Earth from lunar orbit December 24, 1968

Books [Web and Library]

• MIRLYN-Web [http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/]
  • Searchable by author, title, subject, keyword, and call number

• Library of Congress Subject Headings: By Subject
  arbitration international
  arms control
  biological arms control
  biological warfare (international law)
  biological weapons
  chemical arms control
  chemical warfare--safety measures
  chemical weapons
  chemical weapons disposal
  conflict management
• Library of Congress Subject Headings: By Country
  biological warfare--united states
  chemical warfare--iraq
  china--foreign relations
  nuclear disarmament--Russia (Federation)

• Keyword Searching when
  • You don't know the subject heading
  • There IS no subject heading
  • You know part of the author, title, or subject

• Keyword Searching

Political Science Journals [Web]

	Use SFX button to link to the online journal text OR University of Michigan catalog for the paper copy call number OR Inter-Library Loan

• International Political Science Abstracts, 1989+ [http://web5.silverplatter.com/webspirs/start.ws?customer=c135082&databases=IPSA] (UMich Only)
  • Index to scholarly political science journal articles in Western European languages
  • Choose IPSA from the menu first; go to the next screen before searching
  • Sample search: Iraq near economic sanctions
  • Searches may be recombined
  • Data includes author, title, journal, and abstract in English if the article is in English
  • If the article is in another language, the title is translated into English but the abstract is in French

• JSTOR (UMich Only) [http://www.jstor.org/jstor/]
  • Full text of major 20th Century historical and economic periodicals as well as the American Political Science Review, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and World Politics
  • Most periodicals available from 1900-98
  • Index approaches by keyword, author, title, periodical
  • Printing and downloading requires application/tifflist or Adobe Acrobat

• Political Information [http://www.politicalinformation.com/]
  • Mega web index to public policy concerns
  • Indexes news, political parties, policy papers and interest group web sites

• Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin [http://firstsearch.oclc.org/dbname=PAISIntl;FSIP] (UMich Only)
  • Subject index to books, articles, and government documents on politics and economics since 1972 in Western European languages
  • Government documents include United States, United Nations, League of Nations, and State Governments
  • Good for very current concepts, like suicide bombers
    • Sample Keyword Search: suicide w bomb?
  • There are also paper versions (English, 1915+, Z 7163 .P98 and foreign, 1968+, Z 7164 .E2 P96)

• Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (UMich Only)
  • Citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature since 1975
  • Political science and complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy
  • Indexes fo reign language journals and translates the title into English

• Congressional Quarterly (UMich Only) [http://library.cqpress.com/cqweekly/]
  • Weekly publication with non-partisan political analysis of Congress
  • Identifies major legislation, the issues, and players
  • Political party and election analysis
  • Web coverage begins in 1983 and is searchable
  • Separate index for roll call votes beginning 1995

• National Journal Group [http://nationaljournal.com/] (UMich Only)
  • Full text of the National Journal, which analyzes executive branch politics, since 1977
  • Almanac of American Politics, which analyzes Congressional Districts and the politics of their representatives, since 1998
  • Committee Markup Reports since 1999
  • Congress Daily which reports on floor action

Social Science Journals

	Use SFX button to link to the online journal text OR University of Michigan catalog for the paper copy call number OR Inter-Library Loan

• America: History and Life, 1954+ (Umich Only)
  • Covers all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture and current affairs
  • Indexes and abstracts books, book reviews, dissertations, and articles from approximately 2100 journals
  • Paper copy: Z1236 .A46, 1964+

• Historical Abstracts, 1963+ (Umich Only)
  • Contains citations and abstracts of the worldwide literature from approximately 2100 journals and, since 1980, books and dissertations on political, diplomatic, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual history and related areas of the social sciences and humanities
  • Covers the history of the world since 1450 except for the United States and Canada with works published after 1970
  • Paper copy: D1 .H652, 1955+

• JSTOR (UMich Only) [http://www.jstor.org/jstor/]
  • Full text of major 20th Century historical and economic periodicals as well as the American Political Science Review, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and World Politics
  • Most periodicals available from 1900-98
  • Index approaches by keyword, author, title, periodical
  • Printing and downloading requires application/tifflist or Adobe Acrobat

• ProQuest (UMich Only) [http://www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.html]
  • Research Library indexes some 2300 journals in all fields since the 1980s and provides the full text of many since the 1990s
  • Includes popular and scholarly titles, such as Comparative Politics, Governing, International Political Science Review, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, and World Politics
  • Journals indexed by author, title, keyword, periodical, and date
  • Sample search
    (chemical or biological) and disarm?
  • Articles may be marked for downloading
  • Text in HTML and image formats
  • Replaces the Core Journals Project, which printed articles from MIRLYN on request

• Web of Science 1956- (UMich Only) [http://isiknowledge.com/wos/]
  • Indexes current periodical articles by author, title/keyword, journal, and author's affiliation
  • Indexes cited authors by name, abbreviated title of book/journal and year
  • Results provide cross references between the cited author, the citating author, and related items
  • Separate searchable sections for sciences, social sciences and humanities
  • EXAMPLE
    SSCI/Cited Reference
    Wright, S* - B Atom Sci - Search
  • Data base also includes the Arts and Humanities and Sciences Citation Indexes
  • Corresponding paper copy located in the Graduate Library Stacks, 1956- (Z 7163 .S67)
  • Social Sciences Citation Index Examples

• Electronic Journals and Newspapers (UMich) [http://www.lib.umich.edu/ejournals/]
  • Alphabetic and subject lists of full text journals and newspapers
  • Available to campus web sites and authenticated remote users

Science Journals

	Use SFX button to link to the online journal text OR University of Michigan catalog for the paper copy call number OR Inter-Library Loan

• MEDLINE (UMich Only) [http://medsearch.lib.umich.edu/]
  • Indexes since 1959
  • Search by author, title, keyword, journal
  • Can expand and limit headings
  • Can limit searches to titles with full-text
  • Order feature permits UMich affiliates to obtain printout
  • URL also links to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed with SFX links to the full text of journals owned by the University of Michigan
  • PubMed is also available separately (without UMich links) to the public

• ProQuest (UMich Only) [http://www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.html]
  • Research Library indexes some 2300 journals in all fields since the 1980s and provides the full text of many since the 1990s
  • Includes popular and scholarly titles, such as Comparative Politics, Governing, International Political Science Review, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, and World Politics
  • Journals indexed by author, title, keyword, periodical, and date
  • Sample search
    (chemical or biological) and disarm?
  • Articles may be marked for downloading
  • Text in HTML and image formats
  • Replaces the Core Journals Project, which printed articles from MIRLYN on request

• Reading List for Princeton Biodefense R&D Workshops and Seminars (Princeton)
  • Extensive list of hot-linked journal articles on research for biodefense, government secrecy, and the implications for life scientists

• Web of Science 1956- (UMich Only) [http://isiknowledge.com/wos/]
  • Indexes current periodical articles by author, title/keyword, journal, and author's affiliation
  • Indexes cited authors by name, abbreviated title of book/journal and year
  • Results provide cross references between the cited author, the citating author, and related items
  • Separate searchable sections for sciences, social sciences and humanities
  • EXAMPLE
    FULL SEARCH
    SSCI/Cited Reference
    Wright, S* - B Atom Sci - Search
  • Data base also includes the Arts and Humanities and Sciences Citation Indexes
  • Corresponding paper copy located in the Graduate Library Stacks, 1956- (Z 7163 .S67)
  • Social Sciences Citation Index Examples

News Sources

• Academic Universe/Lexis (UMich Only)[http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe]
  • Full text of newspapers from around the world in English translation since the mid-1980s
  • News has subsections on General News, World News, and State News
  • Used Guided Search for the greatest number of newspapers and full text searching

• World News Connection (UMich Library Only) [http://wnc.dialog.com/]
  • Full text of foreign news broadcasts and press releases translated into English beginning November 1994
  • Searchable by keyword, region and subject, or Boolean logic and modified by date
  • Regions are:
    Central Eurasia
    China
    East Asia
    East Europe
    West Europe
    Latin America
    Near East and South Asia
    Sub-Saharan Africa

• Foreign Broadcast Information Service [Library] [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=FBIS]
  • Web index to the texts of foreign radio broadcasts and newswires translated into English, 1975-96 located in Graduate Library Index Room
  • Paper and microfiche translations located in Graduate Library Serials/Microforms Room
  • Guide to FBIS gives call numbers of the corresponding reports
  • Continued by the World News Connection

• Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty [http://www.rferl.org/]
  • U.S. government news, analysis, special reports, and summary economic and human rights information for Russia and Eastern Europe
  • The Newsline feature has current news broadcasts to Eastern Europe beginning April 1997
  • Newsline replaced the Open Media Research Institute Daily Digest reports and provides a searchable archive to its reports back to 1991
  • OMRI Daily Digests, 1991-March 1997, also remained available as of May 30, 1997

• Voice of America [http://www.voa.gov/]
  • U.S. Information Agency radio broadcasts throughout the world
  • Reports for last week only

Foreign Policy Think Tanks

• Columbia International Affairs Online (UMich Only) [http://www.ciaonet.org/]
  • Search engine indexes current world politics journals, books, conference proceedings, and think tank working papers
  • Full text primarily of working papers
  • Includes publications of many of the think thanks listed below
  • Sample search: sarin and antidote

• Brookings Institution [http://www.brook.edu/default.htm]
  • Private, non-profit, independent institute analyzing U.S. government policy and international relations
  • Summaries of position papers on "hot topics" and selected Congressional testimony
  • Table of contents for the Brookings Review and selected articles
  • Publications catalog and information about the organization

• Center for Defense Information [http://www.cdi.org/]
  • Arms Trade Data Base provides the text of news articles on arms trade, arranged by country
  • Weekly Defense Monitor includes position papers
  • U.S. military spending clock
  • Material on chemical and biological weapons appears under the Terrorism heading

• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [http://www.carnegieendowment.org/]
  • Reports, working papers, and analyses of news articles on foreign policy issues
  • Separate research pages for Biological Weapons and Chemical Weapons

• Center for International and Strategic Studies [http://www.csis.org/]
  • Organizations conducts numerous projects around the world
  • Use search engine to identify policy papers and events on homeland security

• Council on Foreign Affairs [http://www.foreignaffairs.org/]
  • Summaries of articles from its journal, Foreign Affairs
  • Use search engine to identify articles
  • Articles from Foreign Affairs also appear in ProQuest and LexisNexis Academic

• Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace [http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/]
  • Description of programs, research, and archival holdings
  • Text of press releases
  • Use search engine for the text of articles and transcripts

• International Relations and Security Network [http://www.isn.ethz.ch/]
  • Comprehensive site for peace, security, and defense issues though little specifically on chemical and biological warfare
  • Use the ISN LASE search button on the left
  • Sponsored by the Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research

• Rand Corporation [http://www.rand.org/]
  • Non-profit research organization
  • "Research Areas" includes a subject bibliography of RAND publications since 1985 with abstracts of the reports and articles in the RAND Research Review since 1994
  • Bioterrorism is a Hot Topic with its own web page
  • Additional information can be found under the Center for Domestic and International Health Security

• Stockholm International Peace Research Institute [http://www.sipri.se/]
  • Numerous research articles on chemical and biological weapons
  • Summary of its annual SIPRI Yearbook
  • Full text of the SIPRI Yearbook in Documents Center/Ref. UA 17 .S12

• United States Institute of Peace [http://www.usip.org/]
  • Promotes the resolution of international conflict without violence
  • Describes the organization's work, internships and grants
  • Bibliography of free printed publications
  • Use search engine for short articles on chemical and biological warfare

Chemical/Biological Think Tanks

• Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy [http://www.acronym.org.uk/]
  • British non-profit institution
  • Numerous press releases and news bulletins on the biological weapons convention (noted on the web site as BWC)
  • Primary focus on nuclear nonproliferation and DISARMAMENT

• Chemical and Biological Warfare (SIPRI and Bradford) [http://projects.sipri.se/cbw/cbw-sipri-bradford.html]
  • Full text of Fourth Review Conference Documents (1996) and historic treaties
  • Working papers, conference papers, and briefs
  • Excellent links to web sites on chemical and biological weapons disarmament

• Federation of American Scientists [http://www.fas.org/]
  • Describes biological weapons project
  • Biologic and Toxic Weapons Verification Program has text of 1972 convention, list of signatories, and numerous working papers
  • On-going reports on government secrecy

• Harvard-Sussex on CBW Armament and Arms Limitation [http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/hsp/]
  • Text and signatories of the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention, 1972 Biological Weapons Convention, and 1925 Geneva Protocol
  • Publications catalog of the program

• Monterey Institute Chemical and Biological Weapons Resource Page [http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/]
  • Numerous articles and fact sheets on chemical and biological weapons
  • A chart of countries which own them
  • Timelines on the use of chemical and biological weapons
  • Assessments of weapons in the Middle East by country
  • Considerable current data on terrorism

• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [http://www.opcw.org/]
  • Includes the texts of chemical weapons conventions and a description of chemical warfare agents
  • Nations which have ratified the 1993 convention

• Sunshine Project
  • Promotes maintenance of the Biological Weapons Convention despite intriguing developments in biotechnology
  • Notes non-biological alternatives to biological weapons

• Arms Control and Disarmament Agreements [Library]
  • Includes Geneva Protocol and other treaties
  • Separate world and U.S. treaty indexes
  • Doc.Cen. JX 1974 .U586 - Ref.

• Arms Control Reporter [Library]
  • Looseleaf service on treaties, their status, actions taken, and chronologies of events
  • Chemical and biological warfare appear in Sections 701 and 704
  • Doc.Cen. JX 1974 .A768918

• Arms Control Treaties and Agreements (ACDA/State Dept.) [http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/bureau_ac/treaties_ac.html]
  • Full text of 40 historic arms control agreements
  • Biological, environmental, nuclear, and space

• International Treaties (Fletcher School) [http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html]
  • Searchable by subject
  • Includes 19th Century treaties as well as current
  • Chemical and biological protocols appear under Rules of Warfare

• International Treaties (House Internet Law Library) [http://www.lawmoose.com/internetlawlib/89.htm]
  • Links to major historical and current international treaties, including those on the UN and League of nations, trade, human rights, the environment and peace treaties following major wars
  • No subject searching available

• United Nations Treaty Data Base (UMich Only)
  • United Nations Treaties
    • Subject approach to international treaties deposited with the United Nations and League of Nations
    • Searchable by subject, parties, type of agreement, date signed
    • Text viewable page by page
    • Alternative plug-in permits one to view the entire treaty at the same time
    • The full texts of the treaties are also located in the printed United Nations Treaty Series (JX 170 .U54 with current in the Documents Center)
  • Multilateral Treaties
    • Provides title, registration, date entered into force, location of text, and participants with their signature, ratification/accession/succession and reservations
    • The paper is the equivalent is Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary General (Doc. Cen. JX 4165 .U54)

Official Records

• Definition
  • Texts of General Assembly, Security Council, and Economic and Social Council proceedings
  • Includes speeches by delegates and resolutions
  • Each set has own index by subject and country for each year
  • Identify UN series number (e.g. A/45/PV.12, S/RES/242) and ask at Documents Desk for assistance in locating paper copy or microfiche
  • Example of General Assembly Index

• Indexes
  • Access UN (UMich Only) [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=UNAD]
    • Index to United Nations documents issued since 1946
    • Searches may be defined by author, country, type of document (official record, sales publication), subject, title, text, and date
    • Provides citations to United Nations microfiche and paper records located in the Documents Center
    • Includes the full text of General Assembly plenary meetings (A/PV) since 1993 (48th session) and its committees (e.g. A/C.2/46/SR.1) since the 45th session, 1990, when they contain voting records

• Debates in Full Text
  • Access UN (UMich Only) [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=UNAD]
    • Includes the full text of General Assembly plenary meetings (A/PV) since 1993 (48th session) and its committees (e.g. A/C.2/46/SR.1) since the 45th session, 1990
  • Full text of earlier years for General Assembly and full text of current Security Council debates in paper and on microfiche in the Documents Center
  • UN Official Documents System [http://documents.un.org/]
    • Has debates in full text since 1993
    • Good for subject searching but not the best for speeches
    • Use a browse or speech search in UNBISNET to access the full text

• Resolutions in Full Text
  UN Web Site [http://www.un.org/documents/]
  • Full text of General Assembly, Economic and Social Council and Security Council Resolutions since 1973

• United Nations Speech Index [http://unbisnet.un.org/]
  • Indexes speeches in the General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, Security Council and Trusteeship Council since 1983
  • Index by country or keyword
  • Sample search by country, subject and session:
    Choose keyword
    russia* 54 kosovo
  • Data includes speaker, country, subject, date, record number, and agenda item number
  • Does not link to the full text of document
  • Speeches are also indexed since 1946 in Access UN (UMich Only)

• United Nations Voting Records [http://unbisnet.un.org/]
  • Country voting records on Security Council resolutions since 1946 and General Assembly resolutions since the 38th Session (1983) with a possible one-year time delay
  • Searchable by resolution number or keyword
  • Data includes votes name of resolution, resolution number, agenda item number, and voting records for individual countries
  • Note: the arrangement is by resolution rather by country
  • Additional Sources of UN Voting Records
    • United Nations Roll Call Data, 1946-1985 covers General Assembly; in SPSS format; ICPSR membership only
    • Nations on Record (Doc. Cen. JX 1977.8 .V6 N28) has General Assembly roll call charts, 1945-86
    • General Assembly Sessional Index, 1975+ (in Documents Center UN Collection) and Security Council Sessional Index, 1976+ (in Documents Center UN Collection) have similar charts

Mimeographed publications

• Definition
  • Draft letters and resolutions submitted by delegates to UN

• Index
  • Access UN (UMich Only) [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=UNAD]
    • Index to United Nations documents issued since 1946
    • Searches may be defined by author, country, type of document (official record, sales publication), subject, title, text, and date
    • Provides citations to United Nations microfiche and paper records located in the Documents Center
    • Includes the full text of General Assembly plenary meetings (A/PV) since 1993 (48th session) and its committees (e.g. A/C.2/46/SR.1) since the 45th session, 1990

• Full Text of Mimeographed Publications
  • Many but not all are located on the United Nations Web Site
  • Full text in microfiche or paper in the Documents Center

United Nations Web Sites

• United Nations Web Site [http://www.un.org/english/]
  • Basic information on the United Nations (history, charter, member countries)
  • Press releases, daily highlights
  • General Assembly, ECOSOC, and Security Council publications and resolutions
  • Does NOT include debates; see paper copy in Documents Center
  • Indexed by keyword and type of document
  • Major conference documents, catalog of UN sales publications, audio-visual material

• United Nations Conference on Disarmament [http://disarmament2.un.org/cd/]
  • Historic documents and disarmament treaties
  • Organizational proceedings and selected publications
  • Annual reports to the UN since 1995
  • NPT Review Conference 2005: Background Documents
  • Final Report of the 2000 NPT Review Conference

• United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research [http://www.unidir.org/html/en/home.html]
  • Bibliography of research since 1987 with some reports on the web
  • Primarily on nuclear disarmament and conversion but some material on chemical and biological weapons

• United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) [http://www.unmovic.org/]
  • Body replaced UNSCOM in 1999 and is involved with 2002 inspection negotiations
  • Web site includes quarterly reports and historic documents

Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) [http://www.aseansec.org/home.htm]

• Speeches and documents of the ASEAN summits
• Economic agreements, foreign policy and regional cooperation
• Text of several recent declarations on terrorism
• Foreign trade statistics beginning 1993
• Official web sites of ASEAN members

European Union [http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm]

• Official documents, proceedings and position papers
• Most terrorism concerned are handled through the Committee on External Relations/Common Foreign and Security Policy

North Atlantic Treaty Organization [http://www.nato.int/]

• Historic documents, NATO Handbook, NATO Review
• Current press releases and fact sheets
• Extensive material on the wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan
• Use search engine for documents on chemical and biological warfare
• Web site includes a list of defense organizations dealing with chemical and biological terrorism

Organization of American States [http://www.oas.org/]

• Press releases, meeting minutes and policies
• Recommitted itself to hemispheric security in 2002
• Use search engine to locate policies

Tokyo War Crimes Trial

• War crimes included use of bacteriological weapons during WWII
• Nanjing Massacre and Tokyo War Crimes Trial
  • Summary of indictments and convictions of Japanese generals for war crimes in China during WWII
• Nanking Atrocities
  • History of Japanese action in China, death toll estimates, the war crimes trial
  • Text and video
• International Military Tribunal for the Far East
  • Charter of the tribunal and rules of procedure
• For proceedings and related documents, search MIRLYN under the AUTHOR: international military tribunal for the far east

World Health Organization [http://www.who.int/home-page/]

• Countries Need to Plan Effectively for "Deliberate Infections"
  • Speech given by WHO official to the Pan American Health Organization
• Responding to the Deliberate Use of Biological Agents and Chemicals as Weapons
  • Draft technical guidelines for national health ministries
  • Summary guidelines

Translations

• United Nations Debates for the translated text of statements before the General Assembly and Security Council
• World News Connection for English translations of foreign news broadcasts

Foreign Web Sites

• Embassy Pages (Escape Artist)
  • Embassies worldwide, consulates, and United Nations missions for most countries
  • Escape Artist has also made links to meta sites, news, and map sources for many of the countries included
• Foreign Governments (UMich) [Web]
  • Annotated list of foreign index, foreign relations, and parliamentary web sites
• Political Resources on the Net (Italy)
  • Hundreds of links to parties, movements, elections, political organizations, government, and embassy web sites arranged by country
  • Searchable by country or world region
  • Web site has extensive coverage and merits high ratings

Foreign Statistics

• Polling the Nations, 1986+ (UMich Only)
  • Indexes public opinion survey questions in foreign countries
  • Choose data base; at the NEXT screen, type in keyword search
  • Searches may be refined
  • Data includes the full text of the question, brief results, and a citation to the article

• Stockholm International Peace Research Institute [http://www.sipri.se/]
  • Numerous research articles on chemical and biological weapons
  • Summary of its annual SIPRI Yearbook
  • Full text of the SIPRI Yearbook in Documents Center/Ref. UA 17 .S12

Web Indexes to the Federal Government

• Federal Agency Web Sites [http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html]
  • Cleancut alphabetical listing of federal agency web sites
  • Includes search engine

• Google Search Engine [http://www.google.com/unclesam]
  • Web search engine devoted exclusively to sites with .gov and .mil extensions
  • Excellent for federal policy papers

Federal Investigations on WMD

• Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction [http://www.rand.org/nsrd/terrpanel/]
  • Known as the Gilmore Commission
  • Second annual report in December 2000
  • Recommendations include executive and legislative offices of terrorism and coordinating government agency responses

• America at Risk: The State of Homeland Security (House Democrats)
  • Political report issued Fall 2003
  • Critizes progress of homeland security: airlines, border security, bioterrorism, chemical plant security

• America Still Unprepared - America Still in Danger [http://www.cfr.org/publication.php?id=5099]
  • Hart-Rudman report issued October 2002
  • Believes the United States is so involved formation of Dept. of Homeland Security that it hasn't taken needed action to protect Americans
  • Recommends priority should be given to port security, training of local police and national guard
  • Issued by the Council on Foreign Relations

• Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response (CDC)
  • 26 pages in pdf format dated April 2000

• Combating Terrorism: FEMA Continues to Make Progress (GAO) [http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0115.pdf]
  • FEMA's activities, including terrorism training courses
  • States that have a response plan
  • Dated March 2001

• Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the DCI on Iraq's WMD (CIA)
  • Concludes that Iraq had no secret cache of Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Saddam's capacity to create them weakened after 1991
  • Written by Charles Duelfer of the Iraq Survey Group
  • Posted to the web on October 6, 2004 but too large to be usable until HTML version posted in December 2004
  • Summary (readable)
  • Prepared Testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Oct. 26, 2004
  • University of Michigan Copy of Duelfer Report
    • Volume 1 (52.5 MB)
      • Transmittal, Acknowledgements, Scope Note (1.59 MB)
      • Regime Strategic Intent (2.2 MB)
      • Regime Strategic Intent Annexes (2.34 MB)
      • Regime Finance and Procurement, p. 1-71 (11.6 MB)
      • Regime Finance and Procurement, p. 72-141 (8 MB)
      • Regime Finance and Procurement Annexes A (4.8 MB)
      • Regime Finance and Procurement Annexes B-C (12.5 MB)
      • Regime Finance and Procurement Annexes D-H (9.56 MB)
      • Regime Finance and Procurement Annexes I-L (3.97 KB)
    • Volume 2 (74.2 MB)
      • Delivery Systems (14.1 MB)
      • Delivery Systems Annexes (8.12 MB)
      • Nuclear (12.6 MB)
      • Nuclear Annexes A-B (7.32 MB)
      • Nuclear Annexes C-D (3.87 MB)
      • Nuclear Annex E (64 KB)
      • Nuclear Annex F, p. 1-5 (12.4 MB)
      • Nuclear Annex F, p. 6-10 (14.7 MB)
      • Nuclear Annex G (2.2 MB)
    • Volume 3 (71.6 MB)
      • Chemical Weapons (8.7 mb)
      • Chemical Weapons Annex A (7.95 MB)
      • Chemical Weapons Annex B (8.8 MB)
      • Chemical Weapons Annexex C-F (10.3 MB)
      • Chemical Weapons Annex G (15.2 MB)
      • Biological Weapons (10.5 MB)
      • Biological Weapons Annexes (9.11 MB)
      • Glossary (94 KB)

• General Accounting Office Reports [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gaoreports/index.html]
  • Full text of in-depth audits on every government activity imaginable since 1994
  • Numerous reports on chemical and biological weapons, health, etc.

• National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon The United States (9/11 Commission)
  • Archived Version of web site at University of North Texas
  • Independent commission headed by Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton
  • Final Report released on July 22, 2004
    • Findings
      • No one person responsible but everyone responsible
      • Recommendations include: cabinet level head of intelligence, new national terrorism center, consolidated Congressional oversight committee
    • Executive Summary
      • 9/11 Commission (31p. pdf)
      • CNN Version (31 p. pdf)
      • GPO Version
    • Full Report
      • Chapter-by-Chapter (Associated Press)
      • Chapter by Chapter (CNN)
      • Chapter by Chapter (GPO)
      • Full Version (9/11 Commission, 585p. pdf)
      • Full Version (Associated Press, 585p. pdf)
      • Full Version, (CNN, 585p. pdf)
      • Full Report (GPO)
      • Full Report (UMich, 585p.pdf)
  • Web site includes the full text of public hearings and a series of interim reports
    • Condolezza Rice Statement, April 8, 2004
    • Condolezza Rice Questions and Answers, April 8, 2004 (MSNBC)
    • Richard Clarke Statement, March 24, 2004
    • Overview of the Enemy
      • Original Al-Qaeda plan and Iraq's non-involvement (June 16, 2004)
    • Improvising a Homeland Defense
      • FAA and NORAD response at the time of the hijacking

• National Commission on Terrorism Report (Bremer Commission) [http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/commission.html]
  • Full text of report in HTML format
  • Copy from the Federation of American scientists

• National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/12/WMDStrategy.pdf]
  • Bush policy includes interdiction, aggressive pursuit of an international nonproliferation policy, and dealing with the consequences of an attack
  • Pamphlet released in pdf format on December 11, 2002
  • Another copy
  • The classified version of this report is known as National Security Presidential Directive 17 (NSPD 17) and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 4, signed May 2002

• Persian Gulf War Illnesses (Defense Department) [http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/]
  • Medical research and analysis of the Gulf War Syndrome among veterans
  • Searchable declassified documents, including some from Iraq
  • Press releases, speeches, and fact sheets

• U.S. Commission on National Security/21 [http://www.nssg.gov/]
  • Known as the Hart-Rudman Commission
  • New World Coming
    • Phase I report issued in October 1999
    • Recommends a cabinet-level position for protection of the homeland
    • Also available in paper copy in the Graduate Library under the title New World Coming (UA 23 .N471 1999)
    • Summary available from the USIA
  • Seeking a National Strategy: A Concert for Preserving Security and Freedom (UNT)
    • Phase II report issued in April 2000
  • Roadmap for National Security: Imperative for Change (UNT)
    • Phase III report issued in February 2001
    • Changes needed in federal government organization
  • See also America Still Unprepared

• U.S. Government Interagency Domestic Terrorism Concept of Operations Plan [http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/conplan.html]
  • Delineates roles of the FBI, FEMA, Defense Department, Energy Department, EPA, and Health and Human Services in case of a terrorist act
  • Dated January 2001

Executive Branch

• Declassified Documents [http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/umuser?db=DDRS]
  • Over 70,000 confidential, secret and top secret documents declassified under the Freedom of Information Act and deposited in Presidential Libraries
  • Material includes White House, CIA, FBI, Defense Department, National Security Council, Atomic Energy Commission, NATO, United Nations and others
  • Most are dated 1946-68
  • Searchable by keyword with an advanced search that includes keyword, agency, classification level, sanitation level, date declassified and issue date
  • PDF format for the original plus a more easily-read text format with the search keywords highlighted in red
  • The corresponding microfiche is located in Serials Services and Microforms; the retrospective fiche is MICRO-F397; the current fiche is MICRO-F X194

• Digital National Security Archive (UMich Only) [http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com/]
  • Full text of declassified federal documents issued during the Cold War period
  • Many of the documents issued by the State Department, Defense Department, and Central Intelligence Agency
  • Subjects include:

Afghanistan Berlin Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis El Salvador	Intelligence Community Iran-Contra Affair Iranian Revolution Military Uses of Space	Nicaragua Nuclear Nonproliferation South Africa Terrorism and U.S. Policy, 1968-92

• Searchable by a combination of collection, subject, keyword, creator, recipient, classification, document type, and date
• Text in pdf or gif format

• Anthrax Vaccination Program (Defense Dept) [http://www.anthrax.osd.mil/]
  • History of the disease, how it is spread, and symptoms
  • Once symptoms occur, death rate is 99%
  • Evidence it is being used for biological warfare
  • Information on the military's vaccination program

• Bureau of Arms Control (State Dept) [http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/bureauac.html]
  • Speeches, fact sheets, and reports on arms control
  • Approximately 40 international treaties on nuclear and environmental disarmament
  • Statistics on military expenditures and arms transfers for 172 countries
  • Continued under the Bush Administration as http://www.state.gov/t/ac/

• Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center (Army) [http://www.cbiac.apgea.army.mil/]
  • Public access information includes news highlights, recent patents, and description of the agency
  • Data bases and military handbooks only available to government personnel

• Counterproliferation and Chemical and Biological Defense (Defense Dept) [http://www.acq.osd.mil/cp/reports.html]
  • Current reports and congressional testimony on the nation's chemical and biological defense program

• DefenseLINK (Dept. of Defense) [http://www.defenselink.mil/]
  • Defense Department speeches and press releases searchable by date or keyword
  • Links to Defense Department agencies

• Department of Homeland Security
  • Department combines transportation security, immigration control, and research for the national defense (including biological and chemical
  • Web site has press releases and public advisories
  • Agency runs Ready.gov to help citizens protect themselves

• Centers for Disease Control Office of Biological Terrorism [http://www.bt.cdc.gov/]
  • Reports and plans on dealing with biological and chemical terrorism
  • Advice to state and local health officials

• Project Bioshield
  • Program to provide second generation vaccines against bioterrorism
  • Signed into law in July 2004

• Terrorism Preparedness Compendium (CDC) [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/indexbt.html]
  • Articles appearing in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report since 2000 about aspects of recognizing, treating, and vaccinating against anthrax and smallpox

• Central Intelligence Agency [http://www.odci.gov/]
  • Press releases, testimony before Congress, and publications
  • Links to intelligence community web sites
  • Factbook on Intelligence
    • History of the Central Intelligence Agency, key dates, and historic list of intelligence directors

• Intelligence Community [http://www.fas.org/irp/]
  • Web site of the Federation of American Scientists
  • Presidential Executive Orders and Directories, Defense Department Directories, laws and regulations affecting American intelligence
  • Links to official intelligence community web sites with FAS model web pages

• National Security Agency [http://www.nsa.gov/]
  • Brief information about the agency
  • Material on cryptology

• National Security Council [http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/]
  • The NSC advises the President on military affairs and is headquartered in the White House
  • Text of speeches and selected documents
  • History of the agency and a national security strategy

• Strategic Intelligence (Loyola) [http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intel.html]
  • Links to U.S. intelligence and military intelligence web pages as well as selected web pages of foreign countries
  • Selected declassified documents and journal articles from Covert Action Quarterly

• U.S. Intelligence Community (Columbia University) [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/intell.html]
  • Chart describing relationship of U.S. intelligence agencies
  • Annotated bibliography and web links to information on the CIA, DIA, NSC, NSA, FBI, Energy Department and State Department
  • Histories, intelligence reform, bibliographies, classified and declassified documents, periodical articles

• Department of State [http://www.state.gov/index.html]
  • State Department speeches and foreign policy
  • Index located at the top of the page
  • Regions includes country information as well as State Department testimony and press releases on such topics as China's trade status and the Asian economic crisis
  • About State covers the biographies of officials
  • Press links to State Department reports and foreign policy magazines
  • Foreign Relations of the United States is available on-line with selected volumes, 1945-68, and provides additional examples of memoes

• Department of State International Information Programs
  • Formerly known as the U.S. Information Service
  • Extensive press releases on Presidential, State Department, and Defense Department speeches

• Permanent Mission to the United Nations [http://www.un.int/usa/]
  • Statements and speeches before the United Nations
  • Topical approach

• Digital National Security Archive Presidential Directives [http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com/]
  • Full text of available presidential and national security directives, Truman through Clinton
  • Some of the Truman through Reagan material has been excised due to classification; most of the George Bush Sr. and Clinton materials are still classified as of September 2001
  • Searchable by keyword, date, author, and date

• Presidential Decisions and Directives (Federation of American Scientists) [http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/direct.htm]
  • List of national security directives since President Truman
  • Full text of everything that has been declassified

• Public Papers of the President, 1992+ (GPO) [http://www.gpo.gov/nara/pubpaps/srchpaps.html]
  • Presidential speeches and statements issued by the Office of the Press Secretary on an annual basis
  • Declarations, nominations, and executive orders
  • Browsable and searchable
  • The paper copy, 1945+, is located in the Graduate Library stacks as J 80 .A25)

• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1993+ [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/wcomp/index.html]
  • Full text of Presidential executive orders, speeches, press conferences, names of nominees
  • Phrases should be in parentheses and Boolean operators capitalized (e.g. "china" AND "most favored nation")
  • Table of contents search (contents AND "july 28, 1997)

• White House (Clinton)
  • Five versions of the White House web site during the Clinton years and one version of White House Publications
  • Searchable in one piece
  • Also browsable and searchable separately

• White House (Bush)
  • Press releases, speeches and documents beginning January 2001 and updated daily
  • Use search engine at upper righthand side of page

Legislative Branch

• Background
  • Lexis-Nexis Academic (UMich Only) [http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/]
    • Full text of newspapers from around the world and journal articles
    • Use Newspapers/Guided Search and either Major Newspapers or Transcripts
    • Sample search: iraq w/10 biological weapons in full text

  • All Politics [http://www.cnn.com/allpolitics]
    • Today's political news from Time, CNN, and Congressional Quarterly

  • Congress Daily (UMich Only) [http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/congressdaily/]
    • Full text of Hill news since 1991 and updated twice daily
    • Searchable by keyword and year

  • Congressional Research Service Reports
    • Nuclear, Chemical, and Missile Weapons and Profileration Documents (FAS) [http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/crs/index.html]
    • CRS Reports Related to National Security (Global Security) [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/crs/]
    • Project Bioshield [http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RS21507.pdf]
      • Analysis of Bush proposal encouraging private companies to develop countermeasures for bioterrorism

  • CQ Weekly Report (UMich Only) [http://library.cqpress.com/cqweekly/]
    • Full text of CQ since 1983
    • Initial page boots up to current issue
    • Separate search engines for articles and roll call votes can be limited by year
    • Paper copy in Documents Center as JK 1.C12--Ref. with older issues in Graduate Library
    • Web subscription includes CQ Researcher which provides briefing reports on public policy issues

  • Google's Uncle Sam [http://www.google.com/unclesam]
    • Indexes federal government web pages with a .gov and .mil extension
    • Great for obtaining statements by members of Congress and reports of the Executive Branch

  • National Journal [http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/nj]
    • Weekly periodical on government agencies; includes major legislative issues
    • Full text, 1977+, available under Inside Washington from Congressional Universe (UMich Only)
    • Also in Graduate Library as JK 1.N28 with current issues in Documents Center--Docs.Ref.

  • Political Information [http://www.politicalinformation.com/]
    • Index limited to political information on the web
    • Links to full text

  • ProQuest [http://www.lib.umich.edu/rrs/proquest.html]
    • Index to over 2300 popular and scholarly journals since the mid-1980s
    • Full text of numerous journals since the 1990s

• Bills
  • Congressional Universe (UMich Only) [http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/]
    • Indexes bills since 1989 by subject, keyword, sponsor, and date
    • Provides the full text and legislative status
    • Also includes the full text of laws and regulations in force
  • THOMAS [http://thomas.loc.gov/]
    • Indexes bills since 1993 by keyword, sponsor and date
    • Provides the full text and status

• Committee Publications
  • Includes hearings (testimony), committee prints (research reports), reports (recommendations on bills), and documents (Executive Branch communiques)
  • Congressional Universe (UMich Only) [http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/]
    • Indexes published hearings, committee prints, and reports by subject, keyword, committee, and date since 1789
    • Provides an abstract of publications located in the Documents Center in paper and/or microfiche format
    • Includes the full text of selected testimony beginning 1988
    • Microfiche of all publications and paper of most publications available through the Documents Center
    • Illustrative Slides

  • Congressional Record [Web]
    • Congressional Universe (UMich Only) [http://www.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/]
      • Indexes Congressional Record since 1985 by keyword, speaker, and date
      • Provides the full text
      • Located under Congressional Publications
    • THOMAS [http://thomas.loc.gov/]
      • Indexes speeches on the floor of Congress by subject, Member of Congress, and date since 1993

Internet Search Engines

• AltaVista [http://www.altavista.com/]
  • Keyword index to the TEXT of individual web pages
  • Largest and most popular of search engines as of July 1996
• Excite [http://www.excite.com/]
  • Extremely fast index to the contents of web pages
• Fast Search [http://www.alltheweb.com/]
  • Fastest search engine on the web
  • Links to over 2 million web pages
• Google Uncle Sam Search [http://www.google.com/uncldesam]
  • Fast search engine which indexes only .gov and .mil web sites
  • Excellent for obtaining U.S. policy information
• WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources (Elizabethtown College) [http://www.etown.edu/vl/index.html]
  • Nicely annotated guide for college students by Professor Wayne Selcher
  • Sections on area studies, maps, news, U.S. and international government agencies, peace, think tanks and study abroad
  • Includes starter tips for research
  • Especially strong on international business and security issues
• Yahoo [http://dir.yahoo.com]
  • Comprehensive classified subject list of world-wide web sites

Writing Guides

[http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psref.html]

• On-line versions of dictionaries and thesauri
  
• Guides to English usage
  
• Also includes interactive maps

Citation Guides [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/cite.html]

• Best citation guides on the Internet and in the library
  
• Includes guides for citing government documents

Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
University of Michigan Library
Graphics by Sherry Piontek and Barbara Perles
Send suggestions to govdocs@umich.edu

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