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Introduction

This guide is for students in Yuma Totani's class History 389: The Asia-Pacific War.

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HathiTrust
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Internet Archive
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FDR Presidential Library Digital Collections
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum hosts digital collections of documents, photographs, correspondence, and other material.
Truman Library & Museum Digital Collections
Includes documents and images related to World War II during President Truman's term in office.
USA.gov
Web portal and search engine for U.S. government and state and local government information, maintained by the U.S. General Services Administration.
Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
Defense Technical Information Center is a free database with hundreds of thousands of military reports and other resources, most available in full text. It also includes Air University Index to Military Periodicals, a database of articles in military journals.

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Introduction

Library ID Registration

Important Resources

Government Documents Librarian