| THE CONFLICT WITH IRAQ & THE WAR ON TERRORISM RESOURCES PAGE Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center |  |
| THE CONFLICT WITH IRAQ & THE WAR ON TERRORISM RESOURCES PAGE Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center | |
ELECTRONIC DATABASES
These electronic databases, selected from the library's collection of databases, could be useful in studying and researching the war on terrorism and the pending conflict with Iraq.
- Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier is the world’s largest scholarly, multi-discipline, full text database designed specifically for academic institutions. This resource indexes over 4300 periodicals and contains full text for over 3400 scholarly publications. Academic Search Premier includes full-page images as well as color embedded images. This scholarly collection provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index
A component of the Institute for Scientific Information's Web of Science, the Arts & Humanities Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. Select Full Search or Simple Search to see the option for the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
- ATLA Religion Database (1949 - Present)
The ATLA Religion Database is the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. This comprehensive bibliographic database spans over 50 years. The database covers the sub disciplines in the fields of theology and religion, plus religious research in related fields such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, medicine, law, and business.
- CQ Researcher
The award-winning CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.
- Essay & General Literature Index (1983-)
This familiar index cites essays and articles from anthologies and collections. It focuses on the humanities and social sciences, with subject coverage ranging from economics, political science, and history to criticism of literary works, drama, and film.
- Francis
FRANCIS covers a wide range of multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities (67%), social sciences (30%), and economics (3%). FRANCIS is strong in religion, the history of art, and literature, with particular emphasis on current trends in European and world literature. Updated monthly, FRANCIS covers 1984 to the present.
- LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe
LexisNexis Academic Universe provides searchable access to a comprehensive spectrum of full-text information from over 5,600 sources, selected to meet academic research needs
- Social Sciences Citation Index
A component of the Institute for Scientific Information's Web of Science, the Social Sciences Citation Index is a multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It indexes 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. Select Full Search or Simple Search to see the option for the Social Sciences Citation Index.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1975-present)
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration policy.
LIBRARY COLLECTION RESOURCES
The following recently acquired titles from the Library collection can provide information on the U.S. war on terrorism and the pending conflict with Iraq.
- Combating chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear terrorism (HV6432 .C45)
- Countering the changing threat of international terrorism (HV6431 .U58)
- The counterterrorism handbook. 2nd ed. (HV6431 .B65 2002)
- Homeland security: the new role for defense [Electronic file]
- How did this happen? : terrorism and the new war (HV6432 .H69)
- In search of bin Laden [videorecording] (Film HV6432 .I5)
- Looking for answers [videorecording] (Film HV6430 .L665)
- Stopping the money: an economic approach to counter terrorism (Film HV6431 .S76)
- Super terrorism: biological, chemical, and nuclear (HV6431 .S86)
- The survival of Saddam [videorecording] (Film DS79.7 .S87)
- Terrorism and U.S. foreign policy(HV6431 .P56)
- To prevail: an American strategy for the campaign against terrorism (HV6432 .C36)
- Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida (HV6431 .A43)
- Terrorism versus democracy (HV6431 .W564)
INTERNET RESOURCES
There are many Web sites dealing with the United States response to the threat of terrorism and the recent ultimatums to Iraq. The list below is a selection of useful sites with dozens of helpful links. Information on Islam is available on the September 11 web site.Background on Iraq
- After Sadaam [BBC]
- After the War [New York Times]
- Government Views of Iraq [City College of New York]
- Iraq [British Foreign & Commonwealth Office]
- Iraq [The CIA World Factbook]
- Iraq [Council on Foreign Relations]
- Iraq [U.S. Department of State]
- Iraq : A Country Study
- Iraq: A Reading List [The New York Times]
- Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan [Human Rights Watch]
- Iraq Liberated [U.S. Department of State]
- Iraq Nuclear Verification Office [International Atomic Energy Agency]
- Iraq Special Collection [Center for Nonproliferation Studies]
- The Iraq War
- Iraqi National Congress
- The New Iraq [CNN]
- Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations
- Portals to the World: Selected Internet Resources: Iraq [Library of Congress]
- Renewal in Iraq : Iraq Special Report [The White House]
- Resources Related to the Current Iraq Crisis
Ethics, Nonviolence, Peace, and Tolerance
Relevant Documents
Terrorism and the War Against Terrorism
- America and the Crisis of Terrorism, News & Information
- America's War Against Terrorism
- America's War on Terrorism [Federation of American Scientists]
- Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence
- The Department of Homeland Security
- Depository Library Web Sites on Terrorism and Homeland Security
- The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
- Most Wanted Terrorists
- Muslims against Terrorism
- Ohio Homeland Security
- Portals to the World: Selected Internet Resources: Terrorism [Library of Congress]
- The Terrorism Research Center
- UN Action Against Terrorism
- U.S. Department of State Counterterrorism Office
- War and Peace: Resources Related to the Current Iraq Crisis [Librarian's Index to the Internet]
- The War on Terrorism
- The War on Terrorism at Home and Abroad: American Response
- The War on Terrorism: Saddam Hussein and Iraq
- WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
"The War on Terrorism/Conflict with Iraq Resources Page" is maintained by Marcy Milota, Associate Director, Grasselli Library and Breen Learning Center, John Carroll University. Last updated August 25, 2003.