Research Guides: POL 631: Research Seminar in International Relations: Terrorism: U.S. Government

U.S. Government

Most print versions of U.S. Government documents are in the Humanities, Education, and Social Science (HSSE) Library. U.S. Government documents are classified using the Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) classification system in which documents are arranged alphabetically by the agencies producing them.

Many U.S. Government agencies produce terrorism information resources. Leading U.S. Government terrorism resources include:

Country Reports on Terrorism
Cumulative Digest of United States Practice in International Law
Foreign Relations of the United States
Produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian, this is the official documentary record of U.S. foreign policy. Volumes are arranged by presidential administration, geographic region, and topic area. These volumes are generally declassified and publicly released 30 years after they were written.
Homeland Security Department Inspector General

Homeland Security Digital Archive This link opens in a new window
Electronic documents made available by the Dudley Knox Library at the Naval Postgraduate School, searchable by keyword or by topic, including general U.S. policy documents, national strategy documents, theses and research papers from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security and the Naval Postgraduate School, and homeland security executive orders. Also includes notices of events and conferences pertaining to homeland security, and news items drawn from various news sources.

Army University Press
Joint Special Operations University Press Publications
Justice Department Inspector General
Issues reports on Justice Department program management performance and criminal penalties against fraud perpetrated in these programs.
National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
National Defense University Conflict Records Research Center
Features records captured by the military during combat operations in Afghanistan & Iraq.
National Intelligence Council (NIC)
Provides external analysis and advice to Director of National Intelligence.
National Strategy for Combating Terrorism
State Department Inspector General
U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute
Professional military educational institute analyzing military and international relations topics including regions such as the Western Hemisphere.
Department of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.
U.S. Military Academy Combating Terrorism Center
Analyzes international terrorism.