Relations, and Oxford Centre for International Studies. It also includes occasional papers from non-governmental organizations, conferences proceedings, and policy briefs.
JSTOR JSTOR provides full-text access to the complete run of more than 150 scholarly history journals. Use this database to locate peer-reviewed journal articles.
LexisNexis Congressional Locate congressional publications, including committee hearings and House and Senate reports, and legislative histories pertaining to U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War era.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This database provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of books, dissertations, films, software and international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, labor relations, and public administration/policy. The database indexes approximately 1,304 titles and contains over 400,000 records. Many records from key journals in political science, published since 2000, also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article. Each individual reference may also have links to an abstract and/or to other papers that cite that reference.
JournalsThis section includes a list of academic journals that have published peer-reviewed articles on Cold War topics. To locate these, from the library's homepage click on Full-Text Journals in E-Journal Finder and enter the journal name. This will retrieve a list of all databases that provide full-text access. Cold War History. London: Routledge, 2000-.
Diplomatic History. Malden, MA: Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, 1977-.
International Affairs. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1922-.
International Security. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1976-.
Journal of American History. Bloomington, IN: Organization of American Historians, 1914-.
Journal of Cold War Studies. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999-.
Find BooksIUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog) Use IUCAT (Indiana University's online library catalog) to search for library holdings at the Helmke Library and other Indiana University libraries. If you find an interesting book held at another IU library, submit a request delivery request and it will be brought to Helmke library.
IPFW WorldCat Use IPFW WorldCat to search library holdings at the Helmke Library, other Indiana University libraries, and libraries around the world. Submit an interlibrary loan request (ILL) to borrow books not owned by IU libraries.
Click here to browse a list of books on the Cold War
Subject HeadingsThis list of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) will help you locate books in both of our online catalogs: IPFW WorldCat and IUCAT. Click on "advanced search" and enter one of these phrases as a subject search. You will retrieve a refined list of books on that particular subject. Anti-communist Movements--United States--History--20th Century
Cold War
Communism--Soviet Union--History
Espionage, Soviet--History--20th Century
Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--United States
Spies--Soviet Union--History--20th Century
Trials (Espionage)--United States--History--20th Century
United States--Foreign Relations--1945-1953
United States--Foreign Relations--1953-1961
United States--Foreign Relations--1945-1989
United States--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union
World Politics--1945-1989
Browsing AreasAlso try browsing our collection of books on the third floor of the Helmke Library. The Library of Congress classification system groups books by subject, so you will find books on the same topic shelved together. You may be surprised by what you find serendipitously. D839-860 | Post-war History (1945- ) | E183.8 | United States Diplomatic History | E838-889 | Later twentieth century, 1961-2000 |
E840-840.2 | Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations | E840.6-840.8 | Biography (General) | E841-843 | Kennedy's administration, 1961-November 22, 1963 | E846-851 | Johnson's administrations, November 22, 1963-1969 | E855-861 | Nixon's administrations, 1969-August 9, 1974 | E865-868 | Ford's administration, August 9, 1974-1977 | E872-875 | Carter's administration, 1977-1981 | E876-880 | Reagan's administrations, 1981-1989 |
UB250-271 | Military Administration: Intelligence |
Is Your Article Scholarly or Popular?University instructors often ask students to use articles from scholarly journals rather than from popular magazines for their research assignments. The following Is Your Journal Scholarly? (PDF) summarizes major differences between scholarly journals and popular magazines. Which type of source have you located?
What about Full Text?Full text means that the text of the article is available in PDF or HTML digital format. Graphics and tables are not automatically included unless the database producer has rights to publish them. Many of the library's licensed databases offer the full-text content of periodical articles. IPFW students, faculty, and staff now have access to more than 20,000 full-text journals. Find them in E-Journal Finder.
When an article you need is not available full text in the database you are using, choose  to see all of your delivery options. You may be able to access the full-text content in another database, request the article from another library through Document Delivery Services, or make a photocopy of the article if the printed periodical is owned by Helmke Library.
When a Resource is Not Available in the LibraryRequest Delivery is an IUCAT feature that allows IPFW faculty, students, and staff to request materials held by other Indiana University Libraries and to have them delivered to Helmke Library (see the IUCAT Request Delivery Fact Sheet).
You may also request any item that is not available at Helmke Library through Document Delivery Services (DDS). DDS borrows books and provides photocopies of periodical articles from other library collections. The service is free for IPFW faculty, staff, and students.
Using Government InformationThe U.S. government is an excellent source for primary research materials. Helmke Library has been a selective federal depository for U.S. government publications since 1965, receiving items in the categories of business, the census, commerce, defense history, education, health, justice, foreign affairs, presidential and congressional materials. Many federal government publications are freely available in digital format, and these resources can be accessed using IUCAT Catalog. The library's Public Information Reference Service (PIRS) provides research assistance as well as access to the wealth of local, state, federal, and international government information on the Web. The Allen County Public Library is also a federal depository library.
Style Guides and Useful Tools for WritingA variety of style guides are on reserve at the Service Desk on the first floor. These tools help you organize and write your paper, and format in-text references and bibliography lists. For more information, also see our Style, Publishing, & Writing Guides.
Style Guides for this CourseAssociated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law (Service Desk PN4783 .S57 1999)
Business Writer's Handbook (Service Desk HF5726 .B874 2003)
Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. (Service Desk Z253 .U69 2003)
New York Times Manual of Style and Usage (Service Desk PN4783 .S57 1999)
And Finally, Ask a LibrarianLibrarians and skilled information assistants are always available to assist you. Visit the Service Desk to meet an information assistant who will help you get started. You are welcome to make an appointment with Your Subject Librarian if you need more in-depth assistance.
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tritts@ipfw.edu
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