2-1-1
What is it? 211 comes to RI
United
Way of Atlanta created the first three-digit telephone number
dedicated to community assistance in May 1997, when the
Georgia Public Service Commission assigned the 2-1-1 number
for that purpose. In July 2000, the Federal Communications
Commission assigned the 2-1-1 dialing code for the exclusive
purpose of providing access to community information and
referral services across the country. The number was then
available for use by states and communities interested in
launching 2-1-1 call centers.
United
Way 2-1-1 in Rhode Island
URL: http://www.uwri.org/ArticlePage.cfm?pg=78
A good explanation
and overview of what services and assistance are available
by dialing 211. Available 24/7.
[06/07]
Statewide Human Services
Call Center Study 2-1-1
URL: http://www.eohhs.ri.gov/documents/FINALPDFformat.pdf
Describes information pertaining to the acquisition
in RI of 211. Rhode
Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services. [06/07]
2-1-1
URL: http://www.211.org/
Nationwide 211 informative website. [06/07]
 Climate
Change, Global Warming
View
the handout on this important timely topic. pdf
Identity
Theft
View
the handout on this important timely topic. pdf
Government
- Political Events - Civics
New
resources from the Annenberg Foundation:
Factcheck.org
URL:
http://www.factcheck.org/
"The project monitors the factual accuracy of what
is said by politicians, advocates, and newsmakers in their
TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases."
[01.07]
Justice
Learning
URL: http://www.justicelearning.org/
Civics for the real world. "...a guide to the Constitution,
and detailed historical timelines.
[01/07]
Resources
for America's Teachers
URL: http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/
Excellent resources on government for students and teachers
alike. Includes 100
Milestone Documents. (important documents
pertaining to historical US Federal government policy.)
[01/07]
Visual
Resources available! In the Online
Catalog, choose "Any Fields" that
"contain" "annenberg."
 Travel
Travel
tips from the experts-- warnings, the political
situation in the selected country, packing tips, more.
[pdf
will open in new window] [08/06]
Permitted
and Prohibited Items on Airlines - TSA
URL:http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/prohibited/permitted-prohibited-items.shtm#11
Most recent listing of TSA permitted items. [10/06]
 Space
Shuttle
Get some quick facts on
Discovery STS-121 that went into space
July 4, or explore the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) website. [07/06]
[pdf will
open in new window]
 Fuel
Economy
Why
is the price of GAS
rising so quickly? Where is the cheapest, closest GAS
station? [07/06]
[pdf
will open in new window]
Pandemic
(aka Avian or Bird) Flu
Pandemicflu.gov
URL:
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/
Comprehensive federal government website by the Department
of Health and Human Services that clearly outlines all
aspects and potential dangers of this current flu strain.
Be sure to visit the TRAVEL
page if you have a trip planned.
[03/06]
Recent
Developments in NIAID Pandemic Influenza Research
URL: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/influenza/pandemic.htm
Timeline (1997 - present) of understanding of the Avian
flu from the discovery that the flu is transferring from
birds to humans. (considered the first time this transmittal
has been noted, it is the cause of all or much of the
concern.) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases. [03/06]
Avian
Influenza (Bird flu)
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/index.htm
CDC, Center for Disease Control. [03/06]
Epidemic
and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR)
URL: http://www.who.int/csr/en/
WHO, the World Health Organization has created a website
for global alert and response to prevent the spread of
disease. [03/06]
Hurricanes
Photo
courtesy State of RI
Charity
American
Red Cross
URL: http://www.redcross.org/
A good place to start for a ton of information including
finding missing people, and just about all other information
pertaining to the storm and its victims. [09/05]
Bush
Clinton Katrina Fund
URL: http://www.bushclintonkatrinafund.org/
Former Presidents and political rivals, Clinton and Bush
join forces to raise money for the victims of Gulf Coast
disastrous hurricanes. [09/05]
Missing
People
Firstgov.gov:
Hurricane Katrina Recovery
URL: http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_
Recovery.shtml#vgn-find-family-and-friends-government-sources-vgn
List of sources to find missing people. [09/05]
Hurricane
Katrina Survivors
URL: http://www.hurricanekatrinasurvivors.com
Postings, images. [10/06]
CAMERA:
Committee
for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America
URL: http://www.camera.org/
"...a media-monitoring, research and membership
organization devoted to promoting accurate and balanced
coverage of Israel and the Middle East." [10/06]
Declaration
of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements
URL: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/dop.html
Washington, DC, September 13, 1993. Jewish Virtual Library.
[05/06]
Middle
East 101
URL: http://www.csmonitor.com/lib/backgrounders/mideast101.html
Christian Science Monitor. [05/06]
Middle
East History and Resources
URL: http://www.mideastweb.org/history.htm
Israel and Palestine: Middle East Historical
and Peace Processs Source Documents. [05/06]
Middle
East Since 1914
URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook54.html
Internet History Sourcebooks Project, Fordham University.
[05/06]
Palestinian
Center for Policy and Survey Research
URL: http://www.pcpsr.org/
PSR. Research and policy analysis. [05/06]
Palestine:
Home of History
URL: http://www.palestinehistory.com/index.html
History, news, video, maps, and virtual tours of Palestine.
[Not
updated since 2004, but contains important historical
information --10/06]
PLO
Negotiations Affairs Department
URL: http://www.nad-plo.org
The Palestinian Liberation Organization's site citing
their agenda in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [05/06]
The
Middle East and Islam
Kashmir
Greater
Kashmir
URL:
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/
Online edition of the daily newspaper from Srinagar.
General
- Arab Culture, Islamic Studies, the Qu'ran
Al-Islam.org
URL:
http://www.al-islam.org/
Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project. Good place
for study, analysis. [09/06]
An
Open Door to the Arab World
URL: http://www.al-bab.com/Default.htm
Topics, country studies, reference.
[09/06]
Arab
Culture and Civilization
URL: http://arabworld.nitle.org/
National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education.
[09/06]
BBC
News: Middle East
URL:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/default.stm
General news source for Middle East.
[09/06]
CIA
World Fact Book
URL: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Maps and detailed information about countries. [09/06]
CountryWatch
URL: http://www.countrywatch.com
Country-specific news and information. [09/06]
Global
Connections: The Middle East
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/index.html
Explore themes, timelines, questions and issues. PBS/WGBH.
[09/06]
Islam
and Islamic Studies Resources
URL: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/
Cultural aspects of the mid-east. Dr. A. Godlas, University
of Georgia, Department of Religion. [09/06]
IslamiCity.com
URL: http://www.islamicity.com/
Discover the meaning of Islam. [09/06]
Muslim
Life in America
URL: http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/muslimlife/homepage.htm
U.S. Department of State, International Information Programs.
[09/06]
The
Noble Qur'an
URL: http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/
USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim texts. Muslim Students Association
of the University of Southern California. [09/06]
NPR's
Mideast Coverage
URL: http://www.npr.org/news/specials/mideast/
Audio clips and text of news coverage from National Public
Radio. [09/06]
BBC
News: Middle East
URL:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/default.stm
General news source for Middle East. [09/06]
Iraq
Iraq
Crisis
URL: http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/irqindx.htm
Global Policy Forum, UN Security Council. [09/06]
Iraq
Daily
URL: http://www.iraqdaily.com/
World News Network. [09/06]
Office
of the Iraq Programme: Oil for Food
URL: http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/
United Nations program updates and maps. [Last
updated August 2005, 09/06]
United
Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission
URL: http://www.unmovic.org/
UNMOVIC, formed in 1999. "...continues
with the mandate to verify Iraq's compliance with its
obligation to be rid of its weapons of mass destruction
(chemical, biological weapons and missiles with a range
of more than 150 km), and to operate a system of ongoing
monitoring and verification to ascertain that Iraq does
not reacquire the same weapons prohibited to it by the
Security Council." [09/06]
U.S.
Department of State: Iraq
URL: http://www.state.gov/p/nea/ci/c3212.htm
Updates from the Dept. of State. [09/06]
The
War on Terrorism: Post Saddam Iraq
URL: http://www.lib.ecu.edu/govdoc/iraq.html
"Selected resources on the political, economic, security,
and other aspects of Iraq since the fall of the Ba'athist
regime of Saddam Hussein in April 2003." Prepared
by the Joyner Library, East Carolina University. [Last
updated December 2005, 10/06]
Excellent
resource materials:
Country
Reports on Terrorism
URL:
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/
Excellent. Present back through 1995 Archives of terrorist
groups and activities, complete reports. U. S. Dept of
State. Fact
Sheets include known
groups of terrorists. [09/06]
Global
Terrorism Database [GTD]
URL: http://www.start.umd.edu/data/gtd/
"The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source
database including information on terrorist events around
the world since 1970 (currently updated through 2004).
...GTD includes systematic data on international as well
as domestic terrorist incidents that have occurred during
this time period and now includes almost 80,000 cases."
[04/08]
MIPT:
Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
URL: http://www.mipt.org/
Excellent. A comprehensive databank of Global Terrorist
Incidents and Organizations. MIPT = Memorial Institute
for the Prevention of Terrorism, non-profit funded by
the Dept of Homeland Security.
Note: This was formerly (as of March 30, 2008) the TKB
- Terorism Knowledge Base, which was discontinuted. The
TKB has been merged with the GTD, see Global Terrorism
Database above. [04/08]
Terrorism/
Counter-Terrorism Web Links
URL: http://www.usip.org/library/topics/terrorism.html
Excellent. Articles and resources. Funded by Congress,
the United States Insitute of Peace. [09/06]
More
resource materials:
Alternative
Resources on the U.S. "War Against Terrorism"
URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~ttwiss/irtf/Alternative.html
Compiled by the International Responsibilities Task Force
of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities
Round Table. [09/06]
America
Responds to Terrorism
URL: http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Usgresponse.shtml
FirstGov provides a compilation of informational sources.
[09/06]
America's
War Against Terrorism
URL: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/usterror.html
University of Michigan Documents Center – links to
many resources. [09/06]
Council
on Foreign Relations: Terrorism
URL: http://www.cfr.org/issue/135/
Good overview of the issue with primary documents, commentary,
news analysis. [05/06]
DefendAmerica
URL: http://www.defendamerica.mil/
News about the troops on the Frontlines in the Global
War on Terrorism, U.S. Department of Defense. [09/06]
Federal
Bureau of Investigation Most Wanted Terrorists
URL: http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/fugitives.htm
FBI reward posters. [10/06]
Hunting
bin Laden
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/
Brief biography and profile of al-Quaeda and OBL. Produced
by Frontline, PBS. [09/06]
MIPT: Terrorism Knowledge
Base (TKB)
URL: http://www.tkb.org
Excellent. A comprehensive databank of Global Terrorist
Incidents and Organizations. MIPT = Memorial Institute
for the Prevention of Terrorism, non-profit funded by
the Dept of Homeland Security. [09/06]
Special
Coverage: War on Terrorism
URL: http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/us/terrorism/
FindLaw extracts news articles pertaining to terrorist
activities. [09/06]
Target
America
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/target/
Includes timeline and evolution of terrorism, produced
by Frontline, PBS. [09/06]
FAS:
Intelligence Resource Program
Terrorism: Background and Threat Assessments
URL: http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/terror.htm
Federation of American Scientists. [09/06]
Terrorism
Law and Policy
URL: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/terrorism.htm
Jurist: Legal Intelligence, University of Pittsburgh School
of Law. [09/06]
Terrorism
URL: http://www.cfr.org/issue/135/terrorism.html
CFR, Council on Foreign Relations, non-partisan, independent
membership organization. [09/06]
Terrorism
Research Center
URL: http://www.terrorism.com/
"Founded in 1996, the Terrorism Research Center,
Inc. (TRC) is an independent institute dedicated to the
research of terrorism, information warfare and security,
critical infrastructure protection and other issues of
low-intensity political violence and gray-area phenomena."
An independent research institute, most content subscription
only. [09/06]
War
on Terrorism
URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/waronterror/
Articles from The Atlantic relating to Terrorism.
[09/06]
National
Security and Civil Liberties
Attorney
General Ashcroft Outlines Mobilization Against Terrorism
Act
URL: http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2001/September/492ag.htm
Released from the Dept. of Justice shortly after 9.11
on Septemberr 24, 2001. [09/06]
Center
for Democracy and Technology: Counter Terrorism Issues
URL: http://www.cdt.org/policy/terrorism/
CDT is "dedicated to promoting the democratic potential
of today's open, decentralized global Internet."
[09/06]
Counter-Terrorism
Proposals
URL: http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/
Archive of information not updated since 11/05. Electronic
Privacy Information Center. [09/06]
Homeland
Security
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/homeland/index.html
The Whitehouse information on Homeland Security. [09/06]
Homeland
Security, Dept of
URL: http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/
Department information includes ready.gov, a link to preparedness.
[09/06]
Electronic
Frontier Foundation: Chilling Effects of Anti-Terrorism
URL: http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism/antiterrorism_chill.html
Tracks websites that have been shut down. [Archival,
probably not updated since 2003, 09/06]
E-Surveillance
and Anti-Terrorism Legislative Briefing Compendium
URL: http://www.netcaucus.org/books/surveillance2001/
Internet Caucus Advisory Committee. [Archival,
probably not updated since 2002, 09/06]
GovExec.com:
Homeland Security
URL: http://govexec.com/homeland/
Tracks daily news on security issues. [09/06]
Hackers
Face Life Imprisonment Under 'Anti-Terrorism' Act
URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257
Article. SecurityFocus, provider of security intelligence
services for business. [09/06]
Keep
America Safe and Free
URL: http://www.aclu.org
American Civil Liberties Union. [10/06]
Legislation
Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001
URL: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/terrorleg.htm
U.S. Congress. [Archival,
probably not updated since 2002, 09/06]
ALA
Q & A on the Confidentiality and Privacy of Library
Records, September 20, 2001
URL: http://www.ala.org/washoff/patriot.html
American Library Association Question and Answer page
regarding libraries and dealing with privacy issues. [09/06]
Senate
Passes Anti-Terrorism Legislation
URL: http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/10/12/ret.senate.antiterror/index.html
Archived article from 2001, CNN. [10/06]
United
Nations Security Council: Peace and Security
URL: http://www.un.org/sc/unsc_news.shtml
Current documents and articles. [09/06]
September
11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks
9-11
Research (new
September 2006)
NIST
and the World Trade Center
URL: http://wtc.nist.gov/
National Institute of Standards and Technology building
and fire safety investigation. [09/06]
NIST's
World Trade Center FAQ
URL: http://911research.wtc7.net/reviews/nist/WTC_FAQ_reply.html
A Reply to the National Institute for Standards and Technology's
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions." The FAQs are
designed to counter the misinformation that is appearing
around the country regarding conspiracy theories and responsibility
for the collapse of the towers. [09/06]
Archived
materials
Note:
The following websites were collected in 2001. Many sites
have been preserved (i.e. archived) as they were in 2001,
others have been updated in the following years. Some
continue to add new materials as the years pass. Clearly
the authors keep the addresses viable.
9-11
News and Legal Resources, Information and
Related Services
URL: http://www.llrx.com/newstand/wtc.htm
Compiled and edited by Sabrina I. Pacifici, Law Library
Resource Xchange.
[Site states "updated in 2002" but still being
maintained. 09/06]
The
Avalon Project at Yale Law School: September 11, 2001:
Attack on America
URL: http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/sept_11/sept_11.htm
EXCELLENT SITE: Documents dating from September 11, 2001
through April, 2002. [09/06]
Chronology
of Terror
URL: http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/11/chronology.attack/index.html
Minute by minute timeline. CNN. [10/06]
CQ
Press in Context: Terrorism
URL: http://www.cqpress.com/context/terrorism/default.htm
"Recent Terrorism Events" profiles 9.11 with
a neatly compiled list of articles under sub-headings.
[09/06]
Firehouse.com:
9.11.01 Heroism, Courage, Tragedy
URL: http://www.firehouse.com/terrorist/
News reports, slides and video. [Update:
Wed, 10/2/02; 09.06]
For
Many on Sept. 11, Survival Was No Accident
URL: http://www.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2001/12/19/usatcov-wtcsurvival.htm
Dennis Cauchon, USA Today.
[Update: Wed, 12/20.01; 09.06]
Great
Buildings Online: Pentagon
URL: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/The_Pentagon.html
Detailed description and photos. [09/06]
Great
Buildings Online: World Trade Center
URL: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/World_Trade_Center.html
Detailed description and photos, information on the architect.
[09/06]
In
Memory of The World Trade Center
URL: http://architecture.about.com/library/blworldtrade.htm
Library
Resources: Concerning the WTC/Pentagon Attacks
URL: http://l.staff.umkc.edu/lordl/9-11-01-library/
Librarians' Index to the Internet. [Last
update: 09/25/2002; 09.06]
LMDC, Lower
Manhattan Development Corporation
URL: http://www.renewnyc.com
Site maintained to keep the public informed regarding
the WTC neighborhood. [09/06]
Newseum
URL: http://www.newseum.org/frontpages/
EXCELLENT SITE: Front pages of newspapers from around
the world from September 12, 2001. [Last
update: 04/17/03; 09.06]
The
Pentagon
URL: http://pentagon.afis.osd.mil/
U.S. Department of Defense. [09/06]
September
11 Digital Archive
URL: http://911digitalarchive.org/
EXCELLENT
SITE: Partnership with the Library
of Congress and Smithsonian Institution to insure long
term preservation of the archive. [09/06]
Special
Report: Day of Terror
URL:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/aaattacks_front.asp?cp1=1
MSNBC, includes video, audio, still photographs and news
stories.
[Original page available, many broken links. 09/06]
The
Web on September 11
URL: http://911digitalarchive.org/websites/details/142
EXCELLENT SITE: Screen
shots of over 200 news sites from around the world taken
September 11-12. [09/06]
Why
the Towers Fell
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wtc/
PBS Nova series. [09/06]
World
Trade Center – Some Engineering Aspects
URL: http://www.civil.usyd.edu.au/wtc.shtml
The University of Sydney Australia Civil
Engineering Department looks at the WTC from a structural
point of view. [09/06]
WTC
News
URL: http://archrecord.construction.com/news/wtc/
Ground Zero Four Years Later. Architectural Record.
[09/06]
Coping
with Violence and Disasters
Periodicals
There are several ways to obtain information from periodicals.
Books
To read more about the topics on this web page, books in
the Library can be found by clicking on 
and clicking on Subjects that contain the search
terms listed below.
Suggested
Search Terms: terrorism, terrorists, chemical
warfare, biological warfare, Islam, Muslim, Afghanistan,
Middle East, bin Laden, security
World
Press
(sites are in English unless otherwise noted)
News
from Arabic Sources [09/06]
Ajeeb.com
is a news service which includes a web translator from
Arabic to English. (Free registration is required to use
the translator.) This site can be used to translate the
contents of the following Arabic language websites:
International
[Foreign] Newspapers and News Services [09/06]
Al
Bawaba: Middle East News Information
Arab
World News
Athens
News (Greece)
Dawn
(Karachi, Pakistan)
DW-World.de:
Deutsche Welle (Germany)
Die Welt
(Germany)
El País
(Madrid, Spain – in Spanish)
Evening
Standard Online (London Entertainment Guide)
The
Gazette (Montréal, Québec,
Canada)
Guardian
Unlimited (United Kingdom)
Gulf
News (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Ha'aretz
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Hong
Kong Standard
aka The Standard: China's Business Newspaper;
Hong Kong, China.
International
Herald Tribune
The
Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
Japan
Times (Tokyo, Japan)
Jang
Group Online Editions
Largest English and Urdu Newspaper publication Group of
Pakistan.
The Jerusalem
Post
Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.
The
Kashmir Times Online
Jammu & Kashmir Regions, India.
La
Reppublica (Rome, Italy – in Italian)
Le Figaro
(France – in French)
Le Monde
(France – in French)
Le
Monde Diplomatique (France – in French)
L'Osservatore
Romano (Vatican City)
Middle
East Daily (World News.com)
Moscow
Times (Moscow, Russia)
myAfghanNews
An RSS feed from different sources, "Your Gateway
to updated news sources on Afghanistan."
[09/06]
Naharnet
(Beirut, Lebanon)
News.com.au
(Australia)
The
News -International (Karachi, Pakistan)
Ottawa
Sun (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Público
(Lisbon, Portugal – in Portuguese)
Russia
Today (Subscription required;
Prague, Czech Republic)
The
Statesman (Calcutta, India)
Sydney
Morning Herald (Sydney, Australia)
Times
(London, England)
The
Times of India (New Delhi, Delhi, India)
Toronto
Star (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Turkish
Daily News (Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey)
Voice
of America News
To locate online newspapers from anywhere in the world:
Newspaper
Index
URL: http://www.newspaperindex.com/
Listing of newspapers from all over the world with front
pages of each. No US papers. [06/08]
Online
Newspapers
URL: http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
Thousands of newspapers from all over the world, includes
United States. [06/08]
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