Session Start (UNCGLibrarian:SlaesYvan3): Mon Feb 13 18:25:51 2006 [18:25] PlaesZvan7:hello [18:26] uncglibrarian: Hi, there! [18:26] PlaesZvan7:how ya doin [18:26] uncglibrarian: Pretty good! & you? [18:26] PlaesZvan7:alright...my friend said u cud help me out lookin up some things? [18:27] uncglibrarian: i';ll try . . . [18:28] PlaesZvan7:im doing a report for my english class... i need to talk about some american experience and become somewhat of an expert on teh subject...i chose the war on drugs and how it started and how vietnam changed our view on drugs [18:30] uncglibrarian: Okay . . . Let me look and see if we have some books on this topic. (BTW, are you a student here at UNCG?) [18:30] PlaesZvan7:yea i am [18:30] uncglibrarian: cool . . . . [18:31] PlaesZvan7:u dont even have to look for books...i was more lookin for online databases, journals etc [18:32] PlaesZvan7:i tried the jounral finder on the library website but it just asked for teh neame of the journal i was lookin for...i dont know how to look up article subjects [18:32] uncglibrarian: Well, I see we have a book called "Matters of substance : drugs--and why everyone's a user " with a separate chapter called "The Vietnam War" But let's see about articles [18:33] uncglibrarian: Yeah, Journal Finder is really to look up to see if we own (online or Print) a particular jouranl/magazine. What you want is a database like ProQuest or InfoTrac. [18:33] uncglibrarian: If you click on "Databases" on our home page . . . [18:33] PlaesZvan7:hwo do i get on that [18:33] PlaesZvan7:pk [18:33] PlaesZvan7:sorry... [18:33] PlaesZvan7:ok [18:34] uncglibrarian: then choose one of them from the list across the top [18:35] uncglibrarian: When I use ProQuest, and type in "war on drugs" [in quotes] I get more than 3500 itemss. . . [18:35] uncglibrarian: if I add and vietnam, I still have 58 items to choose from [18:36] uncglibrarian: You would get similar results in InfoTrac, I imagine. [18:36] uncglibrarian: Does this help ?? [18:37] PlaesZvan7:is info trac the best [18:37] uncglibrarian: It all depends. the three listed, Ebsco, InfoTrac and Proquest are all big databases, so they should all be useful [18:38] uncglibrarian: One toppic might get more results in one, but another could do better in anopther [18:38] PlaesZvan7:k [18:38] uncglibrarian: topic another [18:39] PlaesZvan7:when you typed it in with vietnam did you just type in "war on drugs- vietnam" [18:40] uncglibrarian: no I did "war on drugs" and vietnam You need to use the 'connector' AND between terms you R combining [18:40] PlaesZvan7:llike how wud i find the the effects the war had on drug users and visa versa [18:40] PlaesZvan7:oo u do [18:41] uncglibrarian: Some of that might almost be more historical, since the war ended over 30yrs ago. [18:41] uncglibrarian: There's a database of American history. [18:42] uncglibrarian: Called "America: History & Life" from the alpha list of db's [18:43] PlaesZvan7:whers that [18:43] uncglibrarian: On the "Databases" page, click on "A" then scroll down to the database [18:46] uncglibrarian: Actually, I am not finding as much as I expected. . . [18:47] uncglibrarian: I find an article as follows: Type: Article Author: Harris, Jay E. and Newman, Joel. Title: THE EMOTIONAL COST OF WAR. Citation: Journal of Psychohistory 1986 14(2): 153-164. ISSN: 0145-3378 Resource: [ Looking for the full text of this item? Check Journal Finder! ] Abstract: Herbert Hendin and Ann Pollinger Hass's Wounds of War: The Psychological Aftermath of Combat in Vietnam (1984) deals with 100 veterans of Vietnam who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder. The majority, plagued by suicidal urges, turned to drugs, and alcohol. Forty percent turned to crime. Vietnam veterans were younger than those who fought in Korea and World War II. At an impressionable age they had to confront the no-win policy of the government, and the ambiguous support of the American people. They were shocked by the barbarian acts of the enemy and the atrocities they themselves committed. [18:47] uncglibrarian: We have the journal only in print, however. [18:48] PlaesZvan7:o so i cant get it online [18:48] uncglibrarian: Not currently [18:48] uncglibrarian: Sorry . . . [18:50] PlaesZvan7:hm [18:50] uncglibrarian: I see an electronic book : [18:50] uncglibrarian: Ehrhart, W. D. (William Daniel), 1948- Ordinary lives [electronic resource] : Platoon 1005 and the Vietman War / W.D. Ehrhart. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, c1999. Available online. [18:50] PlaesZvan7:how do i get to that on [18:50] PlaesZvan7:ome [18:50] PlaesZvan7:one [18:50] uncglibrarian: This author has written about drugs in Vietnam. [18:50] uncglibrarian: Just go to [18:50] uncglibrarian: Library Catalog, type Ordinary Lives . . . [18:51] uncglibrarian: then click on "Title begins with" [18:51] uncglibrarian: There could be something useful there. [18:53] uncglibrarian: Here's one more idea . . . [18:53] PlaesZvan7:im all ears [18:53] uncglibrarian: go to the catalog, type in [electronic book] and TI vietnam [18:54] PlaesZvan7:T I? [18:54] uncglibrarian: just like that, then click on "keyword anywhere" [18:54] uncglibrarian: That looks for electronic books with "Vietname" in the title . . . [18:54] uncglibrarian: SOme are about Vietnam today, . . . [18:54] uncglibrarian: but others deal with the war there. [18:55] uncglibrarian: F'instance item #6 is [18:55] uncglibrarian: Title: A Vietnam trilogy [electronic resource] : veterans and post traumatic stress, 1968, 1989, 2000 / Raymond M. Scurfield. Personal Author: Scurfield, Raymond M. [18:56] PlaesZvan7:wher do u find electronic book [18:57] uncglibrarian: By clicking on the "Available online"link or the "E-Book" icon, it should take you to the text of the book online. [18:58] uncglibrarian: Also online is . . . . [18:58] uncglibrarian: Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War : a political, social, and military history / Spencer C. Tucker, editor. which should have articles about drug use during the war [19:06] uncglibrarian: One of the problems in searching is that the war on drugs is compared to Vietnam . . . [19:06] uncglibrarian: Like, "The war on drugs is NOT today's Vietnam" [19:07] uncglibrarian: Or this . . . "Vietnam, drugs: 2 wars lost" [19:08] PlaesZvan7:ok [19:11] uncglibrarian: Let me know if I can help you further . . . [19:11] uncglibrarian: If you ar enearby. . . [19:11] PlaesZvan7:k thanks [19:11] uncglibrarian: "are nearby" . . . it might be worth stopping at the ref. desk Session Close (SlaesYvan3): Mon Feb 13 19:17:22 2006