LibGuides: Homeland Security: Websites

Google Search

When searching in Google consider limiting to a domain or website. For example:

"counterterrorism" site:gov

"Afghanistan" site:state.gov

Other Useful Websites

START
The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), based at the University of Maryland, is a research center for the scientific study of the causes and consequences of terrorism.

Associations

Google Scholar

Use Google Scholar to search for peer-reviewed articles on the web. Use the Journal Locator to see if the Library has access to the full-text.

U.S. Government Sites

International Sites

New Jersey Sites

Find Government Information

Govinfo.gov
This site provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government and allows you to search, browse and download documents. Includes full-text Federal Register, Congressional Record, Hearing, Presidential Documents, Budget, and more.
Congress.gov
Access legislation from 1993 forward, member profiles, congressional reports, hearings, and the Congressional Record.
Monmouth University Library Catalog
Many federal documents received from the Government Printing Office can be searched in the MU Library Catalog.
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
Use CGP for keyword searches or to browse documents. Most publications from 1996 forward are available online.
HathiTrust
"HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world." Provides full text access to a large number of older, digitized government documents.
MetaLib
MetaLib searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations often providing direct links to resources available online.
USA.gov

Websites for Homeland Security

FEMA
U.S. Custons and Border Protection
This component of the DHS is charged with "keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S."
U.S. Secret Service
The Secret Service is charged with safeguarding the nation's financial infrastructure, and protecting national leaders, visiting heads of state, and designated sites.
CRS Reports on Terrorism and Homeland Security
This site from the University Of Maryland Thurgood Marshall Law Library brings together relevant Congressional Research Service reports.
National Counterterrorism Center
The NCTC's core mission is to "lead our nation's effort to combat terrorism at home and abroad by analyzing the threat, sharing that information with our partners, and integrating all instruments of national power to ensure unity of effort."

Other CJ Guides

World Criminal Justice Library Network