Selected Resources for:
Security Studies

Index to Military Periodicals  

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/aulimp/search.html

1990- .

A subject index to significant articles, news items, and editorials from English language military and aeronautical periodicals.

International Political Science Abstracts   

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=ijh

1989- .

An abstract of periodical articles on political science, government, international relations, and area studies. Indexes more than 1,000 international journals. The printed version (1951-1997) is available

Location: LAU Ref Stacks JA 36. I5, 1951-1997

Jane's Defence Magazine Library  

http://0-jdin.janes.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

1990s- (varies)

The database contains the fulltext of 11 Jane's magazines in the defense industry

PAIS International   

http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=pais-set-c&db=paisarc-set-c&adv=1

A subject guide to journals, books, pamphlets, and government publications relating to economics, social conditions, and international relations since 1915.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts   

http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=polsci-set-c&adv=1

1975- .

Indexes and abstracts articles from over 1,400 political science and international relations journals.

Academic Search Premier   

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=aph

1965- (varies).

Provides full text for 4,486 publications (3,718 peer-reviewed) covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. A total of 8,224 titles are abstracted and indexed, of which 7,132 are peer-reviewed.

Proquest Research Library   

http://0-proquest.umi.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/login?COPT=U01EPTYmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTImREJTPUc2KzE5RSsxOUYrMUEwKzFBMSsxQTIrMUEzKzFBNCsxQTUrMUE2KzFBNysyMTgrMUFBKzFBQisxQUMrMUFE&clientId=5604

1980s- (varies).

Provides indexing, abstracting, and many full-text entries for over 2,800 scholarly and general interest periodicals. Covers a very broad range of topics and sources, including most public policy issues.

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Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms  

http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/index.html

Approved terminology for general use by all components of the Department of Defense.

Encyclopedia of Arms Control and Disarmament  

Three volumes of essays on broad topics and useful bibliographies on existing agreements and their negotiating history through 1992.

Location: Ref. JX 1974 .E57 1993

Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security  

http://0-find.galegroup.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu:80/gvrl/infomark.do?type=aboutBook&prodId=GVRL&eisbn=0787677620&version=1.0&userGroupName=wash43584&source=gale

Eight hundred articles arranged alphabetically; the overall organization is logical and friendly to the average reader. This is an excellent general resource for high school students and the general public. The books are a sound starter resource for undergraduate students.

Location: Ref. JF1525.16E63 2004

International Military and Defense Encyclopedia  

Shorter entries on specific topics with occasional longer survey articles. Reports on individual national forces are superseded by Military Balance and Strategic Survey. 6 volumes.

Location: Ref. U 24 .I58 1993

Homeland Security: A Documentary History  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2752245

Excerpts from more than 140 documents in chronological order trace the history of homeland security in the United States since 1798.

Location: Ref. UA 927 .H657 2004

Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre  

http://0-jtic.janes.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

Includes profiles of terrorist and insurgent groups, chronologies and descriptions of terror- related events, expert analyses and case studies. Search options include limiting by country, territory, and group. A separate event search is provided that includes searching by country, event type, tactic, casualties and affected countries.

MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Database  

http://www.mipt.org/

1968- .

Provides information on the current status, history, affiliations, locations and tactics of terrorist groups throughout the world. Includes U.S. court cases and summaries of terrorist incidents. Information can be retrieved by group name, group ideology, incident date, incident location, tactics used and other criteria.

GEORGE   

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/

Check for books on your topic in GEORGE, the library's catalog. Search by keyword, author, title, or subject heading. To find a book by topic, search by Library of Congress Subject Headings, keywords, or try looking up a title you know and click on "Find Similar Items" to search by the subject headings listed in the book's catalog record.

WorldCat   

http://0-newfirstsearch.oclc.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/autho=100161383;dbname=WorldCat;screen=advanced;done=http://www.library.georgetown.edu;FSIP

WorldCat is a catalog consisting of over 100 million records for books and other materials in over 60,000 libraries. NOTE: Available only to Georgetown University students, faculty, and staff. A publicly accessible version is available at http://www.worldcat.org/.

WRLC Catalog  

http://catalog.wrlc.org/

The catalog of the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC): George Washington, American, Catholic, George Mason, Gallaudet, and Marymount Universities, the University of the District of Columbia, and Georgetown University. Georgetown students may borrow directly from WRLC libraries or request items via the WRLC Catalog.

Armed Conflict Database  

http://0-acd.iiss.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/armedconflict

Collection of data on recent armed conflict(international and internal) throughout the world. Includes information on terrorism, refugees, displaced persons, weapons use and flows, fatalities, costs and timelines. Users can generate custom reports and download data. Created by the International Institute for Stategic Studies (IISS).

ITERATE (International Terrorism: Attributes of Terrorist Events)  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b3597995~S4

Detailed data about terrorist events worldwide, starting in 1980. "The ITERATE project is an attempt to quantify data on the characteristics of transnational terrorist groups, their activities which have international impact, and the environment in which they operate."

Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST)  

http://first.sipri.org/

Integrated collection of data on armed conflicts, peacekeeping, arms production and trade, armed forces, and conventional and nuclear weapons. Includes security and diplomatic activity chronologies. Also provides some limited non-security data such as population, development, and voter turnout statistics.

Military Balance  

An international quantitative assessment of military and defense expenditures. Bilateral and multilateral agreements are also described.

Location: Ref. Desk UA 15 .L65

Digital National Security Archive   

http://0-nsarchive.chadwyck.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu

20th century.

A full-text database of 22 core collections of primary documents acquired by the George Washington University based National Security Archive. The collection has been acquired through extensive use of FOIA. Each core collection is focused on one topic, e.g. Iran-Contra, Terrorism and U.S. Policy. Each topical collection includes diverse policy documents supplemented by contextual and reference material on chronology, glossary and bibliography.

Globalization 101  

http://www.globalization101.org/

This site encourages expanded comprehension of globalization and its effects on politics, strategic interests, international relations, and peace efforts.

Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS)  

http://0-galenet.galegroup.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/servlet/DDRS?locID=wash43584

DDRS is a full-text database of declassified documents acquired from presidential libraries. Documents are from various executive departments including the FBI, CIA, NSC and the State Department. The collection contains more than 75,000 facsimile copies of original documents requested by researchers and subsequently scanned by DDRS. It covers the post WWII era through the 1970s, but is not comprehensive. For instance it does not contain documents routinely declassified under the 30 year rule and made available elsewhere (NARA).

RefWorks  

http://0-www.refworks.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/refworks

RefWorks is an online research management, writing, and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, manage, store, and share information and generate citations and bibliographies.