Databases focus on terrorism

Online databases can facilitate scholarly research on a broad range of topics. Terrorism is one example. Terrorism burst upon the national consciousness in the early 1970s and the media covered incidents rapidly and extensively. According to Edna Reid, assistant professor of information science at R...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inLink-Up (Minneapolis, Minn. 1983) Vol. 9; no. 4; p. 20
Main Author Arnold, Stephen E
Format Journal Article Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Medford Information Today, Inc 01.07.1992
Subjects
Data bases
Database searching
Information centers
Information Services
Internet/Web search services
Literature
Online
Online data bases
Online searching
R&D
Recommendations
Reference services
Terrorism
US
Online AccessGet full text
ISSN0739-988X

Cover

More Information
Summary:Online databases can facilitate scholarly research on a broad range of topics. Terrorism is one example. Terrorism burst upon the national consciousness in the early 1970s and the media covered incidents rapidly and extensively. According to Edna Reid, assistant professor of information science at Rutgers University, as newspaper and television media covered terrorism, there was a corresponding growth in the magazine and journal citations. Then, specialized periodicals and databases developed in response to the new subject area. Today, information about terrorism can be found in most full-text news databases. However, there are 3 databases that provide the most comprehensive information about terrorism: 1. the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 2. the Library of Congress MARC catalog, and 3. Social Scisearch. For information on terrorists, Reid recommends that individuals supplement information from online databases with printed references, primary materials generated by the perpetrators, and messages from contacts via Internet, Bitnet, Delphi, and similar messaging services.
Bibliography:content type line 24
ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Magazines-1
ISSN:0739-988X