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  • 9-11-2001 News and Legal Resources, Information and Related Services

    The Law Library Resource Xchange offers a wide range of resources related to the September 11, 2001 terrotist attack.

  • Almanac of Politics and Government

    Includes a political calendar and documents information on world governments, and U.S. state and local government U.S. political parties economics and the U.S. federal budget and U.S. and world political history.

  • Anarchy Archives

    "An Online Research Center on the History and Theory of Anarchism."

  • Annotated Bibliography of Government Documents Related to the Threat of Terrorism and the Attacks of September 11, 2001

    Documents arranged alphabeticallly by title within the following sections: aftermath, congressional and presidential actions, global terrorism, international politics, national security, U. S. foreign relations, and weapons of mass destruction,

  • Bioterrorism Articles

    Archived articles from the Journal of the American Medical Association concerning anthrax, smallpox, ebola, plague and Yersinia pestis, botulinum toxin, brucella, and tularemia.

  • CDI: Terrorism Project

    The Center for Defense Information's website "is designed to provide insights, in-depth analysis and facts on the military, security and foreign policy challenges as the United States, and the world, faces terrorism. The project will look at all aspects of fighting terrorism, from near-term issues of response and defense, to long-term questions about how the United States should shape its future international security strategy."

  • Country Studies--Library of Congress

    The online version of the series of books published by the Federal ResearchDivision of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. Each entry details a country's political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, then examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.

  • CQ Press: Recent Terrorism Events

    "This Website provides material from a variety of CQ Press sources relevant to the issues. Sources include encyclopedia articles, such as Jihad and Theocracy three issues of The CQ Researcher offering in-depth studies on Combating Terrorism, Islamic Fundamentalism and the Middle East Conflict and more."

  • Findlaw: Special Coverage, War on Terrorism: Documents

    Documents specific to the September 11th terrorists attacks.

  • FIRST: Facts on International Relations and Security Trends

    "The integrated database system contains clearly documented information from research institutes around the world. It covers areas in the field of international relations and security, such as hard facts on armed conflicts and peace keeping, arms production and trade, military expenditure, armed forces and conventional weapons holding, nuclear weapons, chronology, statistics and other reference data."

  • Foreign Affairs

    Bimonthly journal, published by the Council on Foreign Relations, which examines U.S. foreign policy. Includes searchable archives containing material going back to 1992..

  • Foreign Governments - Constitutions, Laws, and Treaties

    Links to the major resources on the Internet.

  • Foreign Policy Association

    "The Foreign Policy Association (FPA) is a national, nonprofit,nonpartisan, nongovernmental, educational organization founded in 1918 to educate Americans about the significant international issues that influence their lives. FPA provides impartialpublications, programs and forums to increase public awareness of, and foster popular participation in, matters relating to those policy issues."

  • Foreign Terrorist Organizations

    A listing of forign terrorist organizations, as designated by the U.S. Secretary of State, on October 8, 1999.

  • Kent State's Freedom of Information Act

    The FBI investigation of Kent State is now available online.

  • Marx and Engels Writings

    Provides online access to a number of full-text works in English translation.

  • Marxists Internet Archive

    Contains the texts of books and pamphlets by Mark, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, and others.

  • Open Secret's Presidential Fundraising

    This site keeps track of the fundraising efforts of the 2008 Presidential frontrunners.

  • Politics1

    Extensive links to information about U.S. federal and statewide elections and to news about U.S. politics.

  • Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)

    Gathered by correspondents from Radio Free Europe, RFE/RL offers a daily report on developments in Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

  • September 11 Digital Archive

    The archive's goals are to "collect, preserve, and present the history of the September 11, 2001 attack in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania and the public responses."

  • September 11 Web Archive

    An extensive archive of data related to the events and aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Visitors are invite to submit sites to the archive.

  • Special Coverage: America Attacked
  • Target America

    Website for an episode of the Frontline television series exploring America's "first war on terrorism" initiated in the 1980s. Includes an overview of the Evolution of Islamic Terrorism, beginning in 1968.

  • Terrorism Research Center

    "The Terrorism Research Center is dedicated to informing the public ofthe phenomena of terrorism and information warfare. This site featuresessays and thought pieces on current issues, as well as links to otherterrorism documents, research and resources."

  • Terrorism: Questions and Answers

    From the Council on Foreign Relations in cooperation with the Markle Foundation. Searchable.

  • The September 11 Digital Archive

    This project's goals are to use electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the history of September 11, 2001 and its aftermath.

  • THOMAS Legislative Information on the Internet

    Access to the full text of House and Senate bills and resolutions from the current and previous sessions of Congress, searchable by keyword and bill number. Includes the full text of the Congressional Record, a daily account of proceedings on the House and Senate floor as well as bill summary and status. Also contains information on how laws are made, along with the full text of the Constitution of the United States.

  • Thomas--Legislative Information on the Internet

    An indispensable tool for legislative research from the Library of Congess, and a companion to Federal material available through the US Government Printing Office. Users can search theCongressional Record, track the status of a bill, access full-text versions of bills, public and private laws, check roll call votes in the House and Senate, as well as look at the schedules ofboth houses and their committees. Thomas has links to other Library of Congress legislative sites and historical documents.

  • United States State Department Major Publications

    Compiled by the U.S. State Department, this Web page provides access to their major publications.

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