September 11, 2001

• The 9/11 Commission Report
  
• 9.11 Moments
  
• The 9-11 Tragedy
  
• Alternative Resources on the U.S. "War Against Terrorism"
• America's Day of Terror
  
• America's War Against Terrorism: World Trade Center/Pentagon Terrorism and the Aftermath
  
• War on Terrorism Resources
  
• Documenting the Tragedy
  
• Events of September 11, 2001 and BLS Data
• Final Report of the Special Master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001
• Flight 93:  Forty Lives, One Destiny
  
• Foundations of Inquiry: Terrorism September 11, 2001
  
• The Global Coalition Against Terrorism:  Media Fact Sheets
• Government Information on World Terrorism
  
• Legislation Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001
  
• The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 
  
• Pentagon Memorial  
• Portraits of Grief:  Glimpses of Some of the Victims of the September 11 Attacks
  
• Research & Reference Resources: Events of September 11, 2001
  
• Screenshot Archive of Online News Sites, September 11, 2001
  
• September 11, 2001 Documentary Project
• September 11.archive.org
  
• September 11:  Bearing Witness to History
  
• September 11 Digital Archive
  
• September 11: Screen Shots of Online News Sites
  
• The September 11th Source Books
  
  
  • Volume 1: Terrorism and U.S. Policy
  • Volume 2: Afghanistan: Lessons from the Last War
  • Volume 3: BIOWAR: The Nixon Administration's Decision to End U.S. Biological Warfare Programs
  • Volume 4: The Once and Future King?  From the Secret Files on King Zahir's Reign in Afghanistan, 1970-1973
  • Volume 5: Anthrax at Sverdlovsk, 1979: U.S. Intelligence on the Deadliest Modern Outbreak
  • Volume 6: The Hunt for bin Laden: Background on the Role of Special Forces in U.S. Military Strategy
  • Volume 7:  The Taliban File
    
    
• The Sonic Memorial Project
  
• Terrorism and Security Collection: 26 Recent Publications from the National Academies about the Science and Policy Issues Surrounding Terrorism and Security.
• Terrorism: Background and Threat Assessments
  
• Terrorism Law and Policy
  
• Terrorism:  Questions & Answers
• The Terrorism Research Center
  
• Transcripts & Speeches from September 11, 2001 - October 22, 2001
  
• U.S. Commission on National Security
  
• The World Trade Center Attack:  The Official Documents
  

Homeland Security

• Behind the Homefront
  
• Depository Library Web Sites on Terrorism and Homeland Security
  
• Homeland Security
  
• Homeland Security Act
• Homeland Security Act Resource Page
  
• Homeland Security & Fighting Terrorism
• Homeland Security:  Building a National Strategy
• Homeland Security:  Protecting Airliners from Terrorist Missiles
  
• National Response Plan
• National Security Implications of Global Climate Change
  
• Ready.gov
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Terrorism

Afghanistan

• Afghanistan (The CIA World Factbook)
• Afghanistan: A Country Study (Library of Congress)
• Afghanistan Country Study and Government Publications
  
• Afghanistan: World Refugee Survey Country Report
  
• Background Note: Afghanistan (U.S. Department of State)
• Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan
  
• Understanding Afghanistan: Land in Crisis (National Geographic)
  
• U.S. Embassy Kabul

Iraq/Saddam Hussein

• After Saddam: Prewar Planning and the Occupation of Iraq
• Apparatus of Lies:  Saddam's Disinformation and Propaganda, 1990-2003 (White House)
• A Decade of Deception and Defiance:  Saddam Hussein's Defiance of the United Nations (White House)
  
• Iraq (CIA World Factbook)
  
• Iraq:  The Cradle of Civilization at Risk:  Cultural Heritage and Historical Monuments
  
• Report on Iraqi War Crimes (Desert Shield/Desert Storm), November 19, 1992
• Transition to the New Campaign: The United States Army in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM May 2003-January 2005
  

Islam/Muslim Information

• al-Qaeda
  
• Arab American Institute
  
• Changing Minds, Winning Peace:  A New Strategic Direction for U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Arab & Muslim World
  
• Introduction to Islam
  
• Islam
  
• Islam and Christianity: Similarities and Differences
  
• Islamic Studies Resources
  
• Muslim Life in America
• Political Islam
• Q&A: Islamic Fundamentalism
  
• Understanding Islam
  

Legal Aspects

• Criminal Enforcement Against Terrorists
• Criminal Enforcement Against Terrorists and Spies in the Year After the 9/11 Attacks
  
• Criminal Terrorism Enforcement Since the 9/11/01 Attacks:  A TRAC Special Report, December 8, 2003
  
• Indictment of Zacarias Moussaoui
  
• Lawsuit Brought by Victims of September 11th
  
• Secretary Rumsfeld Announces Military Commission Rules

Bioterrrorism

• Amerithrax (FBI)
• Anthrax
  
• Anthrax (World Health Organization)
  
• Anthrax as a Biological Warfare Agent (Department of Defence)
• Assessing the Threat of Bioterrorism:  Congressional Testimony by Raymond Zilinskas
  
• Biodefense and Bioterrorism
  
• Bioterror Protection:  Debunking the Myths
  
• Bioterrorism:  Public Health Response to Anthrax Incidents of 2001
  
• Center for the Study of Bioterrorism
  
• Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center
• Chemical & Biological Weapons Resource Page
  
• Disaster Preparedness and Medical Response
  
• Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response
  
• Smallpox
  
• What To Do If You Receive An Anthrax Threat (USPS)
  

Economic Issues

• Employment in Areas of Manhattan Affected by the Events of September 11, 2001
• One Year Later:  The Fiscal Impact of 9/11 on New York City
  
• September 11:  Interim Report on the Response of Charities

Organizations

• CAMERA: Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting
• Center for Democracy & Technology
• Families of September 11
  
• New York New Visions:  A Coalition for the Rebuilding of Lower Manhattan
  
• September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows

Education

• After Sept. 11:  Perspectives from the Social Sciences
  
• Coping with Terrorism
  
• Information on Promoting Tolerance After the September 11 Attacks
  
• Possible Impacts of Major Counter Terrorism Security Actions on Research, Development, and Higher Education
  
• September 11:  Lessons and Resources for Classroom Teachers
  

Osama bin Laden/Taliban Info.

• Beneath the Veil:  Inside the Taliban's Afghanistan
• A Biography of Osama bin Laden
  
• CNN March 1997 Interview with Osama bin Laden
  
• The Taliban and Afghanistan: Implications for Regional Security and Options for International Action
  
• frontline: John Miller's 1998 Interview with Osama Bin Laden
  
• "We are Against Terrorism:"  Online-only interview withTaliban supreme leader Mullah Muhummed Omar
  
• WMD Terrorism and Usama bin Laden
  

Engineering Aspects

• About the Pentagon
  
• LMDC:  Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
  
• New World Trade Center Designs
  
• NIST and the World Trade Center
  
• Pentagon Battered but Firm
  
• Building on Ground Zero
  
• World Trade Center (NPR)
  
• World Trade Center Dossier
  
• World Trade Center: New York: Some Engineering Aspects
  
• World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition
• World Trade Center Special Coverage
  

Religious Aspects

• Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero
  

Freedom of Information

• Access to Government Information Post September 11th
  
• Chilling Effects of Anti-Terrorism: "National Security" Toll on Freedom of Expression
  
• Information and the War Against Terrorism
  
• Information and the War Against Terrorism, Part II:  Were American Intelligence and Law Enforcement Effectively Positioned to Protect the Public?
  
• Information and the War Against Terrorism, Part III:  New Information-Related Laws and the Impact on Civil Liberties
  
• Information and the War Against Terrorism, Part IV: Civil Liberties versus Security in the Age of Terrorism
  
• Information and the War Against Terrorism, Part V:  The Business Implications
  
• Journalism and Terrorism:  How the War on Terrorism Has Changed American Journalism
  

Research

• CNS Subjects:  Terrorism
  
• One year later:  September 11 and the Internet
  
• Review of Studies of the Economic Impact of the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center
• The Scientific Response to Terrorism
  
• The Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism:  Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why?

Gov't., Politics, and Legislation

• 11 September 2001: The Response
  
• 2003 Report to Congress on Combating Terrorism
• Annual Reports
  
• Congressional Reports: Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
• Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003
  
• EPA Response to September 11
• EPA's Response to the World Trade Center Collapse:  Challenges, Successes, and Areas for Improvement
  
• Office for Domestic Preparedness
• OVC Handbook for Coping after Terrorism: A Guide to Healing and Recovery
• Patterns of Global Terrorism
• Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2001
• Special Collections: Terrorism
  
• U.N. Action Against Terrorism
  
• The United States and the Global Coalition Against Terrorism, September-November 2001
• Witness and Response:  September 11 Acquisitions at the Library of Congress

Historical Perspectives

• Lost Art
• Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2001
  

Technology

• Answering the Call:  Communications Lessons Learned from the Pentagon Attack
  
• Center for Democracy & Technology
• Cybersecurity Today and Tomorrow:  Pay Now or Pay Later
  
• ECSI International
  
• The Effects of September 11 on the Leading Search Engine
  
• The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
• Security in the Information Age:  New Challenges, New Strategies
• TSWG.gov Technical Support Working Group

USA PATRIOT Act

• Bill Summary & Status for the 107th Congress
• Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003
  
• Libraries and the Patriot Legislation
  
• Library Records Post-PATRIOT Act
  
• Privacy and Library Records Update:  USA Patriot Act
  
• Public Law 107-56:  Text of Legislation
  
• Summary and Analysis of Key Sections of USA PATRIOT ACT of 2001
  
• The USA PATRIOT Act:  A Legal Analysis
  
• The USA PATRIOT Act:  A Sketch