NEWS DIVISION CE COURSE
SLA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2001
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
GOOD RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH ON MILITARY TOPICS
PRESENTED BY:
BJ FOX
MILITARY LIBRARIANS DIVISION, SLA
(703) 767-8041
GOOD RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH ON MILITARY TOPICS
- Defenselink--
- photos Office of Secretary of Defense personnel
- DOD Organization chart with key personnel locator;
Publications section goes to
- Current biographies of General Officers and SES
- Military exercises and Deployments, ex. KFOR-(Kosovo
Force)
- American Forces Information Service has news articles,
imagery, and special reports through Defenselink--
- "Where to Find Military Information" excellent portal
from the Naval Postgraduate School--
Military maps:
- Air War College Military Quick Portal--
good job of pulling together information links
- HOW TO GET IT: A GUIDE TO DEFENSE-RELATED INFORMATION RESOURCES--
- Reference Desk at Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) 1-800-225-3842; 703-767-8268
DTIC "Resources"-- STINET; AULIMP; GILS; HTGI
6. DOD Hotline-- ; 1-800-424-9098
Defense Hotline, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-
1900; 703-604-8569; FAX 703-604-8567
7. DOD Information Operator: 703-545-6700
- Reporters directed to Navy Information Desk, Chief of
Naval Information; 703-697-6265
- Public Affairs:
Air Force--
DOD-- OASD (PA) Rm 2E773, Pentagon, Washington, DC
20301-1400; 703-695-0169
CIA-- 703-482-2030;
News releases from the office of Assistant Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs--
a. news photos
b. news archives to 1994
- speeches
- contracts signed; you can search this section to learn
of subsidiary groups and relationship with large
companies
10. Google UncleSam--
Google Web Directory--
- Defense Almanac for military statistics--
Organization; People, Money, Forces and Weapons
- The service almanacs:
--Army Green Book, October issue-
--USAF Almanac in the May issue of Air Force Magazine: Journal of the Air Force Association, --Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute, May issue--
--Marines Almanac (GPO)
- Air University Library--
- Naval Postgraduate School Library--
- Naval Research Laboratory's Ruth H. Hooker Research
Library--
- Naval War College Library--
- National Defense University Library--
- Army War College Library-
- Navy Library--experts in Navy history,(202)433-3170
Naval Historical Center--202)433-4131
- Service Casualty Offices
Army--1-800-892-2490
DOD--
- VA Office of Public Affairs:
(202)273-5400; Fact Sheets--(202)273-5707
- U.S. Forces Travel Guide to U.S. Military
Installations--
European U.S. Military Road Atlas
- Department of Defense Telephone Directory--CD from
Defense Telecommunications Service or hardcopy;
(703)696-3774
- U.S. Army Military History Institute--
- Air Force Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB
Collocated with Air U.
- Air Force History Support Office(AFHSO) at Bolling
AFB, Reference and Analysis Division--
- Air Force News Agency for AF FactSheets (Aircraft,
space, Weapons)
- GrayLIT Network--
Search documents with a single query across databases
of several Federal agencies. Over 100,000 full-text
technical reports.
- U.S. Marine Corps Archives--
- CIA World Factbook--
- Federation of American Scientists--
especially
Conducts analysis and advocacy on science, world
conflicts, military policy, weapons and weapons
Systems, and military contractors. Publishes country
profiles; national security news; leads to Fact Files
online.
- Information Analysis Centers (sponsored by DTIC; see
booklet) and
- Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, March 1994; amended 1 Sep 2000; Jt Pub 1-02; US
acronyms and abbreviations and NATO terms--
- DVIC Customer Services--imagery available to public
- Defense special reports online--
- Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office--
- Center for Naval Analysis(CNA)--