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
Office of Grants and Training.
- Criminal
Justice Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Contains comprehensive coverage of international journals, books, reports,
government publications, dissertations, and unpublished papers on criminology and related disciplines.
Topics include crime trends, crime prevention, deterrence, juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, police,
courts, punishment, sentencing, and more from the points of view of the behavioral sciences,
economics, politics, education, law, and social work. Covers 1968 to the present.
- GPO
Monthly Catalog (FirstSearch)
- Covers all types of U.S. government documents,
including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records;
judiciary materials; and documents on all subject areas issued by
executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, etc.)
- International
Political Science Abstracts (Ebsco)
- Produced by the International Political Science Association, this includes current indexing
and abstracts of the world's leading journals in political science. Contains
over 110,000 records from nearly 900 journals published from 1989 to the present.
Approximately 8,000 new records are added to the database each year.
- 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.
- Risk
Abstracts (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Provides broad, multidisciplinary coverage of risk - the
combination of the magnitude and probability of adverse effects -
ranging from public and environmental health to social issues and
psychological aspects. Encompasses risk arising
from industrial, technological, environmental, and other
sources, with an emphasis on the identification, assessment,
alleviation, and management of risk of all kinds.
Covers 1990 to the present.
- 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.
- Note: to use ebrary, you must first download and install the
ebrary Reader on your computer (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 C.W. 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
Office of Grants and Training.
- 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)
- 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.
- Mosby's
Emergency Dictionary (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- PILOTS:
Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
- Interdisciplinary index to journals, books, chapters, pamphlets,
and technical reports published worldwide on post-traumatic stress disorder and
other mental-health consequences of the exposure to traumatic events among
veterans and other groups of people. Covers assessment, description, prevention,
and treatment, including the preparation and provision of mental health services to
both traumatized and at risk persons. Also covers professional ethics, scientific
methodology, and public policy. Covers 1871 to the present and is produced by the
National Center
for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Includes the full text of NCPTSD publications.
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
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