WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
High School National Debate Topic
2001
Resolved: That the United States federal government should
establish a foreign policy significantly limiting the use of
weapons of mass destruction.
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- Cleaning Up the
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- Federal and research institution web sites about cleaning up nuclear
weapons complex in an environmentally and economically safe manner
- Includes think tank reports
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1970
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Control Institute [http://www.nci.org/home.htm]
- Lobby group specializing in the controlling the use and disposal of
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Locations
- History
of the Custody and Deployment of Nuclear Weapons: July 1945
through September 1977 [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/19991020/]
- Classified document prepared by the Defense Department in
1978 and partially released under the Freedom of Information Act
- Includes an appendix with deployments by country and date
- Where
They Were [http://web.archive.org/web/20050901093239/www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=nd99norris_024]
- Article describes storage of about 12,000 atomic and nuclear weapons
abroad, 1945-77
- Host countries did not always know they were there
- Lists country or territory, type of missile, year imported, and year
withdrawn
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Nov/Dec. 1999, p.
26+
- U.S. Nuclear
Weapons Cost Study [http://www.brook.edu/FP/PROJECTS/NUCWCOST/WEAPONS.HTM]
- Comparisons of the Manhattan Project with WWII
expenditures
- Costs of individual weapons systems
- Charts of nuclear tests
- Full text of numerous articles
- Weapons of Mass
Destruction Fact Sheets (State Department) [http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/bureau_ac/factsheets_ac.html]
- Press briefings, treaty texts, chronologies and statements during the Clinton era
- Includes information on START I and II, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and biochemical
weapons
- Anti-Ballistic
Missile Treaty [http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/abmpage.html]
- Signed between the United States and Soviet Union in 1972
- Full text of original treaty and subsequent protocols
- Additional
Arms Control Treaties [http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/bureau_ac/treaties_ac.html]
- House Armed Services
Committee [http://armedservices.house.gov/]
- Search site by keyword to find transcripts, testimony, bills and
reports on the National Missile Defense Program
- National
Missile Defense Program (Defense Dept) [http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/html/mdalink.html]
- Description of the missile defense program, fact sheets
- Includes environmental impact statement
- President
Bush's Position [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/usbudget/blueprint/bud06.html]
- Budget statement on national defense
- Appeared in Blueprint for New Beginnings
- President
Clinton's Decision [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/text/pres900.txt]
- Press release dated September 1, 2000
- Outlines history of the program and agreements with Russia
- Defers building of the system to the next President
- Senate Armed
Services Committee [http://www.senate.gov/~armed_services/hearings.htm]
- No search engine available
- Use FIND key on web browser and the term "missile" for selected
testimony on the missile defense system
- Special
Weapons Monitor (Federation of American Scientists) [http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/index.html]
- Numerous government and FAS reports on the national missile defense
system
- General Accounting Office and Congressional Research Service reports
- Press releases
- Theater
High Altitude Area Defense Homepage
(Lockheed Martin) [through the internet archive,
http://web.archive.org/web/20021020125708/http://lmms.external.lmco.com/thaad/]
- Describes the elements of the system
- Summary results of the testing
- Patterns
of Global Terrorism (State Dept) [http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/]
- Summary of terrorist acts by continent and country for 1995
- Appendix provides a chronology of terrorist acts and a description of
the terrorist groups
- See also Political
Science/International Sources
- Terrorism
Research Center [http://www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Attacks&file=index]
- Articles and excerpts from documents on terrorist activities around
the world
- Annotated links to research web sites on terrorism
- See also Documents in the
News coverage of Embassy
Bombings [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/dn98/dn98intl.html#embassy]
- Information on the bombings which triggered the Bremer Report
- Links to the Inman and Crowe reports
- Europa
(European
Commission) [http://europa.eu.int/index-en.htm]
- History, structure, program, activities, and directory of members
- Search by keywords (e.g. china, world trade organization) for the full
text of documents
- European
Parliament [http://www.europarl.eu.int/]
- Description, powers, and organization of the Parliament
- List of committees and directories of Member offices
- Full text of speeches beginning October 1996 as well as publications
adopted
- Committee schedules and press releases
- Multilingual
- Historic documents, NATO Handbook, NATO Review
- Current press releases and fact sheets
- Extensive section on the Kosovo war and the peacekeeping force
- Background Information [Library]
- United Nations Yearbook [Library]
- Doc.Cen JX 1976 .A1 U64--UN Ref.
- Most complete summary of United Nations activities with citations
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- UN Chronicle [Library]
- Doc.Cen. JX 1977.A1 U6--UN Ref.
- Quarterly summary of major issues before the United Nations
- Includes selected citations to UN documents but seldom reprints<
- Also in Academic Universe
- A Global Agenda: Issues before the UN
General Assembly [Library]
- Summary of agenda items with citations to relevant documents
- Doc.Cen. JX 1977 .A1 U54-Ref.
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- Index to United Nations documents issued since 1956
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since 1993 (48th session) and its committees (e.g. A/C.2/46/SR.1) since
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- Ask at the Documents Desk for publications not on the web
- United Nations
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- Final Report of the Review Conference (1996) and annual reports to the
United Nations beginning 1995
- Historic documents and disarmament treaties
- Organizational proceedings and selected publications
- United Nations
Institute for Disarmament Research
[http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/(httpHomepages)/6A03113D1857348E80256F04006755F6?OpenDocument]
- Bibliography of research since 1987 with some reports on the web
- Primarily on nuclear disarmament and conversion but some material on
chemical and
biological weapons
- United Nations Optical Disk
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- Full text of UN Official Records and related parliamentary documents
since 1992 as well as journals and bulletins
- Searchable by date, document symbol, and full text with output in
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- Search Protocols
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- Main screen: choose UN Documents; date is 01/07/1997 - 16/08/1998;
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- Secondary screen: search full text; Brazil < near> international criminal court
- Choose language of text
- On-site password in Documents Center only
- United
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- Commission created in 1991 to monitor disarmament in Iraq
- Text of Security Council resolutions since 1991
- Progress report of activities
- Chronology and background information
- United Nations
Web Site [http://www.un.org/]
- Basic information on the United Nations (history, charter, member
countries)
- Press releases, daily highlights
- General Assembly, ECOSOC, and Security Council publications and
resolutions
- Does NOT include debates; see paper copy in Documents Center
- Indexed by keyword and type of document
- Major conference documents, catalog of UN sales publications,
audio-visual material
- United Nations
System [http://www.undcp.org/unlinks.html]
- Includes the texts of UN resolutions (indexed) and press releases from
international conferences
- Considerable information on developing countries
- Gopher and web sites of the various UN departments, affiliated
agencies, and conferences
- Gopher site
alternative if
web site is difficult to load on your workstation
- United
Nations
Scholars' Workstation (Yale University)
[http://www.library.yale.edu/un/index.html]
- Subject index to web sites with United Nations information
- Links to numeric data sites
- Excellent research guide to United Nations information
- Academic information about Yale's UN Studies program and Yale Library
resources
Other Countries
Translations
- Yahoo's
Babelfish [http://babelfish.yahoo.com/]
- Translates Chinese web pages (with subsequent links) and pasted text
to English
- Also translates English to Chinese
Chinese
Government Agencies
- Chinese
Embassy (Washington, D.C.) [http://www.china-embassy.org/]
- Substantial information on Chinese foreign relations and
public policy issues (human rights, Taiwan, Hong Kong)
- Economic statistics, education information, and travel
- Ministry of Foreign Trade
and Economic Cooperation [http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/ce/cegv/eng/qtzz/wtoyylj/t85670.htm]
- Text of Chinese foreign trade laws and regulations
- Bulletin board of sales opportunities and list of products for sale
- Basic import/export data
- Permanent
Mission to the United Nations (Geneva)[http://www.china-un.ch/eng/]
- Press releases on Chinese policy, including human rights
About China
- China
Sources (UMich Asia Library) [http://www.lib.umich.edu/asia/]
- News sources in Chinese and English
- Click on Data in frame for business,
economic, political, and legal information
- Extensive analytics of public access and UMich only web sites
- Richard
Nixon/Zhou Enlai Talks in February 1972
(George Washington University) [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/DOC_readers/kissinger/nixzhou/]
- Digitzed copies of declassified documents summarizing the seven days
of meetings
- Selected
Works of Deng Xiaoping [through the internet archive, http://web.archive.org/web/20010605141353/english.peopledaily.com.cn/dengxp/]
- Excerpts of speeches, diaries, and orders, 1938-1992
- Text in English
News
Sources
- China
News
Digest [http://www.cnd.org/]
- English summary of news around the
world about China
- Issued on daily basis with
archives since 1995
- Search engine does not cover
entire archive but can be
useful
- Inside China Today [http://www.insidechina.com/]
- News, business, culture, and travel information
- News service archived to December 1, 1996
- South China Morning
Post [http://www.scmp.com/]
- Daily English-language newspaper published in Hong Kong
- Most of website requires password
- Newspaper archived since July 28, 1992 on Academic Universe (UMich
Only) [http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe] under News/Major Newspapers
- Xinhua
News Agency [http://202.84.17.11/english/index.htm]
- Official newswire service of the Chinese government
- Daily news in English on politics, economics, business, and culture
- Archived since 1977 on Academic Universe (UMich
Only) [http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe] under News/Wire Services
- Government of India [http://goidirectory.nic.in/]
- Directory of national and state government agencies with internet sites
- India Embassy to
the United States [http://www.indianembassy.org/]
- Foreign policy issues and news
- Links to the Indian President and Cabinet
- Election statistics since 1952 as well as current election information
- Search engine
- India
Parliament [http://parliamentofindia.gov.in/]
- Description of the Parliament
- Full text of Parliamentary debates beginning November 27, 1995
- English and Hindi
- Permanent Mission
to the United Nations [http://www.un.int/india/]
- Statements on nuclear deterrence
- Prime Minister [http://pmindia.nic.in/]
- Description of India and basic statistics
- For the India/Pakistan Nuclear tests of 1998 see Documents in the News
[http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/dn98/dn98for.html#indianuclear]
- Official Site of the Government
of the Islamic Republic of Iran [http://netiran.com]
- Description of the structure of government of Iran
- Names of the people occupying positions in the government
- Text of the constitution and a few other important laws
- General information, links to news organizations, etc..
- The Embassy of The Islamic
Republic of Iran in Ottawa< [http://www.salamiran.org/]
- Description of government found under Iran
Information
- Economic statistics, culture, women, religion, and tourism information
- Uses Java and heavily graphic
-
Iran Online [http://www.iranonline.com/iran/iran-info/Government/index.html]
- Links
to many Iranian government websites including the Parliament and
President
- Text of the
Constitution
- Permanent Mission to
the United Nations [http://www.un.int/iran/]
- Text of statements made to the Security Council beginning 1994
and General Assembly beginning 1996
- "Iran in United Nations Resolutions"
- Includes links to Iranian news sources
- Text in English
- President
Ahmadinejad [http://www.president.ir/eng/]
- Biography, speeches and interviews
- Full text of his books
- Biographies of cabinet officials
- Historical Materials
- CIA
and Iran (New York Times) [http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-index.html]
- British and Central Intelligence Agency plan to return
the shah to Iran in 1952
- Provides historical context and primary documents
- Declassified
Documents
on Iran and the United States (National Security
Archive) [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB21/index.html]
- Text of six declassified documents on the Iranian Revolution and the
taking of American hostages in 1989
- Time period: 1947-91
- Includes a 1985 National Security Decision Directive and the 1991
National Security Decision 54
- Model League of Arab
States [http://haynese.winthrop.edu/mlas/iraq.html]
- Background information, State Department reports, maps, membership in
international organizations
- Speech by Saddam Hussein on anniversary of revolution
- Additional research materials
- Comprehensive
- Israel
(Mario's Cyberspace Station [http://mprofaca.cro.net/news062.html]
- Links to Israeli government agencies
- Current and historical U.S. and Israeli sources of information
- Emphasis on news sources and Arab-Israeli Conflict
- Israel Information Service [http://www.israel.org]
- Descriptions of and links to government agencies
- Full text, in English, of numerous publications and statistics
- Press releases on foreign relations
- Extensive historical and current documentation on Arab-Israeli
relations
- Business, cultural, and travel information
- Each web page is searchable by keyword
- Individual Agencies
- Defense
Forces [http://www1.idf.il/DOVER/site/mainpage.asp?sl=EN&srch=&id=5&clr=1]
- History and structure of the Israeli military
- Forces killed and wounded in terrorist attacks and war
- Civil defense information for the Israeli public
- The KNESSET -The
Parliament of Israel [http://www.knesset.gov.il/]
- Ministry of
Defense [http://www.mod.gov.il/]
- as of May 1998, in Hebrew only
- Ministry
of Foreign Affairs [http://www.mfa.gov.il/]
- Primary documents on the peace process
- Timeline and status of the Wye Agreement
- Facts about Israel
- Permanent
Mission to the United Nations [http://www.israel-un.org/]
- Description of the United Nations issues regarding Israel and
historic UN documents
- Geopolitics and the countries with which Israel has
diplomatic relations
- AltaVista's
Babelfish [http://babelfish.altavista.com/]
- Translates Korean web pages (with subsequent links) and pasted text
to English
- Also translates English to Korean
- Korean History
Project [http://www.koreanhistoryproject.org/]
- History of North and South Korea from prehistory to present
- Description of both governments, travel, weather, time
- North Korea [http://www.kcna.co.jp/index.htm]
- Daily news from the Korea Central News Agency beginning December 2, 1996
- News represents opinions of Kim Jong II and North Korean foreign
policy
- People's Korea [http://www.korea-np.co.jp/pk/]
- English-language web site with North Korea policies
- Includes military affairs, economics, and foreign relations with the U.S. and
South Korea
- Most documents dated 2000+
- Socialist
Constitution [http://www.novexcn.com/dprk_constitution_98.html]
- Government [http://www.pak.gov.pk/]
- Detailed descriptions of government agencies
- History, culture, and facts about Pakistan
- Ministry of
Foreign Affairs [http://www.mofa.gov.pk/]
- Description of bilateral and multilateral foreign policies
- Includes Pakistani position on the New International
Economic Order
- Permanent
Mission to the United Nations [http://www.pakun.org/]
- Statements to the Security Council (1996+) and General Assembly (1995+)
- Documents on Kashmir and Afghanistan
- Permanent
Mission to the United Nations (Geneva) [http://missions.itu.int/~pakistan/web/perm_rep.htm]
- For the India/Pakistan Nuclear tests of 1998 see Documents in the News [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/dn98/dn98for.html#indianuclear]
- See also Pakistan Coup - 1999 [http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/dn99/dn99for.html#pakistan]
- Palestine National
Authority [through the internet archive, http://web.archive.org/web/20010201155400/http://www.pna.org/]
- Links to the Ministry of Information and the Central Bureau of
Statistics
- Site is under construction
- Complete
Guide to Palestine's Websites [through the internet archive, http://web.archive.org/web/20010515033618/www.birzeit.edu/links/]
- Links to government services, election information, and human rights
- Includes educational institutions, media, personal home pages, and
travel
- Country
of Palestine [http://www.hejleh.com/countries/palestine.html]
- Extensive annotated links to business, companies, culture, education,
government, history, politics, religion, and travel
- Links include a combination of local sources and those from other
countries, including the U.S. government
- Numerous maps
- Palestinian
Society for
the Protection of Human Rights and the
Environment [http://www.lawsociety.org/]
- Description of the Palestinian Authority
- Drafts of the Palestinian
Basic Law and Environmental Law
- Reports on human rights abuses by Israel and the Palestinian
National
Authority
- United
Nations Information Center on the Question of
Palestine [http://domino.un.org/UNISPAl.NSF?OpenDatabase]
- United Nations, League of Nations, and miscellaneous
documents on Palestine since 1922
- Includes press releases, General Assembly and Security
Council debates and resolutions; numerous reports
- Searchable by date, authoring body, UN series number, and
subject (Holy Places, Jerusalem, human rights, women, water, security,
refugees)
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History |
News |
Translations
Translation Services
- Promt's
OnLine Translator [http://www.translate.ru/eng/srvurl.asp]
- Translates Russian language web sites and their immediate links into
English and vice versa
- Translations to and from French, German, Russian, and English
- Translations are not perfect but will provide a sense of the
subject
- AltaVista's
Babelfish [http://babelfish.altavista.com/]
- Translates Russian web pages (with subsequent links) and pasted text
to English
- It may, however, skip certain sections
- It does not translate English to Russian
Federation Government
- Constitution [http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/const/constit.html]
- English text of December 1993 constitution
- Duma [http://www.duma.ru/]
- History of the Duma, election results, and committee membership
- Text in Russian
- Embassy
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- Description of the Russian government and 1995 civil code
- How to obtain Russian visa
- Press releases on foreign policy
- Ministry
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- Chronology of nuclear development
- History of current projects, including mining and disarmament
- Text in English and Russian
- Ministry of
Defense [http://www.mil.ru/eng/]
- Text in Russian and English
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of Economy [http://www.economy.gov.ru/]
- Macroeconomic data and forecasts
- Text in Russian and English
- Ministry of
Foreign Affairs [http://www.mid.ru/bul_ns_en.nsf/kartaflat/en01]
- Press releases and briefings
- Statements made at the United Nations
- Text in English with English search engine
- Permanent
Mission to the United Nations [http://www.un.int/russia/new/MainRootrus/index_plain.html]
- Statements made before the Security Council, Economic and Social
Council, and General Assembly in English and Russian
- Section on Russian policies under development as of May 1998
- President [http://www.un.int/russia/new/MainRootrus/index_plain.html]
- Text in Russian and English
- Russian
Federal Space Agency [http://www.roscosmos.ru/index.asp?Lang=ENG]
- History of the Russian space program
- Current activities and international cooperation
- Links to space web sites of other countries
- Text in English
- Russian
Federation [http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/ru.html]
- Extensive list of federal and regional government agencies; some city
web sites
- Agency titles translated into English
- Russian Government Internet
Network [http://www.gov.ru/]
- Text in Russian with some English
- Russian
Legal Server [http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/fplegal/main.html]
- Constitution and civil code in Russian text
News
Sources
- Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press, 1992+ [AP 2
.C9752 with current issues in Serials and Microforms]
- Continues Current Digest of the Soviet Press,
1949-1992 [AP 2 .C9752]
- Also available through Academic Universe (UMich
Only) since June 1, 1983 under the Current Digest of the
Soviet Press
- InterFax
News Agency [http://www.interfax-news.com/]
- Today's political and business news for all of the CIS countries
- Archived since January 13, 1998 with one day time-delay on
Academic
Universe (UMich Only) [http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe]
- ITAR-TASS Russian News
Agency [http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/]
- Current Russian news requires a subscription
- Data archived in English since 1994 in the World News Connection (UMich
Only) [http://wnc.dialog.com/]
- Moscow
Times [http://www.moscowtimes.ru/]
- Today's top headlines in English
- Stock market news
- St. Petersburg Times [http://www.sptimesrussia.com/]
- Comprehensive coverage of local and national news
- Today's news free; archive since 1994 requires a subscription
- Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty [http://www.rferl.org/]
- U.S. government news, analysis, special reports, and summary economic
and human
rights information for Russia and Eastern Europe
- The Newsline feature has current
news broadcasts to Eastern Europe beginning April 1997
- Newsline replaced the Open Media Research Institute Daily Digest
reports
and provides a searchable archive to its reports back to 1991
- OMRI
Daily Digests [http://www.friends-partners.org/friends/news/rferl/master.htmlopt-tables-unix-english-], 1991-March 1997, also
remained available as of May 30, 1997
- The Russian News Service [http://www.einnews.com/russia/]
- News, business, culture, and travel information for Russia
and CIS
countries
- News service archived to December 2, 1996
- Vladivostok
News [http://vlad.tribnet.com/]
- English-language newspaper of the Russian far east
- Political and business news with candid editorials
- Archived since December 1995 with a search engine
- Links to the dail version
- Voice of
Russia [http://www.ruvr.ru/index.php?lng=eng]
- Radio broadcasting and telecommunications service
- Special reports on foreign and domestic public policy
- Multilingual text
- World News
Connection [http://wnc.dialog.com/]
- Text of foreign radio broadcasts and newswires translated into
English
since November 1994
- Searchable by keyword, date, and region
- Includes ITAR/TASS news agency
- Translations from countries with a U.S. trade embargo (e.g. Iran,
Iraq, Sudan and Libya) were removed beginning October 1999
Russian
History
- Cold
War International History Project [http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1409]
- Primary documents and articles on the history of the Cold War
- Includes the arms race, policies of leaders, book reviews
- Lengthy sections on Stalin and Khrushchev
- Searchable by keyword, subject tree, type of document
- RedFiles (PBS) [http://www.pbs.org/redfiles/]
- Accompanies a television series about Soviet intelligence, sports,
propaganda, and a secret mission to the moon
- Transcripts and pictures from program
- Text of interviews and searchable access to an English version of the
Russian archives
- Revelations
from the Russian Archives (Library of Congress) [http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/intro.html]
- Translations and copies of key documents on Russia's political and
foreign relations documents since 1917
- Russia History
Index: World Wide Web Virtual Library
- Features annotated links to scholarly web sites on Russian history,
most in English
- Syria
[through the internet archives, http://web.archive.org/web/20010208090918/http://www.awo.net/country/ctrypgs/chsyr.asp]
- Syrian culture, business, and travel
- Names of government officials
- From Arab World On-Line
- Embassy to the United
States [http://www.syrianembassy.com/]
- Some policy and domestic issues
- Text in English and Arabic
- United States Foreign Policy
(UMich)
[http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/forpol.html]
- Extensive annotated guide to current and historical sources
- Listing below is a selection from that web page
- Federal
Agency Web Sites [http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html]
- Cleancut alphabetical listing of federal agency web sites
- Includes search engine
- First.Gov [http://www.firstgov.gov/]
- Portal to federal government information
- Initial web page oriented toward the citizen-consumer with links to forms, consumer recalls, etc.
- Search engine indexes most government web sites
- A simple search of "national missile defense" netted over 1000 items
- Google
Search Engine [http://www.google.com/unclesam]
- Web search engine devoted exclusively to sites with .gov and .mil extensions
- Excellent for federal policy papers
Declassified Material
- Declassified
Documents [http://www.ddrs.psmedia.com]
- Over 70,000 confidential, secret and top
secret documents declassified under the Freedom of Information Act and
deposited in Presidential Libraries
- Material includes White House,
CIA, FBI, Defense Department, National Security Council, Atomic Energy
Commission, NATO, United Nations and others
- Most are dated 1946-68
- Searchable by keyword with an advanced search that includes keyword,
agency, classification level, sanitation level, date declassified and
issue date
- PDF format for the original plus a more easily-read text
format with the search keywords highlighted in red
- The
corresponding microfiche is located in Serials Services and Microforms;
the retrospective fiche is MICRO-F397; the current fiche is MICRO-F
X194
- Digital
National Security Archive (UMich Only)
[http://nsarchive.chadwyck.com/]
- Full text of declassified federal documents issued during the Cold
War period
- Many of the documents issued by the State Department, Defense
Department, and Central Intelligence Agency
- Subjects include:
Afghanistan
Berlin Crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis
El Salvador
| Intelligence Community
Iran-Contra Affair
Iranian Revolution
Military Uses of Space
| Nicaragua
Nuclear Nonproliferation
Philippines
South Africa |
|
- Searchable by a combination of collection, subject, keyword, creator,
recipient, classification, document type, and date
- Text in pdf or gif format
- Anthrax Vaccination
Program (Defense Dept) [http://www.anthrax.osd.mil/]
- History of the disease, how it is spread, and symptoms
- Once symptoms occur, death rate is 99%
- Evidence it is being used for biological warfare
- Information on the military's vaccination program
- Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency/State Dept.
[http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/bureauac.html]
- Speeches, fact sheets, and reports on arms control
- Approximately 40 international treaties on nuclear and environmental disarmament
- Statistics on military expenditures and arms transfers for 172 countries
- Chemical and
Biological Defense Information Analysis Center (Army)
[http://www.cbiac.apgea.army.mil/]
- Public access information includes news highlights, recent patents,
and description of the agency
- Data bases and military handbooks only available to government
personnel
- DefenseLINK
(Dept. of Defense) [http://www.defenselink.mil/]
- Defense Department speeches and press releases searchable by
date or keyword
- Links to Defense Department agencies
- Military
Network [http://www.military-network.com/]
- Annotated links to U.S. military and military academy web sites
- Extensive links to foreign governments and foreign government
military web sites
- United
States Commission on
National Security/21st Century (Hart/Rudman)
[http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/nssg/]
- Investigation into the new world emerging, a national security
strategy, and means for implementing the strategy
- The first phase, New
World Coming [http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/nssg/nwc.pdf] describes America's increasing vulnerability to
terrorism
- Web site includes the world's love/hate relationship with America,
technological changes, and a readers' forum
- Central
Intelligence Agency [https://www.cia.gov/]
- Press releases, testimony before Congress, and publications
- Links to intelligence community web sites
- Factbook
on Intelligence
- History of the Central Intelligence Agency, key dates, and historic
list of intelligence directors
- Intelligence
Community [http://www.fas.org/irp/]
- Web site of the Federation of American Scientists
- Presidential Executive Orders and Directories, Defense Department
Directories, laws and regulations affecting American intelligence
- Links to official intelligence community web sites with
FAS model web pages
- National Security Agency
[http://www.nsa.gov]
- Brief information about the
agency
- National
Security Council
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/index.html]
- The NSC advises the President on military affairs and is
headquartered in the White House
- History of the agency and a national security strategy
- Speeches from the Clinton era, 1993-2000, appear on the National Archives
[http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/EOP/NSC/html/nschome.html] web site
- Strategic
Intelligence (Loyola)
[http://www.loyola.edu/dept/politics/intel.html]
- Links to U.S. intelligence and military intelligence
web pages as well as selected web pages of foreign countries
- Selected declassified documents and journal articles
from Covert Action Quarterly
- U.S.
Intelligence Community (Columbia University)
[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/lehman/guides/intell.html]
- Chart describing relationship of U.S. intelligence agencies
- Annotated bibliography and web links to information on the CIA, DIA,
NSC, NSA, FBI, Energy Department and State Department
- Histories, intelligence reform, bibliographies, classified and
declassified documents, periodical articles
- Department of State
Foreign Affairs Network [http://www.state.gov/index.html]
- State Department speeches and foreign policy
- Index located at the top of the page
- Regions
includes country information as well as State Department testimony and
press releases on such topics as China's trade status and the Asian
economic crisis
- Department covers the biographies of officials
- Outreach links to State Department reports and foreign policy magazines
- Foreign Relations of the United States is available on-line with selected volumes, 1945-68, and provides additional examples of memoes
- Permanent Mission to the
United Nations [http://www.un.int/usa/]
- Statements and speeches before the United Nations since January 1996
- Arranged chronologically with identification of topic
- Historical Material
- Presidential
Decisions and Directives (Federation of American Scientists)
[http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/direct.htm]
- List of national security directives since President Truman
- Full text of everything that has been declassified
- Public Papers of the Presidents, 1945+ (J 80
.A25)
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 1965+ (J
80 .A1 W38)
- Weekly Compilation of
Presidential Documents, 1993+
[http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/nara003.html]
- Full text of Presidential executive orders, speeches, press
conferences, names of nominees
- Phrases should be in parentheses and Boolean operators capitalized
(e.g. "china" AND "most favored nation")
- Table of contents search (contents AND "july 28, 1997)
- White
House Electronic Publications
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/]
- Press releases, speeches and documents beginning January 2001 and updated daily
- Keyword searching only
- President Clinton's website is available through the National Archives [http://clinton4.nara.gov/]
Publication |
Definition |
UMich Source |
Public Access Source |
---|
Background Information |
Identifies bills, keyplayers,
politics of issue |
Academic Universe
Congressional Quarterly, 1983+
Congress Daily, 1991+
National Journal,
1977+
ProQuest
|
CNN Politics
Google U.S. Government Search
Policy Com
Political Information
|
Bills |
Proposed Legislation |
Congressional Universe, 1989+
THOMAS, 1973+ |
THOMAS, 1973+ |
Hearings |
Committee Testimony |
Congressional Universe, 1970+
--Index, 1970+
--Full Text, 1988+ |
Hearings Bibliography, 1995+
Selected full text |
Committee Prints |
Background Research |
Congressional Universe, 1970+
--Index, 1970+
--Full Text, 1993+ |
Hearings Bibliography, 1995+
Sometimes on committee web site |
Committee Reports |
Committee
Recommendations |
Congressional Universe, 1970+
--Index, 1970+
--Full Text, 1988+ |
GPO
Access, 1995+ |
Congressional Record |
Floor Debates |
Congressional Universe, 1985+ |
THOMAS,
1993+, |
- Background
- Academic Universe (UMich
Only) [http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/]
- Full text of newspapers from around the world and journal articles
- Search Government and Political News/Legislative
News
- Sample search: china w/10 (world trade organization or most
favored nation)
- CNN Politics
[http://www.cnn.com/allpolitics]
- Today's political news from Time, CNN, and Congressional
Quarterly
- Congress Daily (UMich
Only) [http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/]
- Full text of Hill news since 1991 and updated twice daily
- Searchable by keyword and year
- In Inside Washington section of Congressional
Universe
- CQ
Weekly Report (UMich Only)
[http://library.cqpress.com/cqweekly/]
- Full text of CQ since 1983
- Initial page boots up to current issue
- Separate search engines for articles and
roll call votes can be limited by year
- Paper copy in Documents Center as JK 1.C12--Ref.
with older issues in Graduate Library
- Web subscription includes CQ
Researcher which provides briefing
reports on public policy issues
- Google's U.S. Government Search [http://www.google.com/ig/usgov]
- Indexes federal government web pages with a .gov and .mil extension
- Great for obtaining statements by members of Congress and reports of
the Executive Branch
- National
Journal [http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/]
- Weekly periodical on government agencies; includes major
legislative issues
- Full text, 1977+, available under Inside
Washington from Congressional Universe
(UMich Only)
- Also in Graduate Library as JK 1.N28 with current issues in
Documents Center--Docs.Ref.
- Speak Out
[http://www.speakout.com/activism/issues/]
- Daily periodical with current policy news, issue of the
week, and in-depth analysis of 20 current policy issues
- Political
Information [http://www.politicalinformation.com/]
- Index limited to political information on the web
- Links to full text
- ProQuest
[http://www.lib.umich.edu/eresources/proquest/]
- Index to over 2300 popular and scholarly journals since the mid-1980s
- Full text of numerous journals since the 1990s
- Bills
- Congressional
Universe (UMich Only) [http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/]
- Indexes bills since 1989 by subject, keyword, sponsor, and date
- Provides the full text and legislative status
- Also includes the full text of laws and regulations in force
- THOMAS
[http://thomas.loc.gov/]
- Indexes bills since 1993 by keyword, sponsor and date
- Provides the full text and status
- Committee
Publications
- Includes hearings (testimony), committee prints (research reports), reports (recommendations on bills), and documents (Executive Branch communiques)
- Congressional
Universe (UMich Only)
[http://web.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/]
- Indexes published hearings (1970+), committee prints (1993+), and reports (1989+) by subject,
keyword, committee, and date
- Provides an abstract of publications located in the Documents Center in paper and/or
microfiche format
- Includes the full text of selected testimony beginning 1988
- From the main page, search under Congressional Publications
- Paper and CD-ROM indexes of hearings and all publications, as well as paper and/or
microfiche copies, located in the Documents Center
- Illustrative Slides
- Congressional Record
[Web]
- Congressional
Universe (UMich Only) [http://www.lexis-nexis.com/congcomp/]
- Indexes Congressional Record since 1985 by keyword, speaker, and date
- Provides the full text
- Located under Congressional Publications
- THOMAS
[http://thomas.loc.gov]
- Indexes speeches on the floor of Congress by subject, Member of
Congress, and date since 1993
Additional Resources
University of Michigan
- University
of Michigan High School Debate Institute [http://www.michigandebate.com/]
- Description of various debate programs, application forms and financial aid
- Outline of the issues, information for ordering the debate handbook
- Web resources
- Undergraduate
Library [http://www.lib.umich.edu/ugl/classes/debate/guidelines.html]
- Library resources, libraries on campus and debate hours
- AltaVista
[http://www.altavista.com/]
- Keyword index to the TEXT of individual web pages
- Largest and most popular of search engines as of July 1996
- Excite
[http://www.excite.com/]
- Extremely fast index to the contents of web pages
- Fast Search
[http://www.alltheweb.com/]
- Fastest search engine on the web
- Links to over 2 million web pages
- Google U.S. Government
Search [http://www.google.com/ig/usgov]
- Fast search engine which indexes only .gov and .mil web sites
- Excellent for obtaining U.S. policy information
- WWW Virtual Library:
International Affairs Resources (Elizabethtown College)
[http://www.etown.edu/vl/index.html]
- Nicely annotated guide for college students by Professor Wayne Selcher
- Sections on area studies, maps, news, U.S. and international
government agencies, peace, think tanks and study abroad
- Includes starter tips for research
- Especially strong on international business and security issues
- Yahoo
[http://www.yahoo.com]
- Comprehensive classified subject list of world-wide web sites
Writing Guides
[http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psref.html]
- On-line versions of dictionaries and
thesauri
- Guides to English usage
- Also includes interactive maps
Citation
Guides
[http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/cite.html]
- Best citation guides on the Internet and in
the library
- Includes guides for citing government
documents
Grace York, Coordinator, Documents Center
Ray C. Walling, Documents Center Intern, Summer 2007
University of Michigan Library
Graphics by Sherry Piontek and Barbara Perles
Send suggestions to graceyor@umich.edu
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