• Web pages from the various Area Studies departments
• International Security Policy & Military Affairs
• World Trade Center Attack: the Official Documents

Guides to Research

Atkins, Stephen E.

Terrorism : a Reference Handbook.

Denver, CO : ABC-CLIO, 1992.

HV 6431 .A87 1992 - Lehman Reference

Henderson, Harry.

Global Terrorism. Rev. 2nd ed.

New York : Facts on File, c2004.

HV 6431 .H43 2004 - Lehman Reference

A Military Guide to Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century

A Military Guide to Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century is a reference guide prepared under the direction of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), as a capstone reference guide on terrorism. This informational handbook supports institutional training, professional military education, and operational missions for U.S. military forces in the War on Terrorism, providing an introduction to the nature of terrorism and recognition of terrorist threats to U.S. military forces.

Find Journal Articles

Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals. Quarterly.

Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Air University Library, 1949-

Z 5063 .A2 U8 - Lehman Reference

You can also Search AULIMP. Click on "web-based catalog" then select "AUL Index to Military Periodicals" from the menu.

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.

-- The War on Terrorism: a course pack of readings from CIAO

Historical Abstracts

Provides citations to articles on topics in world history, in all western languages.

& International Political Science Abstracts. Bimonthly.

Paris: International Political Science Association, 1951-

JA 36 .I5 - Lehman Reference

R053 In8 - Butler Reference

Jane's Online

Access to full-text of a subset of the entire Jane's Online databases. Titles include: Jane's Defence Weekly, Jane's International Defense Review, Jane's Intelligence Review, Foreign Report, Jane's Fighting Ships, Jane's All the World's Aircraft, Jane's World Defence Industry, Jane's Sentinel Security Assessments, Jane's Intelligence Watch Report, Jane's Terrorism Watch Report, Jane's Counter Terrorism, Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism, Jane's Chem-Bio Handbook, Jane's Chem-Bio Review, Jane's Geopolitical Special Reports.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

A database of government reports, journal articles, books, and other research in topics in criminal justice.

 PAIS International. Monthly.

New York: Public Affairs Information Service, 1915-

Z 7163 .P922 - Lehman Reference

EINIRAS Database Network

The EINIRAS database makes available several databases of citations to security-related articles, 1990-present. They can be searched by English, French, Spanish, and German keywords.

Terrorism and Crime Studies

A series of current, online bibliographies prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.

Find Books and Legislation

 CQ Homeland Security

CQ Homeland Security is a one-stop, Web-based intelligence service that brings subscribers the most up-to-date and comprehensive homeland security information. A dedicated team of CQ reporters and editors provide real-time daily news and analysis on the latest homeland security spending and policy issues, as well as homeland security legislation, informative status reports on all homeland bills and custom CQ bill analyses.

CLIO: Columbia Libraries Online Catalog

CLIO is the online catalog for the Columbia and Barnard libraries. It includes over 4 million records for books, journal or newspaper titles (not articles), online resources, government documents, microforms, sound or video recordings, archival collections, etc.

 LexisNexis Congressional

LexisNexis Congressional is a comprehensive database of U.S. congressional publications, enhanced with links to full text documents, bill tracking features, and other new features; an excellent product and the best place to start for legislative research on any topic.

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet

Thomas is a source for much Congressional information and publication, including full text of bills, public laws, and the Congressional Record.

Public Law No: 107-40: A Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Those Responsible for the Recent Attacks Launched Against the United States, Congressional Research Service, January 4, 2006

-- Authorization For Use Of Military Force in Response to the 9/11 Attacks (P.L. 107-40): Legislative History, Congressional Research Service, January 16, 2007

WorldCat

An online catalog of the collections of 24,000 member libraries of the OCLC consortium, comprising more than 36 million records for books, serials, manuscript collections, audiovisual materials, computer files, and other media.

BorrowDirect

A borrowing service offered by the university libraries of Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale. It is designed to allow students, faculty and staff to request (and receive in four days) books directly from each other's collections.

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Babkina, A. M.

Terrorism : a Bibliography with Indexes. 2nd ed.

Huntington, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2001.

Z 7164. T3 B33 2001 - Lehman Reference

Berry, LaVerle Bennette.

Bibliography on Future Trends in Terrorism, U.S. Library of Congress, September 1998

Mickolus, Edward F.

Terrorism, 1980-2004 : a Selectively Annotated Bibliography. 5 vols.

New York : Greenwood Press, c1988-2006.

Z 7164 .T3 M__ - Lehman Reference

Newton, Michael.

Terrorism in the United States and Europe, 1800-1959 : an Annotated Bibliography.

New York : Garland, 1988.

R016 .3358 N485 - Butler Reference

Prunckun, Henry W.

Shadow of Death : an Analytical Bibliography on Political Violence, Terrorism, and Low-intensity Conflict.

Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1995.

Z 7164 .T3 P78 1995 - Lehman Reference

Rand Corporation.

A Bibliography of Selected Rand Publications. Terrorism (1980-2004).

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 1985-

Z 7164 .T3 R364 - Lehman Reference

Terrorism and Homeland Security: RAND Documents Available Online

Schmid, Alex Peter.

Political Terrorism : a New Guide to Actors, Authors, Concepts, Data Bases, Theories, & Literature

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2005]

HV 6431 .S349 2005 - Lehman

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: an Annotated BibliographyCombating Terrorism Center, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 2004

Terrorism and Crime Studies

A series of current, online bibliographies prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.

Background Information

Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction

Also known as the Gilmore Commission, the panel's site, hosted by the Rand Corporation, includes the reports to Congress, minutes, and news releases.

Anderson, Sean.

Historical Dictionary of Terrorism. 2nd ed.

Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 2002.

HV 6431 .A537 2002 - Lehman Reference

Atkins, Stephen E.

Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups. 2nd ed.

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.

HN 49 .R33 A85 2004 - Lehman Reference

Atkins, Stephen E.

The 9/11 Encyclopedia.

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2008.

HV 6432.7 .A85 2008 - Offsite

Burns, Vincent.

Terrorism : a Documentary and Reference Guide.

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.

HV 6432 .B87 2005 - Lehman Reference

Congressional Research Service Reports on Terrorism, provided by the Federation of American Scientists

Criminal Terrorism Enforcement in the United States During the Five Years Since the 9/11/01 Attacks , September 4, 2006

An analysis of case-by-case Justice Department data obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) for 2,681 individuals who had been subject to investigative referrals

Terrorism Enforcement: International, Domestic and Financial, March 19, 2007

Domestic Preparedness Against Terrorism: How Ready Are We?

Y4.G 74/7:T 27/10 - U.S. Government Documents

Report from the National Commission on Terrorism (Bremer Commission), June 7, 2000, commissioned by Congress (P.L. 277, 105th Congress).

Encyclopedia of World Terrorism. 2 vol.

Armonk, N.Y.: Sharp Reference, 2003.

HV 6431 .E53 2003 - Lehman Reference

R033.625 En19 - Butler Reference

Foreign Terrorist Organizations, U.S. State Department Fact Sheet, April 8, 2008

Herbst, Philip.

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

Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, c2003.

HV 6431 .H455 2003 - Lehman Reference

Henderson, Harry.

Global Terrorism : the Complete Reference Guide.

New York : Checkmark Books, c2001.

HV 6431 .H42 2001 - Lehman Reference

Jane’s Terrorism and Security Monitor

Key contents include: Regional coverage of terrorist activity, the root causes of terrorism and insurgency, terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction, biographies of terrorism leaders, intelligence on the growing links between terrorism, insurgency and organized crime.

Military Policy Awareness Links: Terrorism

MiPALs are published by the National Defense University (NDU) Library as a current awareness service; the objective is to provide access to key U.S. policy statements on the country or topic of the MiPAL. While MiPALs emphasize U.S. military policy, each MiPAL includes resources analyzing the topic from governmental and non-governmental sources, including think tanks and scholarly journals.

Publications from the Strategic Studies Institute of the Army War College

Search for "terrorism" or other keywords.

The September 11th Sourcebooks: National Security Archive Online Readers on Terrorism, Intelligence and the Next War

Includes: Terrorism and U.S. Policy; Afghanistan: Lessons from the Last War; BIOWAR: the Nixon Administration's Decision to End U.S. Biological Warfare Programs; The Once and Future King?: From the Secret Files on King Zahir's Reign in Afghanistan, 1970-1973; Anthrax at Sverdlovsk, 1979; The Hunt for Bin Laden: Background on the Role of Special Forces in U.S. Strategy; The Taliban File.

Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2003, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian

Terrorism. Quarterly.

Minneapolis, Minn. : J.L. Scherer, c1986-2001.

HV 6431 .V481 - Lehman

A current awareness service, with calendars, profiles of terrorist groups, country profiles, and more.

Terrorism Terminology, from NewsLab

Terrorism: Issue, from the Council on Foreign Relations.

The Terrorism Threat and U.S. Government Response: Operational and Organizational Factors

A 284 page report by James M. Smith and William C. Thomas, for the U.S. Air Force Institute for National Security Studies, March 2001.

Terrorist and Insurgency Groups:

Information on the following three links is provided by Jane's.

Index
A list of terrorist groups by name, with identification of the country and links to further information.

Links
Substantial links to web sites about, and in some cases, by terrorist organizations, in general and by country.

Table: Country, Group Name, Acronym, Original Language Name, Status

Timeline of Terrorism, 1969-present, from the U.S. Dept. of Defense

United Nations Counter-Terrorism Online Handbook

This site has been created to provide Member States with current and relevant information on the United Nations' and its entities' work and resources contributing to countering terrorism. Browse by theme, UN entity, geographic region, or keyword.

U.S. Commission on National Security in the 21st Century, January 2001

The Hart-Rudman Commission reports. They stress the need for an Office of Homeland Security.

The Hart-Rudman Commission and the Homeland Defense, by Ian Roxborough

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College : 2001.

United States. National Commission on Terrorism.

Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism

Y 1.1/7:106-250 - U.S. Government Documents

United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence.

Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001.

Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 2003

Y 1.1/5:107-351- U.S. Government Documents

U.S. Government Agencies

Central Intelligence Agency

National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, September, 2006

Department of Commerce

National Technical Information Service

-- Homeland Security Information Center

Department of Defense:

Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

-- CTC's Harmony Document Database: Original Al-Qa'ida and Taliban documents with English translations and summaries

International Contributions to the War Against Terrorism, June 2002

National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism, February 2006

Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security

-- Homeland Security Digital Library: The HSDL collection provides quick access to over 50,000 important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources from universities, organizations and local and state agencies

Department of Homeland Security

Executive Order Establishing Office of Homeland Security, October 8, 2001

Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPD)

Congressional Oversight, Hearings and Legislation Introduced after the PATRIOT Act, compiled by the Center for Democracy & Technology

The National Strategy For Homeland Security, October 2007

PR 43.14:H 75 - Offsite

Securing the Homeland, Strengthening the Nation: homeland security policy and budget priorities

-- Leaving the Nation at Risk: 33 Unfulfilled Promises From the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security - Democratic Staff, December 27, 2005

Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration

Emergency Preparedness and Response

Department of State

Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism

-- Country Reports on Terrorism

-- Progress Report on the Global War on Terrorism, September 10, 2003

-- Terrorist Designation Lists

Department of the Treasury

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Preparedness Directorate

Concept of Operations Plan (CONPLAN), January 2001: CONPLAN is designed to provide overall guidance to Federal, State and local agencies concerning how the Federal government would respond to a potential or actual terrorist threat or incident that occurs in the United States, particularly one involving WMD

NPD Annual Operating Plan, April 2009

Government Accountability Office: Reports on Terrorism, 1979-present

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States , also known as the 9-11 Commission

Hearings and Reports, 2003-2004

National Conference of State Legislatures

States Respond to Terrorism
Links to a series of briefs describing state actions to prepare for terrorist attacks.

National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)

Executive Order National Counterterrorism Center, August 27, 2004

National Counterterrorism Center, House Report 108-796 - Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, December 17, 2004

Office of Management and Budget

Annual Report to Congress on Combating Terrorism: 2001, 2002, 2003

This report provides funding and programmatic information on the Federal government's efforts to combat terrorism, as required by the 1998 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 105-85).

United States Institute of Peace

Options for Prosecuting International Terrorists, November 14, 2001

Global Terrorism after the Iraq War, October, 2003

www.terror.net: How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet, March 2004

The White House

Proposal to Create the Department of Homeland Security, June 18, 2002

-- Brief Documentary History of the Department of Homeland Security 2001–2008

-- Fighting a Global War on Terror

International Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)

European Union:

The EU Fight Against the Scourge of Terrorism

NATO:

NATO and the Fight Against Terrorism

Organization of American States:

Inter-American Community United Against Terrorism

United Nations:

UN Action to Counter Terrorism

-- A web site which pulls together all the major UN responses to terrorism, including resolutions, reports, and other actions by the General Assembly, Security Council, and the Secretary-General

United Nations Treaties Against International Terrorism

Uniting Against Terrorism: Recommendations for a Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, May 2006

Annual Reviews

Annual Report to Congress on Combating Terrorism: August 2001, June 2002, September 2003

A report from the Office of Management and Budget.

Country Reports on Terrorism, formerly Patterns of Global Terrorism. Annual.

Washington : U.S. Dept. of State, 1983-

S 1.138:[year] - U.S. Government Documents

This annual report is submitted in compliance with Title 22 of the United States Code, Section 2656f(a), which requires the Department of State to provide Congress a full and complete annual report on terrorism for those countries and groups meeting the criteria of Section (a)(1) and (2) of the Act.

Political Violence Against Americans. Annual.

Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, 1988-

S 1.138/2:[year] - U.S. Government Documents

Terrorism in the United States. Annual.

Washington : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1987-

J 1.14/22:[year] - U.S. Government Documents

Annual report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, detailing incidents of terrorism in the U.S.

Research Centers and Think Tanks

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 on that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, foundation-funded research projects, and proceedings from conferences.

Brookings Institution:

Terrorism

The Cato Institute:

Terrorism and Homeland Security

Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

The Center For Defense Information:

Terrorism Program

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation

The Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that works to improve internationally coordinated responses to the continually evolving threat of terrorism by providing governments and international organizations with timely, policy-relevant research and analysis.

Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews

Council on Foreign Relations

Issues by Topic: Terrorism

America Still Unprepared - America Still in Danger, October 25, 2002

UA 927 .A5 2002g - Lehman

-- Report of an independent task force sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations

The Federation of American Scientists

America's War on Terrorism

FindLaw.com: War on Terrorism

A legal overview, with sections on News, Commentary, Cases, Documents, and Laws

Foreign Policy In Focus

Terrorism

Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

Unlike think tanks that address a range of policy issues, FDD focuses exclusively on the ideologies and movements driving terrorism. It seeks to identify and develop the best policies and approaches to defend America, Israel, and other democratic societies, both established and emerging, from the militant Islamist threat.

Heritage Foundation:

Research: Homeland Security/Terrorism

Institute for Biosecurity, Saint Louis University School of Public Health

The International Institute for Strategic Studies

MIPT: Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism

Includes bibliographies, calendars of terrorist events, research publications, and information for first responders.

RAND

Terrorism, 1980-2004: a Bibliography of Selected RAND Publications

To update, search the RAND Publication Database by keyword; recent publications are available online.

The Terrorism Research Center (TRC)

TRC has a focus on homeland defense and chem/bio terrorism. The site contains original analysis, profiles of terrorist organizations, and links to other documents and essays.

Primary Source Documents

International Conventions and Other Treaties Relating to Terrorism, U.S. Department of State, November 13, 2001

International Instruments Related to the Prevention and Suppression of International Terrorism.

New York : United Nations, 2004.

K 5256 .A35 I576 2004g - Lehman Reference

International Terrorism: a Compilation of Major Laws, Treaties, Agreements, and Executive Documents

Y4.IN 8/16:T 27/3 - U.S. Government Documents

International Terrorism Agreements: Documents and Commentary.

Dobbs Ferry, NY : Oceana Publications, Inc., c2004.

K 5256.A35 M87 2004 - Lehman

Legal Aspects of Terrorism in the United States.

Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Oceana Publications, c2000.

HV 6432 .L45 2000 - Law

Terrorism: Documents of International and Local Control.

Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Oceana Publications, 1979-

JX 6731 .T4 T192 - Law

Journals

Aakrosh : Asian Journal on Terrorism and Internal Conflicts. Quarterly.

New Delhi : Forum for Strategic and Security Studies, 1998-

HV 6433 .A8 A3 - Lehman

Early Warning

William M. Arkin on National and Homeland Security; Early Warning will report daily on the comings and goings of the national security community -- military, special ops, intelligence, homeland security -- part blog, part investigative journalism.

Global Security Newswire

Daily news on nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, terrorism and related issues.

GovExec.com: Defense and Homeland Security

Homeland Security Affairs

Access to full-text of a subset of the entire Jane's Online databases. Titles include: Jane's Defence Weekly, Jane's International Defense Review, Jane's Intelligence Review, Foreign Report, Jane's Fighting Ships, Jane's All the World's Aircraft, Jane's World Defence Industry, Jane's Sentinel Security Assessments, Jane's Intelligence Watch Report, Jane's Terrorism Watch Report, Jane's Counter Terrorism, Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism, Jane's Chem-Bio Handbook, Jane's Chem-Bio Review, Jane's Geopolitical Special Reports.

Journal of Homeland Security

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. Quarterly.

London : Taylor & Francis, 1992-

HM 136 .S85 - Lehman

Terrorism and Political Violence. Quarterly.

London : Frank Cass, 1989-

HV 6431 .T6 - Lehman

Terrorism Focus