Library Guide for CJ 4400: Understanding Terrorism

This library guide provides an introduction to library resources in terrorism and homeland security.

Reference Materials

Most reference materials (encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks) are located in the Library's Reference Collection (behind the Reference Desk). These books cannot be checked out, but are a great place to begin research.

Extremist groups: Information for Students
call number: HN90.R3 .E975 2006 | location: Online & Reference Collection

Encyclopedia of Terrorism
call number: HV6431 .K883 2003 | location: Reference Collection

Encyclopedia Of Terrorism
call number: HV6431 .C65 2007 | location: Reference Collection

Encyclopedia of United States National Security
call number: UA23 .E571274 2006 | location: Reference Collection

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Finding Books, Movies and More

Searching in the Kraemer Family Library

Kraemer Library Catalog
The online catalog that searches for books, movies and government documents at UCCS.

Suggested Subject Headings

• Civil defense
• National security -- United States
• Terrorism
  Also try Terrorism Country Name (example: Terrorism United States)
• Terrorists
• War On Terrorism 2001

Finding Books Off Campus

Can't find what you are looking for in the Library? Here a few solutions:

Prospector
A Colorado state wide library catalog that includes both public and academic libraries. An excellent resource, but it will take 3-5 business days for books to arrive.

WorldCat
An international library catalog that allows UCCS students, staff and faculty to request items not available at UCCS or Prospector.You need an ILLiad account to request items in WorldCat. Items can take 2 weeks or more to be delivered.

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Finding Articles on Your Topic

Researching off campus?
You'll need to install the Library VPN to access the library's resources. Directions for Installing the Library VPN.

Journal Search

Journal Search - Search or browse all the journals available in print or electronic format in the Library. Excellent way to find full-text from a citation.

Core Journals
These are journals that are noted as "best" in the general criminal justice discipline. You can use these to search for articles or go directly to an article database listed below.

• Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
• Terrorism and political violence
• International security
• Conflict Management and Peace Science
• Foreign Affairs

Searching Article Databases

Databases search through thousands of newspaper, magazine and journal articles. See all Criminal Justice databases or Political Science database.

Note: Most databases allow you to limit your search to "peer reviewed" or "scholarly" journals only, but still check the article to verify it is not an editorial or letter. Editorials and letters, etc., do not usually go through a peer reviewed process.

PAIS International
Public Affairs Information Service International is an international political science database that includes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies and more.

Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. An excellent resource for any sociology related topic.

Criminal Justice Periodicals Index
A comprehensive database of U.S. and international criminal justice journals. Great for searching in criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections administration, drug enforcement, rehabilitation, family law and industrial security.

Sage Online Journals* Sage years vary-
A full-text, multidisciplinary database covering more than 520 journals in business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine.

Academic Search Premier
A general database that covers multiple topics including terrorism and ethnic studies. Contains newspapers, trade journals and academic journals.

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Government Documents

The following are various government websites that provide free terrorism/national security information. Government documents tend not to be scholarly or peer-reviewed, but are still excellent sources of current information. Note: You can also search the Kraemer Library Catalog or Prospector for more government documents.

Homeland Security Digital Library (U.S. Dept of Homeland Security)
Provides quick access to government documents on homeland security including important U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents.

U.S. Government Accountability Office
Search by keyword or view all the Terrorism related documents.

THOMAS (Library of Congress)
Provides recent legislative information including current bills, public laws and reports from Congress.

Committee on Foreign Affairs (U.S. House of Representatives)
Provides current information on issues and lists PDF transcripts of past hearings.

CIA: Central Intelligence Agency
Contains Studies in Intelligence, terrorism reports and more.

Counterterrorism: Federal Bureau of Investigations
Counterterrorism information provided by the FBI.

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Recommended Websites

Google Scholar
The more academic side of Google searching. Google Scholar searches journal articles, books and citations. If on campus or on the Library VPN, you can directly connect with the Library's resources.

ISN: International Relations & Security Network
A free, international perspective database containing grey literature of all types, daily briefings, a monthly summary, primary source material, books, and many journals.

Global Terrorism Resource Database
An excellent directory of websites covering various aspects of terrorism. Updated regularly.

Terrorist Group Profiles Naval Postgraduate School (U.S. State Dept. data)
Pulls together several United States Department of State Publications to form this list.

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Need Research Help?

Contact the library's REFERENCE DESK at 255-3295 or email at refdesk@uccs.edu.
Feel free to contact me directly, Tabatha Farney, Criminal Justice Librarian, at tfarney@uccs.edu.