This is a selective guide to library materials and Internet resources on terrorism and terrorist activities. Other library subject guides which may prove useful are:
For suggestions to other material, please check with Lehman Reference staff.
Please consult CLIO or Pegasus for other materials in the Columbia University Libraries or, for older material, the General Catalog, Reference Department, 325 Butler Library.
A Columbia University e-seminar series, Covering Terrorism, presented by Associate Professor Brigitte L. Nacos, examines the marriage of convenience that exists between terrorists and the media.
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
- Digest of Terrorist Cases
- The digest is a compilation of legal experiences relating to actual terrorist cases and it is organized in eight chapters: Introduction; Offences for terrorists acts already committed; Offences to prevent terrorist acts; The relationship between terrorism and other forms of crime; The statutory framework for terrorism prosecutions; Investigation and adjudication issues; International cooperation; and Innovations and proposals.
- Domestic Preparedness Against Terrorism: How Ready Are We?
- Y4.G 74/7:T 27/10 - Lehman Microfiche
- 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
National Security: Outlines the George W. Bush administration initiatives in several areas: diplomatic, Federal recovery, financial, homeland security, humanitarian, investigative, and military
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism: the Barack Obama administration initiatives
For terrorism-related legislation, refer to LexisNexis Congressional and Thomas, both in the "Indexes & Abstracts" section.
Coordinating the War on Terrorism: a RAND report, 2004 This report addresses how the war on terrorism should be coordinated within the executive branch of the federal government, in particular within the White House. The authors survey the historical record, lay out the critical choices, and recommend changes.
- 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
- The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)�Responsibilities and Potential Congressional Concerns, Congressional Research Service Report, January 15, 2010
- 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.
- Monterey Terrorism Research and Educational Program, Monterey Institute of International Studies
- MonTREP conducts in-depth research, assesses policy options, and engages in public education on issues relating to terrorism and international security. The focus of the program is on the study of violence-prone extremist groups and their historical evolution, ideological motivations, organizational structure, demographic profile, operational methods, and potential interest in carrying out mass casualty attacks (including through the acquisition and use of so-called "weapons of mass destruction" [WMD]).
- 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
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