Terrorism and Homeland Security Databases
(see also
Criminal Justice,
Government and Politics, and
General)
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
[Also of Interest]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- Homeland
Security Digital Library (CHDS)
 
- Covering terrorism, public health, school violence, emergency response,
border security, and more, this provides access to over 40,000 homeland security policy
and strategy related documents to support needs of local, state & federal analysts
and decision makers as well as academic researchers. It provides access to homeland
security related reports from federal, state & local agencies from around the globe,
as well as research reports, thesis & dissertations from various universities,
organizations & government agencies. Includes speeches; newsletters; major
legislation; national strategy documents; presidential directives & executive orders;
federal & state policy documents (including draft copies); evaluations, lessons learned,
after action & best practices reports; and a meta-search engine for more than 50
government databases. Also includes state-of-the-art multi-media offerings; a schedule of
homeland security events & conferences; links to state homeland security offices &
other websites; and an "On the Homefront" blog with news; book reviews; press
releases; announcements; advancements & innovations; proposed laws, policies &
regulations; and new reports, technologies, websites & agencies. Produced by the
Naval Postgraduate School
Center for Homeland Defense and Security and sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
FEMA National
Preparedness Directorate.
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Military
and Government Collection (Ebsco)
- Provides current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.
Includes the full text of nearly 300 government periodicals, general magazines, academic journals,
and other content along with indexing for an additional 400.
- DTIC Online
(Defense Technical Information Center)
- Formerly Public STINET: Scientific & Technical Information Network, this provides
citations to and full text of unclassified technical documents and research
reports generated for and by the
U.S. Department of Defense that broadly cover all areas
associated with defense research, such as military, security, international politics, technology, sciences,
biology, medicine, environment, pollution, psychology, social sciences, patents,
conference proceedings, and more. Includes citations from the Air University
Library Index to Military Periodicals, Staff College Automated Military Periodical
Index, DoD Index to Specifications and Standards, and Research and
Development Descriptive Summaries. Produced by the
Defense Technical Information Center.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more
(more information).
- Encyclopedia
of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Comprehensive, subject specific guide to the history, uses,
scientific principles, and technologies of espionage, intelligence, and security,
with special emphasis placed on the current ethical, legal, and social issues.
- Encyclopedia
of Terrorism (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Discusses the who, what, where, when, and why of terrorism, including definitions
of key terms, famous cases, biographies, laws, and law enforcement techniques.
Covers Al-Qaeda, biological terrorism, extremism, Saddam Hussein, Jihad, Zacarias Moussaoui,
suicide bombers, and more. Includes a detailed chronology, photographs, maps, charts,
known extremist & terrorist groups, key anniversaries & birthdays, and a
directory of organizations. Written by LIU Post professor, Harvey Kushner.
- Encyclopedia
of U.S. National Security (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Covers the origin, development, and results of all major national
security policies over the last seven decades. A thoroughly interdisciplinary
work, the encyclopedia views national security from a historical, economic,
political, and technological perspective.
- FIRST: Facts on International Relations and Security
Trends (SIPRI)
- Provides statistics and reports, organized by country, that
cover: armed forces, conventional weapon holdings, and military
activities - arms production, trade, embargoes and export
controls - conflicts and peace keeping activities, landmines, and failed state
indicators - general country indicators, population and economic
statistics, global peace index, and political terror scale - form of
government, elections, membership in international organizations,
treaties and agreements - military expenditure and research -
nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles - security news, links to
related websites, chronology of security related events, and
disease outbreaks - energy security and coal - human rights and
freedom - and more. Produced by the International Relations
& Security Network and the Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute with information from thirty international
partner organizations.
- Homeland
Security Digital Library (CHDS)
- Covering terrorism, public health, school violence, emergency response,
border security, and more, this provides access to over 40,000 homeland security policy
and strategy related documents to support needs of local, state & federal analysts
and decision makers as well as academic researchers. It provides access to homeland
security related reports from federal, state & local agencies from around the globe,
as well as research reports, thesis & dissertations from various universities,
organizations & government agencies. Includes speeches; newsletters; major
legislation; national strategy documents; presidential directives & executive orders;
federal & state policy documents (including draft copies); evaluations, lessons learned,
after action & best practices reports; and a meta-search engine for more than 50
government databases. Also includes state-of-the-art multi-media offerings; a schedule of
homeland security events & conferences; links to state homeland security offices &
other websites; and an "On the Homefront" blog with news; book reviews; press
releases; announcements; advancements & innovations; proposed laws, policies &
regulations; and new reports, technologies, websites & agencies. Produced by the
Naval Postgraduate School
Center for Homeland Defense and Security and sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
FEMA National Preparedness Directorate.
- Terrorism:
Essential Primary Sources (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Contains approximately 200 international primary source documents, such
as speeches, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, essays, magazine &
newspaper articles, and much more that focus on the issue of terrorism in the last
three centuries. Part of the Social Issues Primary Source Collection.
- Also of Interest:
- Columbia
International Affairs Online (CIAO)
- Comprehensive source for theory and
research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that
includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs,
foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy
briefs. CIAO is also widely-recognized source for teaching materials including original case studies written
by leading international affairs experts, course packs of background readings for history and political
science classes, and special features.
- Dictionary
of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Provides clear definitions and comprehensive explanations
of the history, geography, religion, and demographics of the conflict, from the
birth of Zionism at the end of the 19th century to the five Arab-Israeli wars and
biographies of political personnel in Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and
the occupied territories.
- Encyclopedia
of American Foreign Policy (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Essays by subject experts treat concepts, doctrines, policymaking,
commerce, science, human rights, arms control, anti-imperialism, environmental
diplomacy, refugee policies, terrorism, countermeasures, and more. Includes a
chronology.
- Encyclopedia
of Public Health
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Encyclopedia
of War and American Society
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Gender
and Violence in the Middle East (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Contends that violence is fundamental to the functioning of the patriarchal
gender structure that governs daily life in Middle Eastern societies.
- History
Behind the Headlines: The Origins of Conflicts Worldwide (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Presents in-depth information on conflicts appearing in today's
headlines. Users are provided with historical background and analysis to
events to give a greater understanding of the politics, players, and
layers of current affairs.
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
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