Selected Resources for:
Terrorism

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

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.

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)  

http://0-www.ciaonet.org.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

Conference proceedings and working papers from participating institutes around the world. Includes the full text of books and book summaries, journal abstracts, links to websites and a calendar of conferences and seminars.

LexisNexis Academic   

http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/us/lnacademic

Varies by publication.

Provides access to the full text of thousands of national and international magazines, newspapers, wire services, TV and radio broadcast transcripts, web publications, and blogs. Search by General, News, Legal, Business, or People.

Talking Terrorism: a Dictionary of the Loaded Language of Political Violence  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2627365

In an A-Z dictionary format, defines and explains terms related to terrorism. Gives examples of usage by terrorist groups, exposes the biases of media and government in response to terrorist activity, and discusses how meanings can change over time.

Location: Ref. HV 6431 .H455 2003

Encyclopaedia of International Terrorism  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2461912

3 volume collection of essays on terrorism. V. 1 covers the definition, history, and development of terrorism. V. 2 deals with specific events and countries. V. 3 contains documents and studies on terrorism and an extensive bibliography.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks HV6431 .E52 2002 (3 v.)

Encyclopedia of Modern Separatist Movements  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2298897

Profiles of ethnic separatist groups and related topics. Gives history of the group/country or biography if individual.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks HM716 .H48 2000

Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2705349

Contains around 290 alphabetically arranged entries. Provides in-depth historical background of religious, political and social extremist groups and individuals, most since 1980. Focuses on the groups rather than specific terrorist acts. Includes many little-known groups.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks HN49.R33 A85 2004

Encyclopedia of Terrorism  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2473599

Over 300 entries cover terrorist groups, methods, key events, activities and responses, people, terms, and statistics. Emphasis on terrorism in the United States and related to its interests abroad. Appendices include maps and chronology.

Location: LAU Ref Stacks HV6431 .K883 2003

Encyclopedia of World Terrorism  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2477568

Discusses ideas, theories, and terms used in the study of terrorism and political violence. 2 v.

Location: Ref. HV 6431 .E53 2003

Historical Dictionary of Terrorism  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2445127

Brief entries on groups, events, people, and concepts. Includes a chronology, an introductory essay on terrorism, and an extensive bibliography.

Location: Ref. HV 6431 .A537 2002

Revolutionary and Dissident Movements of the World  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2701717

Dissident, extra-parliamentary, guerilla, and illegal political movements are listed with descriptions of the leadership, history, objectives, and activities of the movement.

Location: Ref. JC 328.3 .R48 2004

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

Terrorism: a Documentary History  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b2575873

Includes 100 entries from 1972 through 2002. Each document is preceded by a description of the event that includes analysis of the document.

Location: Ref. HV 6431 .T4594 2003

Global Terrorism  

In addition to an historical overview, a chronological survey of terrorist attacks, and biographies of both leaders of terrorist groups and counter-terrorism experts, includes terrorism-related laws, legal issues, and court cases.

Location: Ref. HV 6431.H43 2004

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.

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.

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."

Patterns of Global Terrorism  

http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/

This annual publication provides statistics on politically motivated violent incidents, arranged by region and country. Also included is a chronology of terrorist events which occurred during that year.

Location: LAU Gov Docs REF S1.138:

Country Reports on Terrorism  

http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/

An annual publication from the State Department; in 2004 it replaced the Patterns of Global Terrorism.

Location: In GEORGE

September 11 Archive  

http://september11.archive.org/

Commissioned by the Library of Congress, this site allows users to search for topics dealing with September 11 and its aftermath. Sites are categorized as follows: the press, government, corporate/business, charity, religious, and others.

September 11 Digital Archive  

http://911digitalarchive.org/

A collection of first-hand accounts of the 9/11 attacks and aftermath as well as images, video, audio, other multimedia, and an annotated listing of Web sites, organized by the American Social History Project at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center and the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University with collaboration from the Smithsonian and other museums.

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism  

http://www.ict.org.il/

A comprehensive resource on international terrorism and counter-terrorism which features news updates, an interactive forum, and links to other Web resources.

Terrorist Group Profiles  

http://www.nps.edu/Library/Research/SubjectGuides/SpecialTopics/TerroristProfile/TerroristGroupProfiles.html

Profiles of selected individual terrorist groups in Patterns of Global Terrorism. Lists alternate names, activities, strength, area of operation, and external aid.

World News Connection  

http://0-wnc.dialog.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/

July 1994- .

Provided by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). Contains translations of worldwide news and commentary from foreign television and radio broadcasts, newspapers, and periodicals from July 1994 to the present. World News Connection replaces Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS). For earlier FBIS Daily Reports, consult the Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports database (digitized, full text) or use the FBIS Index to the microfiche content. Microfiche are located on the first floor in Government Documents and Microforms.

START: National Consortium of the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism  

http://www.start.umd.edu/

Compiles research from many disciplines on the areas of terrorism and counter-terrorism. A joint project between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the University of Maryland.

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).

9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States  

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/911/index.html

The Commission's Final Report provides a complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. It also includes recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.

Location: LAU Gov Docs Stx Y3.2:T 27/2/FINAL

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.