Research Guides: Homeland Security: Databases

Recommended Databases

The following are recommended databases for locating scholarly articles, dissertations, theses, and conference papers for this subject.

Digital National Security Archive

Declassified government documents covering U.S. policy toward critical world events from 1945 to the present.
- To create a shareable link to a document, click the Copy URL button.
Global Terrorism Database

Information on domestic and international terrorist attacks around the world since 1970.
Search Tips
- Content can be browsed by date, region, country, perpetrator group, weapon type, attack type, or target type.
- Use Basic Search to get a listing of events that contain a specific word or phrase, i.e. drugs.
- Use quotation marks to search for an exact phrase: “drug cartel”.
- Use Advanced Search to look for multiple criteria. For example, a specific timeframe in a specific region or country, etc. In advanced search, click on each tab on the left to make selections, and then click on Search at the bottom.
Global Road Warrior

A comprehensive guide to countries around the world, including facts, travel essentials, and extensive coverage of culture, history, and language.
- To create a shareable link to a document, copy the URL in the browser's address bar.
International Security & Counter Terrorism Reference Center

Articles, news feeds, and reports related to security and terrorism issues, including those related to international politics, military, and economics.
- To create a shareable link to a document, click the Share button, then select Create Link.
Security Studies

Provides a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports encompassing research on international security and peace and conflict studies from all corners of the globe.
- To create a shareable link to a document, click the Share button, then click Email, copy the URL from the email message, and use the Create Proxy Links tool to create an authenticated link.

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Digital National Security Archive

Declassified government documents covering U.S. policy toward critical world events from 1945 to the present.
- To create a shareable link to a document, click the Copy URL button.
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL)

Documents related to homeland security and cybersecurity policy, strategy and organizational management from sources including federal, state, and local governments; international governments and institutions; nonprofit organizations and private entities.
- To create a shareable link to a document, copy the URL in the browser's address bar.

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The following are recommended databases for locating technical reports (technical and scientific research) on this subject.

DTIC Online: Public Technical Reports

Searches declassified Department of Defense and government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related documents from the Defense Technical Information Center.
National Technical Reports Library (NTRL)

U.S. government-funded scientific, technical, engineering, and business information from more than 200 U.S. government agencies.

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eBook Databases

Janes

Provides full-text access to All the World's Aircraft, Aero-Engines, Airport Review, International Defense Review, News Module, and more.
Good to Know
- Please click Log out in the upper right of the screen when finished.
Search Tips
- Click the Products tab at the right, then Air & Space. To narrow results filter under Publication/Section to see Jane's All the World's Aircraft, All the World's Aircraft: Development & Production, and All the World's Aircraft: In Service.
- Use the Search box on the home page to search all of the database's content.
- For help using and searching in the database, click the question mark symbol in the top center and click View Help.
Taylor & Francis eBooks

Full-text ebooks from publishers CRC Press, Routledge, and more, on topics including engineering, technology, international relations, business, and computer science.
- To create a shareable link to a document, click the Share button, then click the Copy Link button, and use the Create Proxy Links tool to create an authenticated link.
Ebook Central

Extensive collection of ebooks on a variety of subjects, such as aviation and human factors.
- Bookshelves are based on your ERNIE login. (Older versions of bookshelves were overridden.)
- A separate Ebook Central account is no longer required for the use of Bookshelf, highlighting, and downloading features.
- You can add books to your Bookshelf by clicking on the Add to Bookshelf link located on the left of the book’s Detail Page or by placing a bookmark on any page within the book.
- For most books the print/download limit is 40% of the book's pages. Printing or downloading a chapter or page range do the same thing and deduct in the same way based on the pages allowed. Both options create a PDF that does not expire.
- Check the "Availability" section, on the Detail Page, or in the Book Details side panel to see how many copies are available and if it is for Online reading or Download, or both.
- You can change the language of the interface by clicking on Settings in the navigation bar and clicking on Language. Choose your language and save the changes.
- To share ebooks or chapters, click the Share Link to Book button.
- For help using and searching in the database, click the question mark icon (?) in the upper right corner, or use their Help Guide
Request Items
- Books not available full text online in this database may be available in print. Search for the title in EagleSearch to see if the library owns a print copy. Visit the Borrow and Renew (Access Services - Circulation) page for help in checking out material.
- If you see that a book is "Available on request," you may read the book online for up to 5 minutes. Click Read Online to do so.
- Click on the Request button or request this book link to fill out the form to request the library purchase it if you cannot locate it in our catalog.
Gale eBooks

Specialized reference sources such as almanacs, encyclopedias, and books on a variety of topics.
- To create a shareable link to a document, click the Get Link button.

Video Databases

Films On Demand

Educational films and documentaries for all academic disciplines. Content from PBS, TED, the BBC, National Geographic and more.
- To create a Films On Demand account, click on the Your Profile link in the upper right corner in desktop view or on the menu icon in mobile view.
- By creating an account you can create customized playlists, which can be shared by a persistent URL.
- To create a shareable link to a video, click the Share button, then click the Embed/Link tab, and copy the Record URL.

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