Guide: Sources on Terrorism

Licensed databases [IUB authorization required]

Proquest Historical Newspapers: Provides fulltext coverage of major newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and Washington Post.

World News Connection: Provides translations of media sources from around the world -- from U.S. federal government.

Conflict and Terrorism Around the World: Newsbank Special Report linking to numerous documents and news sources.

Homeland Security Digital Archive: Includes documents related to national security from a variety of official and unofficial sources. IUB is registered for full collection.

Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS): Provides online access to over 500,000 pages of previously classified documents.

Digital National Security Archive: Includes Terrorism and U.S. Policy, 1968-2002, the Osama bin Laden file, plus other special collections of de-classified documents.

Proquest Congressional: Provides easy access to congressional publications since 1789 and full-text of reports, bills, hearings, resolutions, and laws to the present

Military and Intelligence Database: Provides articles from periodicals and journals on military and intellgence.

Military and Government Collection: Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.

Armed Conflict Database: Maps and reports on armed conflicts worldwide.

Columbia International Affairs Online: Comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts: Merged backfile of Political Science Abstracts and ABC POL SCI. Abstracts and indexes journals in political science, international relations, law, public administration and policy.

 

United States Government Websites

The President
Counterterrorism [from the Dept. of Homeland Security]
Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism [from the State Dept.]
Country Reports on Terrorism [from the State Dept.]
National Counterterrorism Center
Terrorism [from the FBI]
Domestic Terrorism [from the FBI]
Terrorism [from FEMA]

Thomas: [Congressional information: legislation, reports, proceedings, from Library of Congress]
Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
House Committee on Homeland Security

International Governmental Organizations' Websites

UN Action to Counter Terrorism
Counter-Terrorism CommitteeUnited Nations Security Council
UNODC on money-laundering and countering the financing of terrorism [from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) [purpose is to combat money laundering and terrorist financing]

Fight against Terrorism [from the European Union]

Other Websites

The Jamestown Foundation: Provides information from Eurasia, China and the World of Terrorism. This website has an archive that includes the Terrorism Monitor.

 

9/11 Information

Witness and Response: September 11 Asquistions at the Library of Congress: Provides original material such as photographs, eye-witness accounts and personal reactions, and films from September 11th.

The September 11 Digital Archive: Saving the Histories of September 11, 2001 : Contains over 150,000 digital items, which include first-hand stories, images, sounds, and videos of September 11

 

Print Collections

The IUB Libraries hold print collections related to Osama bin Laden and Terrorism. Consult IUCAT for holdings and locations. A few examples include:

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States     The 9/11 Commission report : final report of the National Commission     on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Wells Library East Tower 2, SuDoc stacks:     Y 3.2:T 27/2/FINAL

United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence

Joint inquiry into intelligence community activities before and after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 : report of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and U.S House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence together with additional views, Wells Library East Tower 2, SuDoc stacks: Y 1.1/5:107-351

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Violent Islamist extremism, 2009 : hearings before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, Wells Library East Tower 2, SuDoc stacks: Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG.111-678