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Terrorism Resources
Encyclopedias / Handbooks / Dictionaries
| Bibliography
| Chronologies
Subject Headings
| Statistics
| Sourcebooks
| Indexes and Full-Text Databases
Media Sources
| Journals
| Government Information
| Internet Sources
ENCYCLOPEDIAS / HANDBOOKS / DICTIONARIES
- Assassinations and executions : an encyclopedia of political violence, 1900 through 2000. Harris M. Lentz. Rev. ed. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2002 HV6278.L45 2002 Main
- Encyclopedia of terrorism. C. Combs and M. Slann. New York: Facts on File, 2002. HV6431 C646 2002 Doe Ref, Moff Ref
- Offers brief descriptions of terrorist personalities and organizations as well as the types, causes, and victims of terrorism. Emphasis on contemporary rather than historical. Includes list of major acts of terrorism, 1946-2000, US and international reaction to Sept. 11, 2001 and selected bibliography.
- Encyclopedia of Terrorism. H. Kushner. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications, 2003. HV6431.K883 2003 Doe Ref
- Provides detailed entries on the who, what, where, and when, and why of terrorism, including September 11 attacks and their ramifications. Includes a history and chronology, photographs, maps and other illustrations.
- Encyclopedia of world terrorism. Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 1997. 3 vols. HV6431 E53 1997 Doe Ref, Moff Ref
- Covers terror in history from ancient times to 1996; entries for types of terror, techniques, psychology of, terrorist groups and campaigns and terrorism in individual countries, responses to terrorism. Included chronology, directory and select bibliography. This is supplemented by:
Encyclopedia of world terrorism, 1996-2002. 2 vols. 2003 ed HV6431 E53 2003 Doe Ref, Moff Ref which covers Sept 11 attacks and its impact and updates material in the 1997 edition. Vol 2
includes text of documents related to terrorism from Roman times to present.
- Historical dictionary of terrorism. S. Anderson. 2nd ed. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002. HV6431 .A537 2002 Doe Ref, Moff Ref
- Presents overview, trends as well as brief descriptions of key terrorist groups and individuals, events. Included is a chronology and bibliography.
- Terrorism : a reference handbook. S. Atkins. Santa Barbara. Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1992. HV6431 .A87 1992 Doe Ref, Moff
- Provides an intro to the literature; selected chronology of terrorist events, 1894-1992; biographical profiles, 1945-1990; text of key documents; directory of major terrorist organizations, 1940-1992; and reference materials.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- Babkina, A. M. Terrorism : an annotated bibliography. Commack, N.Y: .Nova Science Publishers, HV6431 .B24 1998 Doe Ref
- Books, reports, and journal articles published in the nineties. Subject headings but no annotations.
- Bennett, John M. Sendero Luminoso in context : an annotated bibliography. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press,1998. F3448.2.A12 B46 1998 Main
- See also related work: Sendero Luminoso : an annotated bibliography of the Shining Path guerrilla movement, 1980-1993. Peter A. Stern. New Mexico : SALALM, Library, University of New Mexico,1995. F3448.2.A12 S74 1995 Main
- Lakos, Amos. International terrorism : a bibliography. Boulder :Westview Press, 1986
HV6431.A12 L3 1986 Main, Moff
- Includes books, articles, and documents in english with no annotations.The author extends the scope of this work in a later work: Terrorism, 1980-1990 : a bibliography. Boulder : Westview Press, 1991. HV6431.A12 L343 1991 Doe Ref, Moff Ref
- Mickolus, Edward F. The literature of terrorism : a selectively annotated bibliography.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1980. HV6431.A12 .M52 Doe Ref, Main
- Provides comprehensive coverage of periodical literature in the seventies.
- Mickolus, Edward F. Terrorism, 1980-1987 : a selectively annotated bibliography. New York : Greenwood Press, 1988. HV6431.A12 M541 1988 Main, Moff
- Mickolus, Edward F. Terrorism, 1988-1991 : a chronology of events and
a selectively annotated bibliography. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press,
1993 HV6431.A12 M498 1993 Doe Ref
- Mickolus, Edward F. Terrorism, 1992-1995 : a chronology of events and a selectively annotated
bibliography. Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press, 1997. HV6431 .M499 1997Doe Ref, Moff Ref
- Terrorism, 1996-2001; a chronology. Edward Mickolus. Wesport: Greenwood Press, 2002
2 vols. HV6431M4992 2002 Doe Ref
- This is the sixth chronology the author has compiled since 1974.
- Terrorism and related topics. National Archives . October 2002.
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/alic/bibliographies/terrorism.html.
- Newton, Michael. Terrorism in the United States and Europe, 1800-1959 : an annotated
bibliography. New York : Garland, 1988. HV6432.T3 A12 N481, 1988 Main
- Prunckun, Henry W. Shadow of death : an analytic bibliography on political violence, terrorism, and low-intensity conflict. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1995. HV6431.A12 P78 1995 Doe Ref
- Schmid, Alex Peter. Political terrorism : a new guide to actors, authors, concepts, data bases, theories, and literature. New Brunswick : Transaction Books, 1988. HV6431 .S361 1988 Main
CHRONOLOGIES
See also the titles by Edward Mickolus cited above.
SUBJECT HEADINGS
To find books search the online catalogs GLADIS/PATHFINDER or MELVYL under the main heading: "Terrorism" with suggested subheadings including: biography, history, government policy, law and legislation, press coverage, political aspects, prevention, religious aspects, sources; or use with the name of a geographic region or country: "Terrorism-Chile."
Also check under the name of terrorists (ex. Abu Nidal; Carlos the Jackal; Bin Laden, Osama, ) or organizations (ex. Abu Sayyaf, Hizbollah, Irish Republican Army, Qaida, Red Brigades, Sendero Luminosa) or specific events (ex. September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001; Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing... ; Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Incident, 1988)
Other related headings:
Bioterrorism, (see also Cyberterrorism, Nuclear terrorism)
Bombings or Explosives (see also Hijacking of aircraft, Kidnapping, Sabotage)
Disappeared persons
Guerrillas
Hostages
Jihad
National security [country]
Political crimes and offenses
Political prisoners
Political prosecution
Political violence
State sponsored terrorism
Suicide bombings [suicide bombers]
Terrorism in mass media
Trials (terrorism)
Victims of terrorism
War on terrorism, 2001-
Browse in the LC call number area of HV6431-6433 in Doe Reference for reference works and Main Stacks for circulating books.
STATISTICS
- Country reports on terrorism. US Dept of State. http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/c14812.htm
- Continues from Patterns of global terrorism.
- Patterns of global terrorism. US Dept of State. HV6431U53
- Main-latest in GREF, ceased with 2003 report.
Annual report on the US fight against terrorism in US and around the world. Includes data on incidents and casualties and chronology and maps.
- Political violence against Americans. US Dept of State/Bureau of Diplomatic Security. HV6432S47 Main-latest in GREF. http://www.state.gov/m/ds/rls/rpt/19691.htm
- Annual statistical report on major anti-US incidents.
- Terrorism in the United States. FBI. http://www.mipt.org/Terrorism-in-the-United-States.asp. HV6432T46 Main (have in paper 1989-1998)
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- Statistics of democide: genocide and mass murder since 1900. R. Rummel .Piscataway, NJ: Transaction, 1998. HV6322.7 R868 1998 Main
For additional sources see Lexis/Nexis Statistical, an index to international, federal and state statistical publications. Many current sources may be available online; otherwise, items will be found on microfiche in GREF.
SOURCEBOOKS
- America confronts terrorism: understanding the danger and how to think about it : a documentary record. J. Predos, ed. Chicago: van Dee, 2002. HV6432.A52 2002 Main
- Anti-American terrorism and the Middle East: a documentary reader. B. Rubin. NY: Oxford University Press, 2002. HV6431.A566 2002 Main, Moff
- Selection of articles, interviews, statements by participants and text of historical documents.
- Terrorism: a documentary history. B. Maxwell. Washington: CQ Press, 2003. HV6431T4594 2003 Main
- Chronology and compilation of 100 documents including government reports, presidential directives, speech transcripts, news articles, trial transcriptions tracing the history of modern day terrorism from from 1972-Aug. 2002.
- Terrorism, an international resource file. Index.1980-88 HV6431.T477 Main
- Terrorism, special studies. Bethesda, MD: Univ. Publications of America,1989.
Microfilm 78562 PNM . Library has main set, 1975-1985 (5 reels) and 4 supplements.(1986-2001).
- Compilation of federally commissioned research reports from leading public and private research institutions that look at the types, causes and political implications of international terrorism.
MEDIA SOURCES
INDEXES AND FULL-TEXT DATABASES
- Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals. TL508.U46 Main; latest 5 years in GREF
- Indexes articles in magazines/journals covering all aspects of military, naval and air science, defense, strategic studies and military history.
- Alternative Press Index.
- Index to over 380 alternative, radical and left publications from 1991 to present.
- CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online).
- Provides full text of working papers, conferences, abstracts of journal articles, web links.
- Digital National Security Archive.
- Provides the text of over 35,000 declassified documents spanning 50 years of US national security policy. See also DDRS (US Declassified Documents Reference System) a collection of 70,000 declassified documents from the end of WWII to the 1970s.
- Expanded Academic ASAP.
- Indexes 1600 popular and scholarly journals from 1988 to present.
See also similar database: ProQuest. Index to general interest &
academic periodicals with full-text for most articles, 1980 to present.
- Historical Abstracts.
- Provides citations and abstracts to articles in history journals. For US history use America: History and Life.
- Lexis/Nexis Academic.
- Full-text database providing access to thousands of newspapers, magazines,
wire services and broadcast transcripts as well as to business, medical
and legal sources. For other full-text news sources see Global Newsbank (international news information) and Access World News (regional and national sources).
- PAIS International.
- Indexes books, articles, government documents and working papers from
around the world.
- PolicyFile.
- Indexes and abstracts public policy literature of think tanks, research institutes, etc.
- World News Connection.
- Web version of Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) offering translations of foreign radio/TV broadcasts, newspaper articles, periodicals, and books.
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
- Indexes and abstracts journals from political science and related fields.
JOURNALS
Bound volumes of these titles are in Main Stacks with current unbound issues in PNM, 125 Doe.
- Aakrosh: Asian journal on terrorism and internal conflicts. 1999- HV6431A25
- Intelligence and national security. 2001- JF1525I6I575
- Studies in conflict and terrorism. 1992- JX6731.T4T3
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
Indexes:
- Access UN. 1946-
- Index to UN documents and publications with some full text included.
- Lexis/Nexis Congressional.
- Indexes US congressional publications back to 1789 and provides full text of bills, laws, regulations, testimony and other congressional sources.
- CQ Weekly. 1983-
- Weekly digest of news and analysis of Congressional activity.
- National Journal Group's Policy Central.
- Comprehensive resource on US politics and policy.Includes full text of National Journal.
Reports/Laws:
INTERNET SOURCES
- Air University Library Bibliographies.
- This site offers bibliographies on topics such as homeland security and defense, history and role of intelligence, terrorist and insurgent organizations, weapons of mass destruction, and post 9/11 threats. Includes Internet sites, books, government reports and periodical articles.
- America Responds. http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Usgresponse.shtml
- September 11 sourcebooks.
- National Security Archive online readers on terrorism, intelligence, and the next war. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/sept11.
- Terrorism project. Center for Defense Information.
http://www.cdi.org/program/index.cfm?programid=39.
- Terrorism research center.
- TRC is an independent institute dedicated to the research of terrorism, information warfare and security, critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, and other issues of low-intensity political violence and gray-area phenomena. http://www.terrorism.com.
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