Databases and E-Resources at the Library of Congress

Military Science & National Security


AccessUN ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
An index of current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications including documents from the six main bodies of the United Nations - General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, Secretariat and International Court of Justice.

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Air Force History Index
Online index of 550,000 reports on aerospace, aviation history, as well as political and military history.

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Air University Library Bibliographies
Contains scores of bibliographies compiled by staff at the Air University on military related topics.

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Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
Provides an annotated bibliography of over 2,000 books, articles, films, CDs, and websites about a broad range of nuclear issues.

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America : History and Life Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.

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American Civil War Research Database ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains information on over 4 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs.

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Ancestry Library Edition ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
With more than one and a half billion names in over 4,000 databases, Ancestry Library Edition includes records from the United States Census; military records; court, land and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists, primary-source document images (including the US Federal census) and a variety of genealogical research features.

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AULIMP
The Air University Library's Index to Military Periodicals provides citations and abstracts to articles, news items, and editorials from military and aeronautical periodicals covering all branches of the military.

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BEOnline Plus
Free Internet resources selected and annotated by The Library of Congress reference staff

  • Business and Economics Web sites
  • Humanities and other Social Sciences Web sites available from Alcove 9
  • International Resources Web sites available from Portals to the World
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CIA Electronic Reading Room
Search for previously released Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents covering a wide range of policy areas.

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Consolidated Index of Army Publications and Forms
DA PAM 25-30 contains records of current and obsolete publications and blank forms published by the Army, other Military Services, Department of Defense activities, and other Government agencies and activities.

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CQ Online Editions: Historic Documents Series ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Search or browse by year or topic the Congressional Quarterly Historic Document Series containing more than 2,500 primary sources covering events around the world.

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Declassified Documents Reference System ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides full-text access to over 500,000 pages of previously classified government documents.

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Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Sets forth standard US military and associated terminology to encompass the joint activity of the Armed Forces of the United States in both US joint and allied joint operations, as well as to encompass the Department of Defense as a whole.

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Digital Dissertations ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Index of doctoral dissertations and master's theses, with coverage from 1861 to the present.

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Digital National Security Archive ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
DNSA contains primary documents central to United States foreign and military policy since 1945 obtained by the National Security Archive.

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E-Journals in Law, Politics & Government ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Browse an alphabetical subject list of electronic journals in Law, Military & Naval Science, Political Science, and Public Administration.

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Facts on International Relations and Security Trends
FIRST contains documented information from research institutes around the world, covering the fields of international relations and security.

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Global Terrorism Database
An open-source database containing information on terrorist events around the world since 1970.

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GPO Monthly Catalog Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Covers all types of US government documents, including Congressional reports, hearings, debates, and records; judiciary materials; and documents issued by executive departments (Defense, State, Labor, Office of the President, etc.

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Gutenberg-e
Scholarly e-book collection containing revisions of prize-winning dissertations.

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HarpWeek ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains full text issues of Harper's Weekly (1857-1912), the leading American illustrated magazine of its day, covering political, military, social, and cultural stories.

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Historic Government Publications from WWII
Search or browse a collection of over 300 United States government documents produced during World War II.

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Historical Abstracts Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains annotated references to books, articles, and dissertations on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).

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History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The International bibliography of history of science, technology, and medicine describes journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, and dissertations in the history of science, technology, and medicine and allied historical fields.

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History Reference Online ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
ABC-CLIO History Reference contains the full text of over 600 books focusing on United States and world history, current issues, politics, and geography.

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Homeland Security Digital Library ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides quick access to important United States policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents as well as specialized resources such as theses and reports from various universities, organizations and local and state agencies.

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Jane's.Com (Select Client Area) ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides full text access to Jane's research in defense, terrorism, market intelligence, national security and transportation.

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Lancaster Index to Defence and International Security Literature ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The Lancaster Index (LI) contains abstracts for articles from some 330 journals and monographs relating to defense and international security affairs.

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LexisNexis Congressional ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides comprehensive access to United States legislative information, including: hearings; reports; prints; documents; bills; laws; regulations; and CIS Legislative Histories.

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MERLN
Contains student papers, lectures, conference proceedings, personal paper collections, reports and legislation for research and scholarship on military topics.

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Military and Government Collection Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Designed to bring current news to all branches of the military and matters relating to the military and military life, with a subject emphasis on engineering.

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MIPT Terrorism Information Center
MIPT provides comprehensive research and analysis on global terrorist incidents, terrorism-related court cases, and terrorist groups and leaders.

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National Archives Access to Archival Databases (U.S.)
The AAD System provides online searching to government records in more than 350 databases created by over 20 Federal agencies.

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National Technical Information Service Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
NTIS contains nearly 3 million scientific and technical reports on US government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information.

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Oxford African American Studies Center ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
AASC contains over 7,500 articles as well as primary source documents, images, maps, charts and tables, and timelines covering the African American experience.

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Oxford Reference Online : Humanities & Social Sciences Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains the full text of over 150 books in general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, and business and professional subjects published by Oxford University Press.

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PAIS Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Chronicling global public policy and social issues, the Public Affairs Information Service provides access to over 3,600 periodicals, books, hearings, reports, gray literature, government publications, Internet resources, and other publications from 120 countries.

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PAIS Archive Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Retrospective database chronicling global public policy and social issues from the early twentieth century through the mid-1970s.

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Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800
The database contains 55,000 documents covering the Early Republic, from the handling of Indian affairs, pensions and procurement to the nature of the first American citizens’ relationship with their new Federal government.

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PapersFirst Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Worldwide coverage of published congresses, symposiums, conferences, expositions, workshops and meetings received by The British Library Document Supply Centre.

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PILOTS Database ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
PILOTS bibliographic database provides citations to literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events, without disciplinary, linguistic, or geographical limitations.

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PolicyFile ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Covers all aspects of public policy research and analysis produced from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations, and publishers.

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Registry of U.S. Government Publication Digitization Projects
Contains links to projects that include digitized copies of publications originating from the United States Government.

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Russian Military and Security Periodicals ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
UDB-MIL contains a broad range of military texts, including central military journals and regional military district newspapers in all major strategic areas.

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Social Sciences Full Text Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Wilson Social Sciences Abstracts contains citations to over 550 popular journal titles covering the latest concepts, trends, opinions, theories, and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.

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Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index
SCAMPI is a guide to articles on military and naval art and science, operational warfare, joint planning, national and international politics, and other areas researched by Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) faculty, staff, and students.

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STINET MultiSearch
Provides access to the DOD Scientific and Technical Information Center (DTIC) databases containing citations to unclassified documents that have been entered into DTIC's Technical Reports Collection, as well as the electronic full-text of many of these documents.

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Uboat.net
A detailed overview of the U-boat era, including lists of missing ships, status of crew, victories, defeats, myths and legends.

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United States Congressional Serial Set ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The United States Congressional Serial Set contains all the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the US Senate and House of Representatives from the 15th Congress to the 87th Congress, 2nd session, 1817 - 1962 (Serial Set Volumes 1 - 12427).

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United States Congressional Serial Set Maps Digital Collection ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The Serial Set Maps Digital Collection ranges from the great exploratory surveys and battlefield maps of the 19th Century, to water resources, weather, wilderness, public works, and Army Corps of Engineers maps extending through the 1960s.

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Vietnam War Bibliography
A bibliography of books and a few articles about the Vietnam War compiled by Edwin E Moïse, the author of the Historical Dictionary of the Vietnam War.

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WAO : World Affairs Online
World Affairs Online is one of the largest social science databases in Europe, currently containing over 665,000 references, mainly journal articles, book chapters, hearings, and grey literature.

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World War I Edition of Stars and Stripes
Full text of the complete seventy-one-week run of the official newspaper of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF).

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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Find It at LCON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.

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Yearbook of the United Nations, 1946-2005
The yearbook covers an extensive array of political and security questions; human rights concerns; economic and social topics; legal issues; institutional, administrative and budgetary matters; and the activities of intergovernmental organizations related to the UN.

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